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I don't drink a lot either, I brew mainly for my once-a-month home bar sessions. I think I'd find it very difficult to generate the enthusiasm if I didn't have a project like that. I restarted brewing after a long hiatus because I got so dissatisfied with the beer in pubs, knowing I could produce better, and seeing an opportunity to do a good thing for my friends. Before I resta...

Not such a great trooper, I realised today I didn’t add any CRS or Phosphoric acid to my brewing water so the pH was (according to Brewfather) 5.6 rather than 5.4 will this make any difference?You wont notice any difference with that small amount of pH discrepancy.

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My dead space is about 3 ltrs as well I'll do that on my next run thanks . I don't filter mine I lauter until the wort looks clearish then sparge into my boil kettle . Is there anything I'm missing ? I'm assuming as well the mash tun just needs washing after and not vwp or anything because of the bacteria build up .That's pretty much what I do. My filter is the perforated sectio...

Hornindal golden ale is mashing away nicely, lovely and clear. Just in mashout with sparge to follow

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Not 77C, but 67C. In fact I mash 1t 65-66C ususally.The iffy smell disappears as you pour the mash into whatever filtering system you're using. I only mentioned it in case you thought something has gone wrong.I have 3 litre and a 5 litre. I find that my trub just fills the 3 liutre jug. Plastic is fine. I was it thoroughly and leave it in the fermenter with some metabisphite to ...