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Fresh Brew: Your Monthly Digest of Top Forum Discussions – April 2025

Tuesday, April 15th, 2025

Most Discussed Topics

Bitterness aftertaste
by Mastoras007 with 51 posts this month
Hello everyone So I'm using Magnum for my bitterness last 4-5 batches I have this aftertaste of bitterness that i don't like it.. i want to remove Recipe was 85% pale 2 row, 5% carapils 5% caram…

Finally hit my numbers
by Chip99 with 34 posts this month
Back five weeks or so ago I posted that I had finally hit my numbers (meaning SG before and after boil) on a "strong ale". Pre boil 1058 both refract and hydro. Post was 1062 on both. I'm using …

stuck fermentation?
by Brian49 with 23 posts this month
Hi guys, for the first time in my brewing years, I have a fermentation that, after a normal vigorous ferment seems to have stuck at SG 1.022 after 9 days. The BF recipe predicts about 1.013 as fina…

Pouring Corny Keg Brew
by Phil MFC with 11 posts this month
All,I would appreciate any help to my dilemma as follows please:1/ I kegged a Yorkshire Bitter and carbonated for 48 hours at approximately 30 psi2/ After 48 hours I dropped psi down to 10-12 …

Pasteurising lager / beer
by Brewer #453028 with 20 posts this month
Hi,Just an idea but has anyone tried pasteurizing lager / beer whilst it is in the fermenter – after fermentation has finished using an immersion heater wand.I realize you would need a SS ferme…

English Barleywine on S-04
by Brewer #426450 with 20 posts this month
Hello, im planning to make my first, quite complex and high vol. recipe. I've come up with something like this. how does it look?batch for 24L- about 5-6 gallons, every malt is from viking malt….

Stalled fermentation/vinegar smell taste
by Marley's Brewing with 26 posts this month
Brewed my 3rd batch of beer and this was my 1st stout and had a bunch of issues with the brew. The first thing I did wrong was not pre-heating the mash water to temp before adding the grain. The se…

Summer blonde
by Marley's Brewing with 76 posts this month
Getting ready to brew a Blonde for the summer. Was hoping for kind of a citrusy summer feel. Thoughts on this recipe??[URL]https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1550934/sun-kissed-bl…

Newest Topics

Fast Lager
by Mastoras007 on Sun, 13 Apr 2025 with 23 posts so far
Hello everyone Preparing (in my mind) the next batch, I'm making some research about a faster way to get a lager.I found some articles from John Palmer using a method as (is copy paste):"- Whe…

Recipe and style suggestions.
by Lowlyric on Sun, 13 Apr 2025 with 7 posts so far
Is there any place here or other Wise that can suggest a recipe using the grain you have on hand? Would this be considered A i brewing.Looking to build brews with left over stuff I have on hand.

Pouring Corny Keg Brew
by Phil MFC on Sat, 12 Apr 2025 with 11 posts so far
All,I would appreciate any help to my dilemma as follows please:1/ I kegged a Yorkshire Bitter and carbonated for 48 hours at approximately 30 psi2/ After 48 hours I dropped psi down to 10-12 …

BRY-97
by Craigerrr on Fri, 11 Apr 2025 with 17 posts so far
I am not typically impatient, but am wondering if this is normal.Pitched BRY-97 a week ago Tuesday, so 10 days ago.Checked gravity Sunday evening, it was 1016, expecting it to go to 1008.Monday …

Stuff going on
by Beerbelly on Fri, 11 Apr 2025 with 3 posts so far
Spring is here, and my Centennial hops are heading up the wire on the front of our deck:31698And I'm propagating some Schneider Weisse Tap 7 yeast on my homemade stir plate (and of course, drin…

Questioning the recipe builder
by Brewer #278136 on Thu, 10 Apr 2025 with 6 posts so far
I have the following recipe built and it all looks reasonably good.https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1555054/nevada-pale-aleMy question is, based on the attached water report, …

OW TOO or NO TOO
by Bigbre04 on Wed, 09 Apr 2025 with 3 posts so far
So someone(me) forgot to shut off the O2 tank last night. i have a shitty(not cheap, just garbage) reg on it and it leaks. So I came in to an empty o2 tank this morning. For my sours i pitch sour…

34mm TC fittings
by Dade City Dan on Tue, 08 Apr 2025 with 13 posts so far
Hi all,I am looking at a couple of pieces of equipment. They have 34mm TC connectors. Why? The rest of the connectors on them are in inches. Is there a US source for these size of fittings?