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Judging by the post dates, this thread passed by months ago. I don't brew as much as I want but when I do I always use BIABacus. If I am looking for some information I still visit the site but to be honest that has been infrequently of late. I came to the site today looking for info on how to use BI...

Thks again Mally I hear what you say regarding ferment schedule and yeast. I am using the exact yeast they recommend in the podcast WLP023 Burton Ale and on this third attempt I followed the brew and ferment schedule 'almost' to the letter. I think I messed up and increased my ferment temp a day slo...

Hi Mally, Yes I have tried brewing this 3 times, I have not got it right yet so I have decided to take it on as a bit of a general brewing learning exercise. I do appreciate there are always going to be differences for a variety of reasons so I am not expecting to end up with something EXACTLY the s...

Hello guys, I've been watching this thread with interest....god the suspense of what they all taste like is killing me! I noticed Mally says they all had more hop profile than the original, that is the same result I have had. I am wondering if any or all of you treated your water or at least do any ...

I have attached a photo of the two side by side as u can see mine is still cloudy and not Ruby. I am a novice brewer so I really do not know why it isnt as malty however I think the low extraction coupled with the fact we didnt reduce the hops to compensate would be at least part of it??? I am sure ...

Just to let you know that I compared the two last night and i have to be honest and say the hop bitterness of our brew still overpowers the malt. The genuine article is definately more malty, I assume thats caused by our low extraction. The colour is off too. our brew is good to drink just not the s...

Hi Guys. Yeasty PM me and asked me to contribute by letting you all know how we got on with our Hobgoblin clone. Short answer is 'with time' it has mellowed into a very decent brew. I have attached our file, not sure if this is helpful, essentially it is the 'can you brew it' recipe. The only differ...

PP I am not sure what question I was getting at regarding the mash volume but I think your suggestion to look up displacement helped :think: I understand (But I am sure I couldn't explain) the difference between water volume absorbed and water displaced (by the grains). On our weekend brew I measure...

Hi PP, Have updated my profile, I am a citizen of the lucky country! I have posted 'somewhere' :lol: what our schedule of brews is, basically we have taken 6 recipes from BCS and plan to brew them all before we get adventurous! We are brewing a German Pils next then we will have a go at a Pale Ale, ...

Have a listen to this podcast of a brew pub that use fruit in wheat beers. From memory he adds it direct into his keg. This link looks long but it worked for me, the podcast was on basic brewing radio called Wheat Wednesdays. http://ec.libsyn.com/p/c/1/5/c15b89b40796b168/bbr09-29-11fermexplag.mp3?d1...

Thanks for your advice Bob, I listened to two BBR podcasts last week where you did no chill experiments. Great listening. Just realised my typo which led to your humourous comments about sweaty socks. ha ha. Thanks again for your input on the dry hopping, I have the hops sitting in the same fridge a...

Hi again Lylo, In a round about way I was saying that I did the same as you at dough in, except I add all the TWN to the Braumeister which floods the malt pipe completely. This seems fine for the three brews I'v done so far, except if you want to stir the mash at any point. As the malt pipe is flood...

Hello again PP To fill you in: I am brewing with some buddies, we have all chosen a style of beer we like and we are brewing them in turn. Results and costs of each brew are shared between us all, this is the reason I need to have 50L VIF for each brew if possible. Thats interesting what you say abo...

Homemade, sparging with the BM is easy. Just have some hot (75C)water on hand to pour over the screen after you lift the pipe. My usual method is to work out my TWN with the Biabacus, dough in with the slightly less water than BM suggests, then I top up the water close to the top of the pipe. This ...

Hi PP not sure what u mean in your opening statement but I do understand what you say after that :P Initially I thought hey what's he on about I've answered all those threads....but I thought I'd best double check. I knew I had not answered one but I have a draft saved which I am not happy with as I...

Thks again for the input, I do what skink does and now I understand it is the fumes that sterilise. I must admit I hate them and did not realise this wasnt widely used in brewing. Having to rinse with boiling water annoys me as well. I just assumed all sterilisers had a whiff, chlorine, Bleach (whic...

Great thanks Bob, I cant rack to a secondary so I was planning to do just what you suggested. I assume from your comments about reusing yeast that you don't use a hop sack to dry hop? I am not planning to reuse this yeast so I am happy to throw them straight in but just for the record whats your vie...

Thks guys, Gheez I never realised brewing would be so confusing. Both my LHBS sell this stuff as a sanitizer, they sell this as a no rinse option cant remember what the rinse option is, tried looking at their sites tonight but neither has a photo with enough resolution to be able to read the label. ...

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