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thanks for the replies guys. i performed an iodine test, but i have to admit, that i've never done it before so i'm not quite sure about the result. but i took one liter of the blonde ale used it to boil 1kg of sugar which i put back into the fermenter. 6 hours later it was fermenting...

hi all, after more than 40 successful all grain brews using my 3 tier system, i'm having some problems with my last couple of brews. my regular process has been to mash for 60 minutes, drain, sparge, drain. it has taken me usually 2 hours. but i just recently switched to BIAB, to...

hi, i'm looking for ideas on how to use my summer harvest for either mead or beer. i have 2 kilos of blueberries, 5 kilos of red currants, 2 kilos of crowberries, 1 kilo of black currants and 10 kilos of rhubarb. i wanted to pick your brain about it, since it takes a long time to create a...

did you ever to the lager version? what kind of water profile would suit this beer?

what water profile are u using for your mead. my all grain beer really stepped up to another league when i started adjusting the water. what do you suggest for mead, i.e. what profile. mine is a very soft water, almost pils like

hi all, i created my first mead on the 25th of september 2009 the recipe was, 23 liters, like this (i used a recipe from the web, don't know which one): 2.3 kg honey, just standard supermarket honey. no variety here in iceland 5 oranges in slices 4 cinnamon sticks 2 ml all spice 2...

what water profile should i aim for when brewing this? london or burton?

i was so impatient that i raised the temp to 14 and pitched nottingham. looking for crisp ale. it is fermenting away now that said, i'm going to create another batch and pitch a proper starter of bohemian lager, so i have the comparison.

i pitched the yeast and ran away for a week. was just returning now and measured a sample, so i'm not sure how long it has been at 1050.

hi all, i just brewed 5 gals of JZ bohemian pilsner a week ago. i was in a hurry going on a trip with the familiy and forgot to create the starter 2 days in advance as i had planned and only used one activator pack of bobemian lager in a one liter starter on the stirplate for 12 hours...

hi, me and some fellow brewers are planning a lambic group brew. one question that came up, is can we create a single starter with a lambic blend and step it up gradually so we can use it for 4 carboys. it perhaps sounds silly, but here in iceland it is very hard to get yeast, and...

the more the merrier. but this signature is hillarious. "Big breasted ass friendly blonde!"

it was mainly for raggi to know about the website. but it sure is good to know that you can think warmly about iceland. most of the publicity now is about how we are fu**ing up the international flight paths and the fact that our banking system managed to create a larger fraud than ENRON...

velkominn raggi, i suggest that you check out http://www.fagun.is which is the icelandic homebrewers community. we just had our first national competition (ever) 2 weeks ago. beer was just made legal in 1989 so we have a lot of caching up to do :)

the idea was that i could set 3 kegs to serving or storing pressure, shut of its valves, and force carb one. anyway it gives me some possibilities. most likely i will use the same pressure on most of the kegs and adjust with different serving tube length.

hi all, after having been brewing since august last year, i decided to step up to a keggerator. having brewed 30 batches, i was getting tired of bottling everyting and since my poker club has gotten hooked on the beer, it seemed like a good idea. i convinced swmbo that it would be very...

any news on the mapping process?

cool stuff. do you think that this design would work for a kegerator. i have a small fridge that can maintain 4°C, but i was planning to double its volume using this design and use as a kegerator.

is there any reason why this is 10 days in primary and then 10 in secondary. cannot i just have it for 14-21 days in primary?

oki. so if i understand it right, then mosher is just taking a step back by soaking the pale ale, and then continue like usually with crystal. then its just ship ahoy and start soaking pale ale.