Recent content by Wontigonk

Brilliant! Happy to chat more off forum - I don't think I can "PM" you, so try e-mailing me on [email protected], or if that plays up, [email protected] and we can swap contact details.

Hi all, particularly jaffab! Sorry the e-mail bounced - not sure what happened, but my account does seem flaky at times. The Towy Homebrew Club is a bit like Schroedinger's cat at present. We were pottering along pre Covid, then like everyone else, aspects of life went on hold. One of our...

25 L Winter Ale Total 15,826

25L Kandy Weiss on 12 Sep (with grapefruit peel and cardamom - smelling good so far) 25L Club bitter on 27 Sep Total 14,848

At a guess, rain helps suppress dust circulation?

I am pleased to announce that the Towy Homebrew Club has been set up after a successful inaugural meeting on 28 August. We are based near Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire. The group has decided to concentrate on improving / learning to brew beer and hedgerow wines – we won’t be tackling cider, as...

Thanks! Okay.... Brambling Cross single hop IPA 25L Erdinger Hefe Weisen clone 25L Gamp Lawn bitter 25L (own recipe) Abbot Ale clone 25L Not A Russian Imperial Stout - should have been 12.5L but I was dozing, so ended up 25L (still a very nice stout!) Kiwi IPA 25L (own recipe) Pinkus Hefe Weizen...

Only just spotted this thread - am I too late to post retrospective brews for this year?

Good luck - experimentation is what its about! Just about to bin a failed experiment of mine......

Hi Luke, When barrelling, I'd recommend a thin layer of food grade silicone grease, which helps the seal around the tap and top. Use the stuff the same consistency as vaseline, not a spray. Its on eEbay cheaply. You'll need to change your seals from time to time as well as they wear out or...

Hi I would be grateful for some prepurchase advice regarding the Buffalo 40 L cc193 boiler as at http://www.nisbets.co.uk/asset/en/media/user%20manual%20cc190_cc191_cc192_cc193_ml_a5_v4.pdf I am currently using an old Swan urn boiler with a 3 kW exposed element. Ignoring the problems...

If a tree falls in the forest when there's no philospher there to hear it, does anyone give a damn?

I'd wondered about filters (no more cheating than using finings I suppose), but along with the suggestion about racking into another vessel post egg white, doesn't that remove the benefits of cask conditioning? I'd got the impression that once you knock the yeast out of suspension, you have to...

Muddydisco - thanks for that - I hadn't thought of Vege-Gel (is that an algenate?). What dosing did you use - I take it it worked? Tubby-Shaw - just a quick follow up if I may. Does using egg white introduce a "life" issue into the brew - will it still keep for months, or does it need to be...

Thanks Aleman (or is it IeMan now?) IIRC - if I recall correctly? New one on me! Do wine finings (winings?) work on beer? Logically I suppose no reason not to, but I can foresee issues with SG and carbonation influencing efficiency. I was aware of blood being used as wine finings (finding...