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My first boilers were hdpe barrels and they work ok but keeping them clean can be a pain as they get starched so I would use them as a hlt but buy a s steel boiler as a hop boiler

5 gallons of 10% xmas ale made with 13kg of grain fuggles , northern brewer , chalager hops should be a merry Xmas :-) 5814

What's the life span using isingless ?

Hi all what's the best finings for going in to cask when filling ?

Well both came out great I'm liking the challenger hops at 90 mins only because its more balanced :-))

Iv done two brews this week but iv swaped the hops around on both to find out ;-))

Well it's heavily hoped both ways and so far so good :-))

Hi folks if I make a pale ale using English and American hops do I call it a apa or a iPa. Or do I just make it up like mpaho ( my pale ale hands off ) lol

It smells great don't you hate waiting :-(( lol

Came out ok sg of 1038 at 23 l and I'm going to do a brew tomorrow and il try it with 15% more grain to try and get 1047 at 27 l and il try 50g fuggles at 90 min 20g fuggles at 15 min 50g challenger steep for 30 min How's this sound ?

Should be around 3.5% and as for the wheat i think it is different but should still make a very nice ale let me know how it comes out please :-)

Predicted text hay lol

Hi all I'm brewing a light bitter tomorrow for Xmas but I wonted to try out using challenger hops so how's this recipe sound ? Pale malt 4kg Crystal malt 250g Torrefied wheat 150g 40g fuggles 90min 50g challenger 30 min 15 g fuggles 15 min with 1 g protafloc 8 g fuggles 30 min dry hop

Iv often used my fv for ginger beer and ginger wine then for beer with no problems . Iv never had any taste of ginger come through to hoppy flavours of my ales .

Hi all I'm looking to make a new all grain iPa next week and I would like it to have a crisp citrus taste can any one recommend any good hops ?

Well folks didn't go off but became so dry and rank it was thrown away never mind new brew on Monday ;-)

yes had been at 1006 for two days i went to transfer it in to the conditioner when I found it had been over heating at 45c but iv cooled it down to 19c and I check it out in a week to asses the damage . Sorry about the earlier spelling .

Lest I know thats stop it fermenting now lol

Iv had an a thermostat fault that heated my beer two 45c but it had finished fermenting but if I keg it and check is ok ie not gone off will it be ok ?

Hi all dose any one no were I can pick up a 200 l steel mash tun ?