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Just another Q. The final beer that was already brewing is youngs "harvest mild". Before I implement changes and methods people have mentioned. What would you guys say its meant to taste like? (a poor hobgoblin? an above average tesco value brew?)

thanks, yea I also have the other FV with the lid that screws on. It has a hole for a tap at the bottom :)

well, I store spray malt, hops, in sealed bags, but the speculation is, even even sealed bags there may be a tinyest of not noticeable holes. Potentially not a problem but if the mess and smell can create bacteria to contaminate anything then it could be a problem. I was wrong btw regarding the...

hmmm, yea everything is sterelised thoroughly as per usual. The way I can think of bacteria and dust getting in maybe through the handle holes on the fv?the metal handle goes through the holes but theres a slight gap. Even perhaps some of the ingredients being contaminated beforehand? as I did...

Basically, the passage is inside, its to the right of the kitchen. Cant move their spare hay, food which is exactly opposite the beer brewing, as family will move them back regardless + theres no other space for them (each bag of has is about 1 meter high by 50cm wide), poop and mess spills out...

actually ill do a little diagram thanks for your help

nope about the same really

haha that Patterdale may come in handy. It was just a wonder pretty much I mean, The only other thing it could of been was movement of the beer from where I used to brew it in kitchen to the passage. I build the unit. Spent £100's with all extra equipment believing it would be out of the...

Hey guys, Done many batches of beer, all were fine until recently. I built myself a brewing unit in the passage, little after a family member got some more guinea pigs, now in the passage very close to my beer brewing, you got the big bags of hay, some wooden run, the guinea pigs themselves in...

The only problem for me I think eddie is the FVs wanting to be higher than barrels so i can siphon direct from fv to barrel without moving anything. rparkera... Might go for the £77 1 then. You think the top of it will mean fvs will be below head level so i can make the fv mix, then lift...

excellent cheers mate. Seen a decent sized workbench for just £55 on that site, that will be perfect :D edit: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Economy-Workbench ... 228wt_1199 that look about the right size?

Hey guys, Been trying to get a homebrew shelving combination. The idea is to have a workstation. On top would be 2 fermenters fermenting. Then underneath a cupboard which contains 2 barrels. For a lot of the time both fermenters would be full as well as both barrels. Anyone got any ideas of...

haha, ill try and dig round the house for the spare water bottle and get the cutters out (think the only 1 here has a teady bear on it so im playing with fire) It could well be, it wasnt too warm in the kitchen recently so should of brewed at the norm temp. Beer feels very cold when poured in a...

couldnt find spare seal, but took seal out, played a bit with it and it pours well. Will be happy when this beer is all gone though. Tastes nice. The other night I had 5 pints and it gave me a headache. Tonight have had 4 so far, feel only a tiny bit tipsy but feeling headache setting in again

Ill have to try that 1 next time im there. I had noticed at the spoons I went to the beers were a lot nicer than the 1's here. Simply because hereford spoons always has dodgy pints. The type where the bar staff says "ahh nope its not clearing properly, so you cant have it" then every other ale...