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- Tue May 05, 2020 1:49 pm
- Forum: Hops
- Topic: Food dehydrator
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6436
Re: Food dehydrator
It's quite small. I'm not sure how much you could get in that in one go and how fast it can dry them. When I had two hop plants down at the allotment, I used to get about a pillowcase full of wet hops even in a bad year. I used to find that they went off faster than I could dry them. Sent from my IN...
- Wed Apr 01, 2020 4:02 pm
- Forum: Yeast
- Topic: old dry yeast
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4937
Re: old dry yeast
No idea but there's a faint smell of rum when using the sanitiser [emoji16]
- Wed Apr 01, 2020 2:06 pm
- Forum: Yeast
- Topic: old dry yeast
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4937
Re: old dry yeast
Common sense says no but I just chucked two packets of Windsor yeast from 2006 I found under the stairs into a sugar wash I used to make hand sanitiser from. It took off like a rocket
- Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:39 am
- Forum: Grain Brewing
- Topic: Keeping Beer
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3142
Re: Keeping Beer
A classic IPA springs to mind. Pale malt and a lot of hops, preferably Goldings.
- Fri Jan 24, 2020 8:30 pm
- Forum: Hops
- Topic: Shelf life of opened packs of leaf hops
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2953
Re: Shelf life of opened packs of leaf hops
In the freezer they'll be fine. Brulosophy did some experiments with this, take a look at their website. I used to keep my opened packets in kilner jars in a cupboard and never noticed any degradation but I brew traditional English beers rather than the hop forward, pot pouri styles that abound now ...
- Wed Oct 02, 2019 2:13 pm
- Forum: Yeast
- Topic: Dried vs. Liquid yeast
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4018
Re: Dried vs. Liquid yeast
I think that the main difference between dried and liquid yeasts is the wider selection available in liquid form. If a particular yeast can be dried then it will probably taste very similar to the liquid version of the same yeast.
- Sun Sep 29, 2019 5:12 pm
- Forum: Dispensing
- Topic: Priming sugar vs Beer temperature for Bottling
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1834
Re: Priming sugar vs Beer temperature for Bottling
The temperature used in the calculation should be the maximum temperature reached during fermentation since that will determine how much co2 is dissolved in the beer.
- Thu Aug 15, 2019 8:52 pm
- Forum: Hops
- Topic: Homegron hops and cross pollination
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2436
Re: Homegron hops and cross pollination
Also, although the seeds may be hybrid the flowers have to be true to type as they're on the parent plant. Basically, don't worry about it.
- Fri Aug 09, 2019 5:49 pm
- Forum: Malts and Grits
- Topic: Amber Malt.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9720
Re: Amber Malt.
Agreed, amber is something to use sparingly. It's got a very strong toasty/burnt flavour.
Perhaps you could use some in a stout but 5kg is going to be sitting around for a while I think
Perhaps you could use some in a stout but 5kg is going to be sitting around for a while I think
- Fri Jul 26, 2019 12:10 pm
- Forum: Grain Brewing
- Topic: Grainfather increasing batch size
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1563
Re: Grainfather increasing batch size
I have done this a while back before I had a grainfather so your experience may vary. It does work well as a technique but you may experience slightly lower mash efficiency and lower hop utilisation. Whether you want to compensate by adding a little extra grain and hops is up to you. I didn't bother...
- Fri Jul 19, 2019 3:25 pm
- Forum: Grain Brewing
- Topic: Delay before boiling.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2282
Re: Delay before boiling.
It will be fine. I doubt there will be any noticeable difference
- Wed Jun 19, 2019 9:01 am
- Forum: Dispensing
- Topic: Kegging an Irish Stout - CO2 or Nitrogen?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1909
Re: Kegging an Irish Stout - CO2 or Nitrogen?
I think stout is normally carbonated with a mixture of carbon dioxide and nitrogen. My local supplier provides a 70/30 co2/N mix for stouts
- Fri Feb 22, 2019 2:54 pm
- Forum: Yeast
- Topic: A wet version of windsor
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7057
Re: A wet version of windsor
Dried yeast is much easier to handle, use and store than liquid. So I think that if a yeast can be successfully dried then the manufacturers have no motivation to make a liquid version.
If you're getting results that you like then I'd stick with it.
If you're getting results that you like then I'd stick with it.
- Fri Jan 25, 2019 4:17 pm
- Forum: Grain Brewing
- Topic: Fullers selling off brewery to Asahi
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4092
Re: Fullers selling off brewery to Asahi
Sad news indeed. Brakspear of Henley did exactly this a few years ago. The brewery was sold for housing, the beers brewed alongside Hobgoblin and Brakspear became an also ran pub chain.
- Wed Jan 23, 2019 11:48 am
- Forum: Yeast
- Topic: Yeast starter or not?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2721
Re: Yeast starter or not?
Well you might be underpitching if you don't build a proper starter with that og. However, if the yeast is fresh you should be ok.
If you want to be safe, wait until next week
If you want to be safe, wait until next week