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The act of freezing water causes the volume of it to expand by approx 7% (thats why pipes burst), so before the frozen bottles go into the wort the displacement you would have to take into account would be, (num of bottles x volume x 1.07) = 2x2x1.07 = 4.28 Ltrs. Sparging is all about rinsing...

who counts that stuff? :wha: and what use is it after the event? :hmm: Any way, dont quite feel so bad about that game now that they nailed the German's :rofl: Eddie.

Hi there, Only used charcole for filtering a few times, always ran water through first. Regards Eddie.

I feel your pain, i worked for aven tools in Maltby some years ago, until the american's bought it out, made us all redundant over a period of a few years and shipped all the equipement out to "the land of the free and the brave" :x , load of overweight, arrogant drinkers of gnats urine...

Backyard ducks and chickens is mine. :D And the fruit's of their labour.

Welcome to the site blobloblob. Normally you would use a fermentor with a hole in the lid for an air trap (helps to stop air born infections getting in), but if its a plain lid you have then you must not fully clip it down unless you want to redecorate :rofl: Two options, first, buy the...

Thats a real tough one mate, my prefered supplier of most things home brew are near the £30 mark for a 12" false bottom, e-bay seems just as bad, and had a quick google at metal off-cut suppliers only to find similar prices. A possible solution would be to buy a full sheet between a number of...

Would the addition of some DME not change the characteristics from beer to ale? If it's a ginger ale your after, try this light and refreshing recipe. :thumb: 4 Kg's Pale Malt 300 g's Crystal Malt 70 g's Goldings (90 min's) 30 g's Ginger root (15 min's) 90 min's mash @ 67 C 90 min's boil 5...

No date on it but was sold as circa 1960, did a quick google and found this :thumb: http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-5734.aspx

Picked up a bottle of dimple on e-bay for £50, hope i was'nt robbed :wha: Eddie.

Not for those who are squemish :sick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkVimOzqji0

Hi there Andyhull, Not made much wine as we dont drink the stuff, but when i had a go at current wine i put the fruit pulp in a grain bag, made it easier for rinsing, filtering and disposal. I would then assume you could measure the SG after the fruit has steeped for a few days, if you used a...

Hi there gazza114, What you are basically making is a high gravity wine, instead of a length how to, try this web link http://www.zenspell.co.uk/wurzels_orange_wine_index.html made me laugh, just one thing though, to avoid an eruption, use a 32 litre fermenter. :rofl: Regards Eddie.

Hi there Dr. B, Copper and aluminium are dissimilar metals, that means they have different electrode potentials and when two or more come into contact in an electrolyte (water, etc) a galvanic couple is set up, one metal acting as anode and the other as cathode. The potential difference between...

Hi there all you fantastic people dedicated to the art of zymurgy, my name is Eddie, i'm from a place called Ilkeston, or `Ilson by the locals. New to this site so i'm looking forward to all the friendly interaction and advise you fine people have to offer, and hope to provide some constructive...