Recent content by Paulchef

Thank you everyone for your input, I’d forgotten about my magnifier lamp which is sitting in the cupboard 😂 I’ll have to fetch it out, it will give SWMBO another thing to have a moan about, roll on my shed build

Diolch 👍

Try Adams gas they seem to have stockists down your way

Thanks for the reply, it’s a strawberry & lime turbo cider for the kids (grown up kids haha) they like the sweet flavoured ciders, so gave it a go. I used a sweetened yeast for cider and it’s plenty sweet for my liking. I’m more bitter, ipa & stout. Hope to finish my shed extension this spring...

Being partially blind I can’t read the scale on a hydrometer unless I take a photo that I can then zoom wonder if someone could help how I work out the abv, I guess I should invest in a tilt or similar The pre ferment I read as 60 so is that 1.060 ? The second 2 graduations below 1.000 or in...

You would need a mixed gas regulator for stout, although you could use co2, but yes it does give you a choice of pressures to run 2 kegs

West coast ipa please 👍

I’ve been on the FB page there seems to be issues with the taps leaking and loosing a lot of beer when venting. Not a route I’ll be following though, I’ve yet to brew a AG batch but that’s down to getting my shed finished and sorted 🍺

What is that basket, where did you purchase it?

Nice build, something I will be attempting in the not too distant future🍺

Well the cider turned out quite nice, very lively if not chilled, but after a couple of hours in the fridge a nice fizzy cider🍺

I’m waiting on a bottom drain bits & pieces to arrive then I’ll look at a suitable element for it had a row off SWMBO as she found the big parcel in my shed😂 Been thinking of a grain basket to fit inside but there bleeding expensive

My Bergland 60 L thermo pot has arrived, I better move on with my shed extension so that I can get brewing😁👍🍻🍻

When I eventually go down the AG route I’ve been thinking of a converted thermo pot as a all in one type of thing using a grain basket inside it. Now I don’t want to buy one and then later on regret I didn’t buy a larger pot, I can’t afford the all singing all dancing types, hence the converted...

Thanks ever so much for your replies everyone. Mixing my ibu & ebc up 😂 . Had the recipe off brewersfriend it is for a goose island ipa clone. I’m still learning and compiling a few recipes ready for the completion of my brew-shed Thanks again