Getting Started
- What are Hops?
- Why is it important to clean and sanitise brewing equipment?
- What is yeast for in brewing?
- What is the brewing process?
- What should my Grainfather Electric Grain Mill speed be set to?
- Do I need to passivate the equipment?
Mashing
- Can I use a Mashing/Grain Bag with my Grainfather?
- What happens if I crush my grain too coarse? What should I do?
- What happens if I crush my grain too fine? What do I do?
- Mashing - the general process
- Why do we add the sparge dead space if there is zero loss to boil kettle?
- Why is my temperature fluctuating during the mash when using the G70?
Sparging
- What is 'astringency' and what causes it?
- What if my S40/G40/G70 is full and I need to add more water to reach my preboil?
- What should I do if I have a slow or stuck sparge? How do I know which it is?
- What is Sparging?
- How do I use the G30 / G30³ Sparge Counter?
- Why does my sparge water need to be a specific temperature?
Boiling
- Can the lid be left on the G40 when boiling?
- How long should it take to get a decent rolling boil in the S40?
- How long should it take to get a decent rolling boil in the G40?
- What is Boiling in Brewing?
- Why won't my app Brew Session move to the boiling stage or show 100ºC (212ºF)? I can see it's boiling!
- Why won't my pump start while I’m boiling, using the G40 or G70?
Cooling & Transferring
- What is the maximum temperature of wort that I can transfer into GF30?
- Can I use the S40 recirculation pipework to transfer my wort into my fermenter?
- How to use the S40 Immersion Chiller
- The cooling process of brewing
- Why is the filter and pump in the G70 / G70² clogging?
- I have a problem with Counterflow Wort Chiller losing wort in the coil, how can reclaim this wort?
Fermenting
- Why is it important to wait for the expected due date when brewing beer?
- What are the best pH pitching levels for brewing beer?
- Can I reuse yeast?
- What yeast should I use for very warm temperatures?
- Why is there a black sludge on the inside of my GF30? What is it and how do I clean it?
- Does M02 Cider Yeast require a nutrient?
Kegging & Bottling
- Kegging and bottling information
- Can I use your Liquid Beer Finings for wine?
- How do I avoid exposing my beer to oxygen when using the GCA and Pressure Transfer Kit with my SF50/SF70?
- Can I use a bottling wand to bottle directly from my GF30 Conical Fermenter?
- How should I condition my beer when kegging?
- Why is there a layer of sediment at the bottom of each of my bottles?
Other
- Can I make Apple Cider with real apples?
- Why does my beer taste like medicine?
- Yeast killer phenotype - co-fermenting with more than one strain
- Why is the IBU contribution lowest for the hop variety with the highest alpha acid?
- How is efficiency defined on the calculator?
- The general brewing process put simply