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Thanks - wasn't completely sure the bottling wand stick would be the right size, but glad to hear it is, that certainly makes life easy.

Thanks- the cane looks like a good solution. I suppose the internal diameter of the picnic tap must be 10mm then - which helps!

Hi, I'm planning on bottling from my corny by attaching a racking cane directly to my picnic tap and filling bottles at very low pressure, using the bung method to burp CO2. Can't do a full beergun / bottle CO2 purging setup just now, but i get the impression, the above method should be...

Well, this turned out fine, but nothing special. As with both batches of beers with Oats that i have done, they have improved hugely with age, getting much more balanced over time. The hops may have been a bit old or my dry hopping not very effective, because there weren't really any...

shhhh you'll give the game away ;) This is now brewed successfully. My FG was 1045, so slightly short of the 1047, but my 30kg bag of malt is probably now 6 months+ old, so may have lost some efficiency. In the end i upped the bittering addition a bit with 25 grams of old Pioneer 10% AA hops...

I should be getting paid for malt miller hits! They are no longer for sale, but he does usually have something on there going cheaply. Ok, i'll up the bittering, and then just shove my 50 gms to 0 mins, with the 50gms dry hop. If it tastes of nothing, i'll bang the other 100gms in for a few...

Malt Miller were selling Summer 5%AA hops at £1 per 100gms, so i've got 200 grams to use and am planning to experiment. I've recently had success with a balanced OAT IPA, so i think the Summer hops will lend a nice aroma to a fairly mild beer. I'm thinking: 15ltr batch / 22 ltr boil...

Oh hang on, a mate has a glass as well - that might be the same then. It's a beer that lets the malty / alcoholic character come through more than hops, so won't be for everyone. It's also dangerous after a few pints :-?

It is great on tap. I'll look into sharps bottle conditioned beers and use that as a starting point.

20% oats will be absolutely fine. Wouldn't the carapils and oats both add body though? If that's the case it might be overkill. As for oats, same as you, i scoured the internet, but there isn't a huge amount of info out there, but the long and short is that you can use basic flaked oats...

Looks interesting! How is the high IBU / Oat interaction? I imagine the oats balance it out quite nicely.

Google hasn't thrown up much, just wondering if there are any recipes out there, or if anyone has given it a whirl?

AG = quick and cheap. If you can cope with working with smaller batches, i.e. 10-15ltr target for the fermenter, the boil and mash warm up times are greatly reduced, and it becomes much more practical in terms of what sort of boiler you can work with. 3-4 hours is comfortably doable. You...

I was looking for one just like this, but sadly you're too far away and I've just bought a fridge of the same size to convert. Just replying to say, I fitted mine in a 5 door 2004 Honda civic with the seats down without a problem if that's any help to anyone considering this.

You can keep it for years if your sanitisation is good. I wouldn't worry about getting ill as a result, give it a go and if it tastes bad, steer clear, if not, you've got some vintage home brew!