We'll never know, a strange one indeed.

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They were four different beer types, and I always do two weeks fermenting and check if the gravity is holding at the end. Then I keg, carbonate and leave for a few weeks. Only then, and I'm a month further on do I bottle one of two. So for all to still be fermenting or infected seems a bit...

Generally I keg my beer, as like many people, got a bit fed up with all the bottling work and cleaning. Much easier just pulling a fresh beer from a tap. But when I want to give some of my beers to friends, I naturally bottle it from the keg, and its already nicely carbonated. I had a pack of...

Thanks, Thats a good point, over the beers all getting warmer, as I have moved house and they weren't anymore in my fridge, and it was a warm summer. This could of been the cause. As my beer which sits happily in its keg, and in the kegerator I built, was fine. I feel the need for another...

Yes I always purge the bottle, do you think i’ve been heavy handed, and this goes into the beer after time?

A bit of a late response, but if they are vacuumed packed and it wasn't crazy hot, they might still be good to use.

Hi All, I ran an experiment with a selection of different home brews, all brewed on my BM20, fermented 2 two weeks, then carbonated in a keg and left for a couple of week. All drank good off the keg, so I then used my bottle gun and bottled a selection, a stout, blond, IPA. Now when I was...

Well all, the lager eventually took off after 4 days and went nuts fermenting for a good week. I just took a sample gravity reading and its moved, but its still off the target so I shall leave it. However the strong chemical smell and strange similar sourish taste is rather awful coming off the...

Thanks, So I was thinking add the orange 10 mins before the end of my boil, and the lactose and vanilla in the 2nd stage ferment? you agree.? As I've read some people add the lactose and vanilla at the end of the wort boil? hmmm confused...

I'm experimenting all Want to try and make a chocolate orange and vanilla milk stout. But when is the best time to add the dried orange peel, lactose and the vanilla during the brew?

Hi There Upon my review no fermentation had started after three days, there was also no krausen or activity within the wort itself. I've added the new dry yeast now and I might put this down to a lesson learnt in not to use packets of liquid Wyeast. As my previous 12 brews I've done I've never...

I got a 20 dollar one off ebay and it works a treat, I double checked my first few brews using it and a standard hydrometer and both cracked out the same figures. I only use my refractometer prefermentation as I cant be bothered doing all the maths etc working out the alcohol reflection.

Hi All, Well I brewed a lager at the weekend, and to try something different I used a packet of liquid wyeast, (which was 6 months old) Now I noticed the smack pack didn't really expand after a few hours, but I poured it in and set the fermentation temp to 12c and left it to do its thing...

Thanks Jeff...

Thanks again, Got the idea now, Cacao & lactose at the beginning of the boil and vanilla at kegging or prior to bottling. Now would you do the same when experimenting with an IPA? as I have a plan to make one and add orange & lemon skins to zing it up as an experiment.

Hi, Thanks for the input, so basically these stages are always in the boil phase while also hopping and near to the end I also meant 100% cacao

Hi All Well I'm preparing myself to brew a milk stout batch. I want to make it now and then forget all about it until Christmas. However it got me thinking, all my beers so far have been rather simple, but this time I want to add vanilla, chocolate and lactose, but when should you actually add...

Hi Ozarks This was is it.

Hi there ID = 7mm ( i think as i cant measure it) line lift from keg to tap 20cm CO² volume lager 2.52 - 70 Pipe length 2 meters And a thanks, though I do also think im looking for more taste and body in my beer, as I get nice head though it doesnt stay and the beer to me seems a little boring...