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I brew with the grain father, and one of the drawbacks that I've noticed with it is the slow transfer rate from the counterflow chiller, After a few batches that stopped at 1.014, I decided that I needed more oxygen in my wort to aid fermentation. I've seen loads of gadgets that do this, costing...

Anybody successfully used the above? I ordered on the 4th May, website still says "processing". I emailed last week, and got a quick reply saying they had it in stock but were waiting for a fresh delivery. Surely it's only been in storage since last year where they buy it from anyway (grain). It...

Anybody remember Newquay Steam Bitter which came in the flip top bottles? I used to drink it a lot back in the 80's early 90's. I brew my own beer and am looking for a recipe and I am unable to find hardly any info at all. From what I can make out og was 1.038 abv was 3.8%. As to grain bill and...

I make a little wine now and again, always from kits. I'm not usually moved to leave a review, but I'm really pleased how this one turned out. It's cleared nicely, and a pleasing light red colour. I don't bottle anymore, I use 5 litre bags in boxes, I bagged this, this morning and thought I'd...

It's antivirus renewal time for me. I've got McAfee atm, but they want to double the price (I've disabled auto renew). So what's everyone using? I'm not sure if I trust windows defender, although it's free, and I've had norton before and found it a bit too invasive although it could be better...

Just had an email advertising this: https://www.geterbrewed.com/brew-monk-all-in-one-brewing-system/ Seems like a great bargain.

Just sampled the 1st of my Beerhawk advent calender. First up, Sierra Nevada California IPA. I'm guessing most of us have tried this before. I judged it to have a grapefruit, slightly sulphurous aroma, quite highly carbonated with a light body and a dry finish. Overall score 29/40. I'd...

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Hi all, I'm having a clear out of stuff I no longer use. So I have for sale 2 no chill cubes and 5 pressure barrels (2 wilkos new type with 4" lid and pin type valve, 2 x youngs type with 2" lid and pin type valve and 1 x king keg top tap with 4" lid and S30 type valve). I'm looking for £30 for...

I have just assembled a brew fridge, and put my 1st brew in to ferment. As i could no longer fit an airlock on top, I inserted a length of syphon tubing into the hole in the fermenter lid and just unscrewed the lid of my spray bottle of starsan and put the other end of the tube into the liquid...

I've gone and bought 3 used cornies from the homebrew company. I've given them a good clean and want to fill them up. My question is: vaseline the seals or not? I've searched everywhere and no one else seems to have asked. Should I replace the seals? (Even though the kegs were...

when I was in my wine making stage, I decided to make an elderberry wine. I foraged a carrier bag full of rip elderberries, but when I came to make the wine there wasn't enough. I decided to top up the fruit content with Ribena. Anyway, I sort of lost interest in making wine so it's been in...

This has become my go to while I have none of my own brews ready to drink. Especially as it's only �£1.19 a bottle. Anyone got a recipe? The blurb on the bottle states: "Biscuity malt flavours, reinforced by spicy crystal rye malt and a sweet full bodied mouthfeel. Well...

Just got back with my haul of 800g of Roadside Hops. I have no idea which variety they are, although I would guess they are derived from ekg. They smell lovely. I plan to use around 200g for a brew, so I just split them into 4 separate bags and froze them; as I have no way of drying them. I...

I started a brew at 11am today, just before SWMBO got home from work. I know its not exactly cold, but the heat from mashing and boiling warmed the whole house up, so no central heating was used. Then at about 5.30 this evening SWMBO was starting to feel the cold, so I had the brainwave of...

I brewed this today, I wanted something with a little more bitterness and up front hops, so cobbled it together on brewmate; using hops I had in the freezer. Brewmate estimates 66.2 IBU, and 5.99% ABV (although I only achieved 1.058 instead of 1.061 OG). I'm calling it "High Hop Gold"...

I've found these on ebay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/302034472427?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT They seem ideal for me, as I have the cooler, gas and font left over from my time the other side of the bar. At around the price of a budget PB they seem like a...

Hi all, I bought 4 speckled hen 5 litre mini kegs with the intention of using them for kegging my beer. However, I'm not all that enamoured with them as I think its going to take forever to get the carbonation right - They gush for about half of the keg and it takes about an hour to pour a...

I make good beer with what I've got, but.... I really want a brew fridge, a keezer- with cornies and taps and all that stuff, a stainless steel mash tun, lots of pumps and stuff ( so I don't have any lifting to do), a refractometer, a better set of digital scales, lots more money so I...

This is my best homebrew ever! I brewed this back in may, and have been trying to reduce my beer gut; so its had quite a while to condition. Its the clearest all grain I've ever made, probably as its been in the fridge such a long time. I don't usually worry about a bit of haze, but it's...