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" But now the Starsan solution has developed a pong - abit sulphury or rotten eggy." None of you guys have had this Starsan pong problem that I am getting so I contacted Starsan and they were good enough to reply . From Starsan "I would happy to answer you questions. First off thanks for...

Is this the RGJ & apple /rasp WOW that you are referring to? I have one of these on the go and noticed the floaters hung around for quite a while.Mine is prob a bit further on than yours cause they have virtually all sunk. I have just been giving mine a gentle swirl now and then to break up the...

Good point Fil except I did make it with Ashbeck which cost me a quid.So from now on I'll make it up with tap water . I like the idea of a separate 'hand dip' and binning it after use. Chucking the pongy stuff out now and making up some fresh starsan mix.See how it goes with tap water.

Hi Jake Idid one of these and kept it in the house for 2 weeks . I would try one to see if you have enough fizz cos 5 days doesn't seem long enough.Mine went out into the garage after 2 weeks which is as cold as a fridge so when you are happy with the carbonation -fridge should be OK.

I have over the years accumulated 9 crates of Newkie Brown clear bottles.They hadn't been touched for years so I wanted to get them all in good order to start brewing again and try to cut down the hard work of cleaning and sanitising. So I got em all clean and started using them-Ithought if I...

I have been using Starsan for about a month and have 5ltrs which I have been reusing . Its made with Ashbeck and stored in its own bottle.Everything that has been sanitised with it has been cleaned first . But now the Starsan solution has developed a pong - abit sulphury or rotten eggy.Some of...

Hi guys you got me curious so I went looking and found this. There is a link to the the complete item which was too big to post here Ale fermentation of brewers wort follows three phases: lag phase for 3-15 hours, exponential growth phase for 1-4 days, and stationary phase of yeast growth for...

What would happen if when making up a beer and wine kit up at the same time you got the yeasts mixed up and put the wine yeast in the beer and viceversa.What is the worst and best outcome .Could you drink the results or would you even notice? time for a bit of lateral thinking.what are the...

Hi I bought a couple of cheepies from our local Boyes store £7.50 ea .They come with a lid and moulded carrying handles on the rim. I've had to measure and put my own capacity marks on it (least you can put the ones you use regularly) and I've put a hole and grommet in the lid for the air lock...

Thank you for your comments/advice. This is a good sanitiser - not cleaner .So now that I have all my bottles kegs FVs etc in good state of cleanliness , I will be able to use Star San in smaller qtytys.So I will get a spray bottle for things like beer paddle, hydrometer ,jar, thermometer etc.I...

Looks like I'll have to get some Ph indicator paper and try to get Ph down to around 3 for the Star San to work properly. Thanks Chippy.

Hi folks Thought I would try this sanitiser to save all the rinsing involved with chlorine based sanitisers.After cleaning 40+ bottles in VWP I made up 10lts of Star San for a final rinse.I didn't notice at first because of the bubbles but half way through rinsing ,the solution was obviously...

Hi .I've just replaced the original white tap on my Kingkeg with a black lever type type to try and cut down frothing.When Ipressured the keg up it was leaking at the rubber washer. So I took the tap off and noticed two very slight ridges or mouldcast marks on the inside of the flange top and...

Well couldn't wait and had to try it.The beer dispenses well and is pretty clear even though its coming from the bottom of the barrel . The tap however seems a problem as I'm getting a glass full of froth . So like you Niman I'm going to change the tap and also going to try putting a length of...

OK . So I made a Coopers lager kit today . After emptying the extract into the FV I added 1Kg brew enhancer and tipped boiling water ontop . Horrors - there was a load of toffee like large lumps floating about in the wort . So I thought I'd fish them out and try to dissolve them in some hot...

All went well.Light spray malt dissolved OK in cold water.Added this to a Brewferm Triple kit.Now close sealed in FV awaiting the first plop.Thanks

OK Johnnyboy I'm going to go with you and mix the spraymalt/SME/DME with cold water separately . If that goes OK Ican mix the canned extract with hot water and bung the SME in with it.I've read somewhere about using a whisk(sterilised) to beat it in with .Thanks both of you for your...

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Can someone tell me the best way to add DME to my brew.Last time I finished up with big clumps of it hanging off the bag as well as a load stuck inside . Yes I tipped it in after putting boiling water in my FV.:doh:Would it be ok to put it in the FV and then tip boilng water onto it or will I...

Hi Niman and Calluma The problems I had were even if the float was sitting right to start with as the beer went down the float would turn and only gas would come out.So I would have to take the lid off and sort it out-not good.Hopefully now it will dispense beer down to the last pint without any...