Recent content by mblwest

That sounds OK but don't sweat it, there is no harm done to the beer, you just get these practical issues and mouth feel. You know if it is flat when you drink it, if you are getting a glass full of froth you know it is over, as a general rule of thumb. Equipment issues can add to this but...

It is most likely you have over carbonated the beer. When the beer is in the keg it is in equilibrium with the pressure, when you dispense you are exposing it to atmospheric pressure which causes the absorbed gas to expand and be liberated. So you need to reduce the pressure in your keg. Turn...

Wow, would definitely go down that road. I wouldn't use vodka though, has to be some sort of home brewing. What would be the reason in pre-fermenting though? Wouldn't you then be selling an alcoholic beverage? Or is it for preserving?

Also I am pretty sure the Morgans kit used in Kingsley's recipe has gluten in it, wish it were that simple! Everything tastes great with gluten!

A concentrate sounds great

It was a while ago now but I know I used a Champagne yeast and a number of sugars, some fermentable some not. But the result was a super dry, unsweet, super yeasty taste with little ginger, undrinkable. I think I used 1kg of fresh ginger, which is not cheap! Sorry for the lack of detail...

Would love to read a blog on the subject. I would like to brew a gluten free option for the celiacs in my family, tried once, was a hopeless failure.

Never tried Xanthan gum but what a great idea, some quick research shows they do use it in salad dressings. I use the stick blender approach, works very well. Place the egg and all the oil in a narrow container that the stick blender just fits in. Start the blender with it fully submerged...

I am in Mt Keira, my neighbour and I are both brewers, would be interested but not on facebook, and never will be!

Water off the roof could easily contain pathogens, you would need a filter that you probably can't get as a homebrewer to filter out all the nasties. I think the issue here is that livo is brewing from cans. When I used to do this years ago I think all I did was use hot water to rinse out the...

Scales look good, could use them

I would bottle it, clearly it has stopped. Could simply be more unfermentable sugars, maybe a quality control issue? Another thing you could try is raising the temp to 25 or 28 to see if that encourages the yeast to kick in again.

Would like to add to this discussion with this question, I have a Guten 40, pretty much like a grainfather I think. Anyway it has a circulation pump that I could use with the counter flow cooler. My question is though, if you pump your wort through the chiller, given the suction side of the...

I know Grok is joking but that could be a thing i.e. Covid, but assuming you have also tried bought beers that taste fine then that rules that out. For the small cost of a new bottle of sanitizer you should do that anyway. I have also wondered about the shelf life of mixed sanitizer, end up...

Not sure if I am missing something but what is the problem?