Refractometer, why do you say it should be adjusted I did the calibration of water at zero?

I think the beer glass makes all the difference haha! I’ll see if this finings stuff helps at all, then the chill. Hopefully it tastes well.

Yes from the bottom but the whole brew did look similar

Thanks I did BIAB and squeezed the bag which is controversial and may be a factor I guess. So the gravity was 1.025 the recipe called for 1.012, I’ll take another tomorrow and see if its stopped, my novice thinking is that after 10 days its unlikely to get much lower? Would you do anything to...

Hi All, So here I am 2 brews in just waiting on this festbier which has been fermenting for 10 days, I’ve taken a sample and this is how its came out? Is this okay, there’s no seeing through it! The only thing I’ve done wrong as far as the recipe goes is I added the protofloc tablet 15 minutes...

Okay Thank you, I've ordered the grains so I'll see what I can do by just reducing the crystal and I'll definitely re-arrange the hops as per your comments!

changed to 20% as read somewhere that's the up-to. will see how it turns out... thanks though

Hi, So I'm super keen and going to jump right into recipe creation - I've pulled htis together to have a stab at producing a lovely local beer I found whilst away at work and Irish Pale ale : Reviewed here: https://untappd.com/b/franciscan-well-brewery-chieftain/649294 I've put it in here...

Fair enough thanks everyone for there help so far think I’ll invest in a SS chiller seem cheaper in uk and honestly just look a bit cleaner (exception of course to jaded - but I’m not paying that much at this stage). Going to buy some rubber gloves for squeezing that bag too man was that hot...

It’s a polyester brew bag, it’s not too bad but just wet and heavy kept slipping, very hard with just one pair especially as I was trying to spare while lifting it which may have been the wrong idea... Well I did clear out my garage and sold some stuff so that’s like free money right haha...

I’ve seen that but they still want $120 to ship to the uk so seems a bit too much for what it is unfortunately as they do seem amazing!

It’s an S shaped one with little plastic bubble sections and a red cap. I’ll have a look at the immersion chillers and see what the damage is like, I like the time saving of chilling quickly as can’t guarantee ill get the time to transfer to ferment or and clean up the following day.

Good shout, I’ve just been thinking about this pulley option and I’ve recently bought a boxing bag arm for the wall which I can quite easily attach a rope will wall tie off, so that’s that box ticked. I think the chilling was then the next issue as hosing it down was annoying, but I could see...

Hi Brewers, So I may be a little keen after my first brew day yesterday but I’m already thinking how to do it better next time. My equipment is a 57 Litre (10gal) electric kettle (2.4kw). I’m fermenting in 25 litre buckets with the bubbler airlock. I’m using brew in a bag with an actual bag...

Hey - thanks. It was sparge water I was trying to get to 76, I think - which is another problem that thermometer mounted to the kettle very hard to tell what the actually temp of the kettle was. I’m looking into options of turning the kettle into a recirculating mash set up - but when I look at...

Hi Fellow Brewers. After a period of research and youtube videos on the top I found the courage to ask the better half to start brewing. Seemingly my well timed breakfast in bed has worked and she agreed. So I then started the arduous task of deciding what to buy and what kits would work out...