Hi everyone. So I have a curious case of bottle carbonation. I brewed a batch with s-04 yeast,bottled it at FG. I also had another batch bottled,but with s33 yeast. Been carving now 5 days. Checked the s33 yeast bottle and a satisfactory hiss escaped from the bottle and poured a glass. Good,not...

Hi I'm planning to brew a ale with s-04 yeast, anyone have experience with it, concerning the max fermentation temp of 20c deg and also how quick was your fermentation time Thanks.

i been init past 3 years,would like to get ur feedback if u doing it

hi everyone,i did a brew yesterday that had og of .59. final gravity should be .13 i pitched safale33 fermentis yeast from sachet. i did a hydrometer check now and it reads .20 thats almost 40 points in 24hrs,is that reasonable? thanks for any advice

hi so im mashing in my oven for the first time,its quite constant,great stuff. rached my mash temp on the gas stove and popped it into heated oven. actually surprised it works,temp keeping good,actually better than my cooler box

Hi everyone,hope u having good holidays. i was wondering if its possible to dry hop without a bag,meaning i drop them directly into the fermenter before final gravity is reached? getting a lotof conflicting info online ,and seen that i bottle condition ,will floaties be a problem? thanks guys

hi im busy with a belgian blonde recipe,but the 2 step barge has me confused. do i tap my wort first,and then begin the 2 step barge? these are the directions: 4.2kg Pilsen Malt 0.25kg Pale Ale Malt 15g Saaz (50 Min) 8g Mittelfruh Hops (5 Min) 1 x T-58 yeast sachet. Mash Add 11 litres of...

hi guys,so its always bothered me why i cant use cheap instant or brewers yeast. so three weeks ago i brewed two batches of beer,one with instant yeast,used for baking;and another batch with brewers yeast,sold to make traditional beer . i bottle carbonated both worked,my final gravity came as...

Hi guys im busy with a recipe but the quick water requirements and the brew function are giving different water calculations? am i missing something with the brew function,? cause the quick water requirements make sense with the water mash and expected pre boil volume,but Hi guys im busy with a...

so i got a sixpack of budweiser from a friend today last time i drank this was 15 years ago just to try it. damn this stuff is horrible,how can this be the best selling beer? seriously. even our carling black label nonsense is better than this i dont understand,really. no man,is marketing so...

hi im building a new recipe,but the pre and post boil calc button stays greyed out?

Feel like a kid at xmas, got pilsner,pale ale ,crystal malt chocolate and black maly chateau cara ruby malt also<my achilles heel.> flaked maise tettenghauer,magnum hops cant wait for weekend any ideas wit these ingredients? whoopee!

hi guys. so i have a excess of this malt: Chateau cara ruby "the equivalent of carared" ebc 50. i ordered too much when i knew less about brewing.... can i use it to substitute common cara,,, malts? ive learned that i cant go above the 10% grain bill with it,but its gonna go to waste. im...

hi guys,im looking to upgrade to maybe a plain gas tank to do my boiling/mashing. i am currently using electric stovetop to accomplish the mash,and boil. not very effective,and concerned im burning out the stove elelments while keeping at full heat for a hour. how better would the gas tank with...

hi so ,i have a kilo of choclate and black malt leftover. was wondering if i could use it when making a cup of normal instant coffee? if so,would i be creating a little mash in my cup and then straining it? Yes,i do have too much time on my hands tonight....

i think we should have a standard recipe that is very basic,a smash. That any newbie should be able to brew easily,without all the jargon yet to learn. You want to try your hand at making a quick ,easy beer,this is the one. No exotic,speciality or adjuncts malts. So when a newbie joins and wants...

Hi guys ,came across this article https://byo.com/article/save-hops-post-boil/ Its a 3 min read,quite interesting. Thoughts? He does make a good case.

Man,its a sad day when i cant wait to get home from work to check my fermentation,fine tune my recipe,research beer,taste my latest brew... ;):) This is glorious,im actually glad we had a temporary alcohol ban . I always wanted to get into brewing,but didnt have the nudge. Now my free hours are...

Hi guys so id like to recreate the mass consumed beer here in my beloved/frustrating south africa.... This is the beer(one of the culprits) that roused out leaders in government to stamp the alcohol ban on our nation during the covid lockdown:eek: im sitting here ,sipping on one of my glorious...

hi i brewed a pilsen saturday afternoon that was spot on with OG of 1.044. Final gravity should be 1.008 it was pretty busy airlock activity 3 hours into fermentation and subsided this monday morning. its monday evening now , i took a reading and it was 1.010. is that a bit quick,normal? im used...