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by MTW
Mon Nov 19, 2018 10:11 am
Forum: Commercial Brews
Topic: Fullers 1845
Replies: 26
Views: 12348

Re: Fullers 1845

… I’m intending making 5 gallons of London pride for a friends 60th birthday which is easy enough but I wanted to use genuine fullers yeast . I know you can buy a culture but getting the swig of 1845 down the neck is such a bonus !! It’s been on the shelves 10 years or more ! WLP002 and Wyeast 1968...
by MTW
Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:18 pm
Forum: Fermentation
Topic: Stockpots as fermenters?
Replies: 40
Views: 12035

Re: Stockpots as fermenters?

Ah... I've just discovered the way I share from Google Photos doesn't work if you are using MS Internet Explorer or Edge. Back to the drawing board with future posts then. There must be a few of my photos now, that people can't see if they're on an MS browser. https://www.ski.com.au/xf/threads/how-t...
by MTW
Sun Nov 18, 2018 8:01 pm
Forum: Brewing Equipment
Topic: Moving/lifting full fermenters?
Replies: 34
Views: 10002

Re: Moving/lifting full fermenters?

I had such a bad back in summer 2017 that I could barely get out of a chair for a week, let alone brew. A year on, through physio, much more aware of posture and back health, and I'm lifting 23l fermenters ok again. Lifting wet grain refilled into their 25Kg bags, but probably double that wet, in a ...
by MTW
Sun Nov 18, 2018 7:19 pm
Forum: Fermentation
Topic: Stockpots as fermenters?
Replies: 40
Views: 12035

Re: Stockpots as fermenters?

That's odd about the photo link. It's on Google Photos. I will attach it here until its sorted. Can anyone else see the photo in my last post, same as this?
by MTW
Sun Nov 18, 2018 2:54 pm
Forum: Fermentation
Topic: Stockpots as fermenters?
Replies: 40
Views: 12035

Re: Stockpots as fermenters?

Finally Commissioned today! Fits well. Quality every bit as good as I hoped. The ball valve is only 1/4 inch I think, so probably no good for massive hopping in primary without swapping it or adding a filter, but this will do me fine. Mangrove Jacks M41 just pitched into about 21L or dubbel, with ho...
by MTW
Sat Nov 17, 2018 7:36 pm
Forum: Brewdays
Topic: Strong-ish Ale for Xmas
Replies: 8
Views: 3516

Re: Strong-ish Ale for Xmas

Looks a nice colour. Report back.
by MTW
Sat Nov 10, 2018 7:02 pm
Forum: Yeast
Topic: Attenuation with non fermentables
Replies: 16
Views: 6177

Re: Attenuation with non fermentables

Not sure i understand where this thread has gone regards the original question or it might just be me. As i know understand it then it seems like i take the OG apply the attenuation percentage to get the predicted FG then add a few points on :) In all honesty it was just the fact the FG ended alot ...
by MTW
Sat Nov 10, 2018 2:28 pm
Forum: Yeast
Topic: Attenuation with non fermentables
Replies: 16
Views: 6177

Re: Attenuation with non fermentables

Quickest reference for me is always the side of your hydrometer, got a decent sugar per L meter thing on there. Not to be forgotten, I guess! My quick reference is 18g (cane/beet) sugar per litre = 1% ABV = 7.4 SG points It takes around a third more lactose than sucrose to hit the same SG. All appr...
by MTW
Fri Nov 09, 2018 3:38 pm
Forum: Yeast
Topic: Attenuation with non fermentables
Replies: 16
Views: 6177

Re: Attenuation with non fermentables

Without knowing the volume involved it is not possible to adjust for the lactose addition For all practical purposes, a litre of your wort with gravity of 1055 might be assumed to have 55g of sugars including the added lactose. Divide your 840g addition by the volume of wort in your FV plus the vol...
by MTW
Fri Nov 09, 2018 10:26 am
Forum: Yeast
Topic: Attenuation with non fermentables
Replies: 16
Views: 6177

Re: Attenuation with non fermentables

840g of lactose in 26L would have added roughly 9 points to the OG (and to the FG, seeing as it doesn't ferment). It's quite a lot of lactose for the batch size, and you might expect it to finish in the mid or high teens, SG wise.
by MTW
Fri Nov 09, 2018 9:03 am
Forum: Dispensing
Topic: Force Carbination
Replies: 25
Views: 6528

Re: Force Carbination

I had one attempt at shaking, and overdid it in under a minute. (The only way to get the excess gas out of solution in any sort of time was to send a few short bursts down the OUT tube to nucleate it from the bottom while venting... in case you ever need it! Not sure it does the delicate aromatics m...
by MTW
Fri Nov 09, 2018 12:14 am
Forum: Yeast
Topic: Attenuation with non fermentables
Replies: 16
Views: 6177

Re: Attenuation with non fermentables

Without knowing the volume involved it is not possible to adjust for the lactose addition For all practical purposes, a litre of your wort with gravity of 1055 might be assumed to have 55g of sugars including the added lactose. Divide your 840g addition by the volume of wort in your FV plus the vol...
by MTW
Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:02 pm
Forum: Fermentation
Topic: Stockpots as fermenters?
Replies: 40
Views: 12035

Re: Stockpots as fermenters?

Brewbuilder has just started selling another flat bottom fermenter: https://www.brewbuilder.co.uk/mini-fv.html Slightly smaller, but includes the tap with rotatable racking arm and bits to add a blow off tube. I am mightily tempted. Good spot, though I think 24L to the rim would be too small for me...
by MTW
Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:10 pm
Forum: Brewing Books
Topic: Brewing Beer Like Those You Buy
Replies: 27
Views: 18364

Re: Brewing Beer Like Those You Buy

These two are in my collection. They certainly seemed old when I started brewing in the early 90s! I was inspired enough to buy an old Burco from a scrappy and attempt a mash in a floating 'tun' within. It didn't go well. I did adjust an extract old peculiar to good effect though, and my appetite wa...
by MTW
Sat Nov 03, 2018 1:55 pm
Forum: Fermentation
Topic: Stuck - intervention required?
Replies: 5
Views: 2030

Re: Stuck - intervention required?

It doesn't sound done, and it sounds like you've done the right things so far, assuming the temp hasn't been allowed to drop at any point. I haven't used that yeast. Porters can be a bit of a kitchen sink job in terms of grain bills. What was yours? Hydrometer checked in water? Otherwise, another st...