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by rpt
Mon Dec 26, 2016 4:07 pm
Forum: Yeast
Topic: Guinness Rye Pale Ale Yeast?
Replies: 2
Views: 1732

Re: Guinness Rye Pale Ale Yeast?

There's one way to find out!
by rpt
Wed Dec 21, 2016 2:32 pm
Forum: Brewing Equipment
Topic: Counter Pressure Filler?
Replies: 49
Views: 8466

Re: Counter Pressure Filler?

Are modern bottles stronger? They are designed for single use. Wouldn't your 70s bottles have been designed to be refilled many times?
by rpt
Wed Dec 21, 2016 2:21 pm
Forum: Cleaning, Sanitation and Sterilisation
Topic: bottle advice?
Replies: 9
Views: 4029

Re: bottle advice?

Oxyclean is mostly sodium carbonate which is the same as soda crystals so is there any benefit over just soaking in oxyclean?
by rpt
Mon Dec 19, 2016 11:36 am
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: First A.G Lager- water treatment help needed
Replies: 18
Views: 3467

Re: First A.G Lager- water treatment help needed

orlando wrote:Anything else is blind archery.
Isn't that a Paralympic sport?
by rpt
Sat Dec 17, 2016 10:41 am
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: First A.G Lager- water treatment help needed
Replies: 18
Views: 3467

Re: First A.G Lager- water treatment help needed

The pH of your water is irrelevant. You need to know its alkalinity. To test this get a Salifert kit. Only then can you work out how to treat it.
by rpt
Sat Dec 17, 2016 10:33 am
Forum: Dispensing
Topic: Kegging vs. Bottling
Replies: 24
Views: 5131

Re: Kegging vs. Bottling

I gave up on polypins because the beer oxidised after a few weeks.
by rpt
Fri Dec 16, 2016 3:58 pm
Forum: Yeast
Topic: step up starter
Replies: 11
Views: 2988

Re: step up starter

Whenever I want to brew a very strong beer I always do a session beer first and collect the yeast from that. It's effectively a super sized starter, but a tasty one. I was reading an article yesterday (on the Maltose Falcons website) that suggested you could step up by a factor of 100 not just 10, s...
by rpt
Fri Dec 16, 2016 3:54 pm
Forum: Fermentation
Topic: Dry Hopping Question
Replies: 9
Views: 2643

Re: Dry Hopping Question

You shouldn't need to tie up your fermentation fridge for bottle conditioning. Just put them somewhere in the house that doesn't get too cold and they will carb up in a couple of weeks, regardless of cold crashing. I always fill at least a couple of plastic bottles so that I know if they have carbed...
by rpt
Fri Dec 16, 2016 3:51 pm
Forum: Dispensing
Topic: Kegging vs. Bottling
Replies: 24
Views: 5131

Re: Kegging vs. Bottling

I keg and bottle. I keg most beers as these are session beers and it is so much easier than bottling. Some beers only make sense in bottles (for me anyway) since they are strong and I expect them to last for a long time, even years e.g. RIS, strong ale, Belgian ales. As well as being less effort, ke...
by rpt
Wed Dec 14, 2016 2:41 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: Pure hop aroma oils
Replies: 31
Views: 6442

Re: Pure hop aroma oils

So you don't stir or shake after adding the oil to a keg?
by rpt
Wed Dec 14, 2016 2:36 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: Wheelers Hopping
Replies: 8
Views: 1690

Re: Wheelers Hopping

My edition of the book has a table in the hops chapter giving the AA% of every hop as used to formulate the recipes. If your hops have higher AA% then you will calculate a high bitterness. Some varieties vary a lot between harvests.
by rpt
Wed Dec 14, 2016 2:31 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: Nuts! 80 IBU by accident
Replies: 15
Views: 2622

Re: Nuts! 80 IBU by accident

I made a too Bitter IPA a while ago. Over time the bitterness mellowed so just give it time.
by rpt
Wed Dec 14, 2016 2:25 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: Help with boiler
Replies: 10
Views: 2055

Re: Help with boiler

I use a 40L Buffalo boiler which has a similar element to yours and my volumes are the same. While getting to the boil I leave the lid on. Once it's boiling I take the lid off. At this point it's a very strong boil but it soon settles down to something much more rolling. I'm not aware of any problem...
by rpt
Wed Dec 14, 2016 1:27 pm
Forum: Fermentation
Topic: Triple hopped triple IPA
Replies: 6
Views: 2169

Re: Triple hopped triple IPA

I've read it's best not to use champagne yeast with beer, although I can't remember why. I'd find an alcohol tolerant beer strain.
by rpt
Sun Dec 11, 2016 11:41 pm
Forum: Brewing Equipment
Topic: KeyKegs
Replies: 19
Views: 5510

Re: KeyKegs

But we are talking about home brew use where you are unlikely to drink it that quickly. That's why I use a keg with a hand pump and not a cask.