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Not wanting to tie up a 25L fermenter for TC I've been brewing in an 18.5L water bottle, the type you see on drinks dispensers. I initially put in 16L and a further 2L when the action has died down. As an entry level fermenter they're for nothing ;) The only things required are your juice...

Mixed a gallon of Idophor in a glass demijohn this morning and it slipped out of my hands into the utility room sink, thought I'd broken the glass. When I came to wash out I found a 200mm crack in the bottom of the sink. ******* :sick: ******* :sick: ******* :sick: Got to say wifey was...

4.2kg MO 0.2 Crystal 0.2 Toriffied wheat Mash 90 mins 34g Target 10% AA 90 min 8 St Golding 2.7% 15 min 5 Fruggles 0 min Mashed in at 10.10am, ambient temp 4.7C, HL taken up to 75C, Mash temp 65.3C without adding cold water.

Went out from Sunderland today after a fish or two. Excellent day with my son. Calm sea, bright skies and a cold wind. Didn't touch a thing. When back up river and there was the Stadium of Light. I tink this is supposed to be Roy Keane's epitaph.

Was going to do Castle Eden Ale but not enough torrified wheat. I settled for M O's Ionian Ale without additions. Mashed indoors and sparged in the garage, 4C ambient, ended up with 32L pre boil wort which I shall boil up tomorrow.

The Marc Ollosson recipe for Castle Eden Ale gives 835g of invert sugar added after 60 mins. Can this be substituted with an equal amount of glucose :?: I'm thinking of doing this one over the weekend.

Just got a delivery from Craftbrewer one week from ordering. All the nice hops Saaz B. Pacific Gem etc etc. His website is off line occasionally but the service was great.

Promash is on both the laptop and PC. The laptop is fine but the PC keeps deleting PM taking away the content and leaving an empty file. Does anyone else have this problem :?:

1961, Greyhound - Penny Tap, Shildon. Co. Durham, 1/2 Cameron's bitter 7 old pence, aged 14. Never looked back :)

I've used small 3Kg packs of German pilsner malt for the two lagers I've done but think a 25Kg sack might be better value in the long run. Is there a UK supplier doing this :?: I've seen UK lager malt offered in 25Kg but not pilsner.

This is a brew for tomorrow. I was going to do something more conventional but am short on Maris Otter so I'm using up bits and pieces. The Promash recipe formulation gives IBU's at 53.4 which again differs to other calculations with 80g Fruggles @ 4.5 AA giving 30-32IBU's. Any advice or...

Whilst putting a few of Marc Ollosson's recipes onto Promash I've noticed a difference in the MO bittering units and those given by PM. for instance Castle Eden Bitter MO gives 23 bittering units and PM 44.3 total IBUs. The recipe has 835g of inverted sugar added. Will this affect the IBUs and...

The label on the bottle of Iodopher I have has become discoloured and unreadable. Can any of you good brewers give me a quick reminder of the dosage per 5l :?:

Thanks to a number of good posts on here I'm beginning to see the light and was interested in A's "cheat" recipe for pilsner. So here's my attempt I've also added 5ml of CRS to the mash & sparge water and will be adding a teaspoon of gypsum to the boil. The 90 minute mash started at 10.45. 23l...

Picking up on Wez's comments in the Using Finings thread. I have invested (my wife believes me) in an Angram beer engine and was going to rig it up to cornie. I hope you don't mind another topic. I'd like to get this up and running for my next finished beer.

Arctics or the Last Shadow's they've stolen too many riffs to be real. Typical scousers :?:

Just wondered which way you liked it Irish Moss or Whirlfoc Tablets :?:

Done enough robbing this week so today's a brew day. Amber Gambler 23L 4.200k Maris Otter .450 Amber Malt .300 Torrified Wheat Mash 90 mins @ 65 degrees Boil time 90 mins 21.5g Target @ SOB 19g Challenger @ 15mins Might put some Saaz in at the end Looking for 1050 OG Better get...

I bought a 30l plastic fermenter recently and used it for my last brew. It had a pre drilled hole with a rubber electrical gromit fitted to take the airlock. It leaked through the airlock gland even when it was taped up. I've redrilled it to take the normal rubber bung. I wouldn't buy another...

I don't know if anyone else is experiencing error messages from the server when trying to post or access the site :?: It's been happening regularly over the last couple of days Is it just me or more widespread :?: I'm copying everything I post as I lose the content when this happens.