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Category: Fermentation

Repackaging US-05

August 4, 2021 stephen gale

I have just finished a 500g block of Fermentis US-05 yeast that I repackaged in October 2020 into 20g sachets.…

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Posted in: Fermentation, Packaging, Yeast

Don’t try to bottle condition NEIPA!

December 18, 2020 stephen gale 3 Comments

It is so susceptible to oxidisation it seems to be practically impossible to condition it in a bottle. i.e. to…

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Posted in: Fermentation Filed under: bottle conditioning, NEIPA

Double Dry Hopping

December 4, 2020 stephen gale

Ok, so I haven’t had to do this before, so this is a bit of an experiment! Double dry hopping…

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Posted in: Fermentation, Hops Filed under: double dry hopping, NEIPA

Following up on haze hoppy IPAs

December 1, 2020 stephen gale

I have been trying to improve my hoppy IPA’s recently and have come to a number of conclusions. Some of…

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Posted in: Fermentation, Ingredients Filed under: dry hopping, haze, Hoppy IPA

Producing a hazy, hoppy beer

October 20, 2020 stephen gale

I have noticed that a number of the hoppy IPAs that I really like have significant haze to them. They…

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Posted in: Fermentation, Hops, Yeast Filed under: hoppy hazy IPA

Why is my beer turning grey?

October 7, 2020 stephen gale 1 Comment

I have noticed recently that a couple of my beers were starting to look a little “grey”. I first noticed…

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Posted in: Contamination, Fermentation, Record Keeping Filed under: bottle conditioning, Sunlight exposure

Kviek Voss Update

September 17, 2020 stephen gale

I recently brewed a trial beer with Lallemand’s Kveik Voss yeast, here’s more of an update. So it took 3…

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Posted in: Fermentation, Gravity Readings, Yeast Filed under: Kviek Voss

Kviek Voss

September 14, 2020 stephen gale 1 Comment

I thought I would give this Norwegian based yeast from Lallemand a try. According to the description, it has flavor…

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Posted in: Fermentation, Ingredients, Yeast Filed under: Kviek Voss

Clearing So-La

September 6, 2020 stephen gale

I use bottle conditioning with the majority of my beer. I do have some Corny kegs, but it is early…

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Posted in: Fermentation, Ingredients, Yeast Filed under: bottle conditioning

Clearing Verdant IPA

September 4, 2020 stephen gale 1 Comment

Normally, after 48 hours after bottling, most of my beers have 80-90% cleared. This isn’t the case with this Verdant…

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Posted in: Fermentation, Yeast Filed under: bottle conditioning, Verdant Yeast

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