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What's happened to the Chinese corny thread? Tried finding it on here but coming up as not existing, headed over to Jim's and someone said it has been deleted. :???:

Does anyone know of anywhere that has these, I would like to do a pilsner using them but the usual suspects seem to be out of stock. Failing that could someone recommend a suitable replacement Thanks

I was having a look around for an all grain guiness recipe and came across this Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5 Original Gravity: 1.053 Final Gravity: 1.013 IBU: 43 Boiling Time (Minutes): 90 Color: 24.7 8.00 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 66.67 % 3.00 lb Barley, Flaked (1.7 SRM) Grain...

Just done a brew today which is only my third AG but I have a question about the batch sparge efficiency, the first two I did came out with a mash efficiency of 64% (using beersmith 2) on a 60 minute mash,. Now I have just done one today and beersmith works out that my mash efficiency is 81% and...

Ok so I know that temperature control during fermentation is important, I've made myself a fermentation fridge and I'm loving the results but I would like to brew a bit more regularly and I'm just wondering about temp control after fermentation. Generally after about a week most of my beers have...

I've got a packet of nottingham yeast and on the back it gives a pitching rate of one gram per litre, up until I read the back I assumed that one packet would be enough for 23litres but now not so sure. The beer I am making is probably going to have an OG of 1.045 Can any notty users out there...

I made a 1 litre starter up last night with some bottle cultured yeast but I am a bit unsure of when to pitch it. It is going like mad at the moment, do I to pitch it now or wait until it has fermented out, let it settle then pour off the starter beer and just pitch the yeast? It is going to be...

I have a Coleman extreme coolbox that I would like to turn into a mash tun, it already has a drain hole in the side and a would like to fit a tank connector to it but the box wall is to thick, is it possible to get longer tank connectors as I would prefer to not have to modify the box to fit the...

Hi, just built a stir plate and have the remains of a couple of bottles of chimay red in a 250ml 1040 light spraymalt mix on it but not sure how fast it should be spinning, should i have a whirlpool going or is it ok to just be gently spinning and stopping anything from settling?

I am trying to reclaim some yeast from some bottles of beer, by boiling some spraymalt for 10 minutes, letting it cool, pouring into a demijohn and then adding the dregs out of a couple of bottles, after about half an hour there is a thick layer of sediment in the bottom of the demijohn, is...

Hi me and my dad have been making cider from apples in his orchard for the past couple of years, this year he decided he wanted to try doing a stronger version, so basically after pressing we had an SG of 1.050 which fermented out to 0.996 then added 4 oz of sugar to bring the back upto 1.006...

After wine has been bottled and is ready for storing does it make a difference if it is laid down or stood up? Ta

Does anyone know of any homebrew magazines that are available, I found "brew your own" after a quick look on google but it looks like it is based in the US, i was really after something from the UK but if theres none uot there then I might give the american one a try

I put my lager into my corny about 5 days ago, and force carbonated it by turning the reg of my co2 upto 35psi and rocked it for a couple of minutes, turned the gas off and rocked it till the pressure dropped to 15psi then left it for 24hrs before dropping the pressure down to 6psi and leaving...

the beer tap for my corny has about 18inches of pipe attached to it, will this be long enough to stop my lager from frothing up. I think i read something on here about having longer pipe to keep the co2 in the lager rather than have it all come out and i end up with a pint of froth.

Hi all just got my first corny delivered today and i am planning on putting a coopers canadian kit in it that has been in the fermenter for the past week in it in morning, i am planning to add sugar to prime it but i have noticed that the pipe that the beer comes up goes right to the bottom, by...

Hi I am thinking of investing in a corny keg, but could someone give me the dimensions of them so i can check it will fit in my beer fridge. Thanks

Why do you add boiling water to plums in plum wine recipes someone has told me not too as it takes too long to clear he said it makes the skins emulsify getting confused anybody have an answer

Hi all I'm back again my Rhubarb wine is now in demijohns started at 1092 down to 990 when it went into the demijohns. My next question is anyone have a good simple Bramble Wine recipe Cheers :wha: :wha:

Anyone have any good damson wine recipes please ? Bearing in mind I am new to wine brewing.