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I don't know if anyone else is interested in this, but my two interests are brewing and history so I thought i'd combine the two and write about it. I got hold of a book from 1830 which I found fascinating so this post is about brewing at home back then, why it was done and how they did it and...

Hi, for sale (again due to getting a Grainfather) are the parts I got to make a PID for a herms set up that I never used. Included is; Project box enclosure Inkbird PID Heatsink & compound SSR PT100 probe Rocker switches Fuse holder & fuses Cable glands All new & unused, just...

For sale 3 vessel set up including; 50l Stainless steel HLT with Sight glass, thermometer, 2.75kw element and ball valve 38.5l Thermopot mash tun with false bottom, ball valve and sparge arm 50l kettle with ball valve and hole for thermometer (currently blanked off). Also has gas burner and...

If anyone's struggling with finding something to house a pt100 probe in a recirculating system, have a look at Angel Homebrew. I was speaking to Paul last night and he's listed a 1/2" - 1/4" reducing bush. The probe turns into the 1/4" one and then you can connect the 1/2" to a tee or...

My blog is here; http://chesterbrewr.blogspot.co.uk/ There's a few brewing posts and a few about the history of brewing and beer. Any feedback welcome!

Hi, I'm an all grain brewer but not had time to brew much beer recently so I'm looking at making a wine. Ideally something that's at it's best around xmas. I had a few questions, Firstly, Is it ok to use beer equipment (plastic Fv's, syphons, spoons etc) with wine, and then use again with...

Hi, I've been speaking to someone recently about making SS mesh grain baskets to replace regular brew in a bag bags. They would be to fit a 50l pot (the standard bergland 40cm diameter ones) and consist of a SS frame with feet and SS mesh with a handle at the top. He could make them bigger...

I was in Wilko yesterday and noticed they had one pack of yeast left. I had some malt in the shed and some hops in the freezer so put decided to make a 1 gallon all grain beer. I'm moving house soon so it's a bit manic and I've not had chance to brew this year. I missed having something...

I'm about to bottle a beer. It will have been sat at 1c for best part of 3 days and had gelatin added 2 days ago. Will there be enough yeast left to carbonate? I wouldn't be asking the question if it was just crash cooled, but the gelatin worries me a little. Thanks

Just cleaned a load of bottles. Most had labels on and although I try to rinse out a bottle after use, it appears I neglected this on a few occasions so a few had mould in them. I've tried a few things with bottles and just thought I'd share what i've found to be the easiest solution. I used...