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I use sodium percarbonate for a cleaner then bung all my gear in the bucket and blast it with 2x 6w G5 UVC lamps for 20mins or so and it will eliminate anything with a cell. I probably only need one lamp as it emits ozone. I try to avoid chemicals where possible these days. UVC won't work for...

I'll get round to posting up some pics tonight, had a bit of a delay in things

I don't use Star San so that one is out im afraid. To be honest boiling water is almost as good as bleach if you can maintain temperature. In a nutshell, bleach and hot water attack proteins in bacteria where they then start to lose structure and die. If you boil an egg, the white clumps...

none of the plates will be opened, im gonna dump them straight after ive exposed them to extreme heat. The sanitisers I'm going to use are Hot water Bleach Oxi Bruclens Isopropyl Alcohol Campden

For fun im gonna get a mini brew zoo going and try different sanitisers on my FV and see if anything grows. Anyone ever done this before and what were your results?

I calculated an IBU of approx. 25? Around the same a Pilsner? I always add more grain or DME than needed because I usually lose gravity points because sometimes I end up not knowing where I've put a grain bag and dump the grains in the pot so when I get to the boil I've topped up with a...

Had had bunch of grains and stuff hanging around so thought I'd do a 5L brew tonight. My last AG came out great but I buggered up on the hops and it's so damn bitter I cannot drink it, which is a shame because it's got amazing head retention and body. So I am gonna go with this: 500G...

I've actually just got some safale 04 I will use for my next mini mash brew. I will deffo look at the liquid yeast, there seems to be a good selection with some decent flavour profiles.

Bit of a mish mash of an extract brew but not bad at all. I went ott with the WGV and it was bitter as he'll but it's starting to even out. I need to use something other than wilko ale yeast as they all have a generic taste despite different grains etc.

Yeasterday (d'dum) I racked a wilko 6 bottle kit I actually banged in finings A/B, stabiliser and half a campden at the same time as I wasn't thinking. After an inspection today I noticed odd floaters, especially after shaking the DJ. I'm going to assume it's chitosan as there was just hot...

I just racked a Wilko Rose wine 6 bottle kit and a first taste was pretty nice, reminded me of a £3-4 bottle so I have good hope that this will be decent for the price. I'd deffo give it a shot.

I must say I've not had too much of a problem with residue, though it's less hassle than bleach. I may get some StarSan at the end of the month and give it ago.

Bruclens is one and used it in my last brew and it was fine. I bought the Lidl W5 Oxi stuff and it says >30 Sodium Percbonate. As I only ever used chlorine for cleaning and sterilising, would the W5 stuff be ok for a sanitiser? A number of people use it as a cleaner (which is great) but can...

This rose I put on I think the 27th of august went mental at first and was coming up through the airlock several times a day. It's now settled and is bubbling once a second. I have limited experience with wine so would it be best to leave it to ferment out or do you guys stop after gravity...

Let us know how it pans out.......and stay away from anything with sulphite in the name!b