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Hi Brewers .. Up until now Iv'e been using Brewers Oxyclean as a cleaner and StarSan as a sanitiser ... :thumb: Whenever I go to buy a new CLEANER I just get confused.. :doh: What does everyone use, for plastics? Some people appear to ONLY use StarSan and not use a cleaner first...

Good Morning. ... I have a batch of I.P.A sitting in secondary in my fermentation chamber which has been crashed and treated with gelatine. As Iv'e already transferred it once, I dont really want to transfer it to another bottling bin Can I add my diluted dextrose straight to this...

Hi . . I have a richie products ferment bin with a (purpose built) heater element inside And exposed. My question is.... if I use it to boil up wort.... can I also use it to ferment? It has a lid with a hole for airlock, but I cannot find any real info on it. Cheers and Good Elf!

Hello Gents ... I'm currently brewing a youngs American IPA kit, which has been in primary for nearly a month. My fermentation temps are around 18-20 deg c, as Im yet to build my ferm chamber. ( another project in the planning stage!) Anyway ... It stopped bubbling on monday so I made a...

Hi Gents, I have been brewing an Ultimate Brewery Classics Czech Pilsner Kit. The ferment started promptly after about 16hrs of pitching my yeast, and the instructions say it should be around 4-6 days fermenting. ... Tomorrow will be 14 days, and it is still fermenting VERY slowly, a...

Afternoon .. I was just wondering .. as you do, when you are meant to be working . I have a 15L Burco Boiler. Would it be possible to use this to produce a Brew In a Bag beer? or is there just not enough volume there to make it worthwhile? Thanks In Advance Nick

Morning... Does anyone have any experience with Five Star chems. I accidently bought Saniclean instead of Starsan ... but all of the online gumpth appears to imply it's a "steraliser / cleaner" ... If I use it as described, should I still steralise afterwards? Thanks In Advance...

So... I'm on my first brew, and first ever bottling session. .. I thought I was well preppared .... lots of sanitising, cleaning etc...etc... I syphoned my brew into a second vessel, with priming sugar..... but on my first attempt at using a hammer-on crown capper I realised it's far too...

Good Morning ... A Question, if you will? ... I'd love to hear peoples opinions on priming the beer for bottling. I have just finished my first brew, and, providing I achieve a stable S.G, plan to move onto bottling. I was going to syphon into a second bin, and then draw off to bottles...

Good Morning, Master Brewers ... I have another question regarding my Lager Kit ... It has started fermenting beautifully now, and is due to finish 3 days before I go on holiday (for 2 weeks sampling Czech Pivo!) .... Presuming it will have fermented out in time, should I race to get it...

Morning. Iv'e read some fantastic advice in other threads, so hoping I can get some ideas from more experienced brewers. Iv'e started a kit from Beerworks ( lager). When I mixed up my water and extract I ended up with a temperature of around 27deg. I waited a couple of hours for temp to...