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Left hand sink, Right hand drainer, 90cm long. Purchased from Amazon for £236. Unused sink unit, still in box.Complete with mixer tap, waste outlet and flexible water connectors Circlip type fitting missing on arrival for securing mixer tap to sink. Readily available from local shops Will accept...

I would welcome some advice on possible upgrade path to my brewing setup. It has been a steep learning curve during this first year all grain brewing, with selecting the appropriate equipment, panel build, programming PID controllers, getting my head around Beersmith and Brunwater software, and...

Hi everybody, I am a little puzzled why there is such a difference in required water needed for my next brew (a 5.5% ABV IPA). I am using Beersmith, and it is now set up reasonably accurate for my system with a half a dozen all grain brews under my belt. Previous brews have allocated similar...

Hi, I have just brewed (AG5) and (AG6). AG5 was crystal clear when bottled, (this is a first for me!) but (AG6) was back to being cloudy in the bottle as previous earlier brews. Now I have a brewday checklist to help maintain consistency, in my haste to make (AG6) I did make a couple of...

I have some questions which I hope you can answer regarding the Brewlab yeast slants. From what I understand, there is approx 40 million/mL yeast cells in their cultures. When pitched, approx (500mL to 20L) will give the brewing wort around 1 million cells per mL. Is this a figure that is...

Just finished AG 6 brew and this time I have altered my water profile according to the calculator on Jims homebrew site for brewing bitter. Now i have updated the numbers in Beersmith and it appears the mash efficiency has diminished to 55% from 62%. (Coolbox mash tun) I have the same...

I had mistakenly not switched on the heater for the STC controlled fridge whilst been away for a few days. I bottled some beer for carbonation (1st March) and left them in the fridge. I returned today and realised that the temperature was only 9.6 degrees C. I did not expect that a sediment...

I ask this question because as a new all grainer (5th brew), I have only been making small batches of 20 pints. I am now reasonably happy with the actual process of making beer, but now trying to improve with every batch. I am making the same recipe and modifying only one item per batch to see...

Hi everyone. Although fairly new to all grain brewing, and appreciating that it is more important to ensure good practise and hygene, I am considering looking at water quality treatment to possibly further improve my brews. I live in Teesside, where the water is moderately soft (35mg/L), from...

I am planning my 4th all grain brew shortly (only 20 pint batches at present to gain experience), I intend to split and reuse the Whitelabs WLP002 yeast. With the set up and current practice I have a present, (which is brewing in the garage), I can only brew once per month, (2/3 weeks...

I was wondering whether anybody could throw some light on why my efficiency is so low. I am only making small batches until comfortable with Beersmith and actually making the beer. The first couple of all grain brews were a matter of trying to make sense of the process which now I think I have...

This was my second all grain brew, and I thought that I had learned from my mistakes! I left the beer longer in the fermenter this time (4 weeks) and the beer was crystal clear. I then racked off into the bottling bucket and for this brew I batch primed. I left it in the STC controlled fridge...

Having been doing some research on the subject, it now seems that the best current practice is to leave the beer on the yeast after fermentation is complete, for up to 4 weeks or so, to allow the yeast to do its thing and clear up any nasties and to allow the beer to settle and clear on its own...

Hi, I have just sampled my first all grain ale last night, and the taste is certainly an improvement to the extract kits I have previously used. However it is still a little cloudy, after going through my proceedure you may be able to shine some light on where I can improve on my next batch...

Hi everybody, I am looking to do my first all grain "bog standard bitter", and being new to all this, I have discovered that there is a bewildering range of malts, hops, and not to mention the various strains of yeast available to create craft brews. I have absolutely no experience of what...

Hi everybody. I have finally built all my gear (thanks to all those who have helped me on this), and was rairing to do my first all grain brew, which I finished last night! Kit: (PID controller for boiler/HLT, STC100 for beer fridge, 50L S/S boiler/HLT and 33L Colemans coolbox) I decided to...

Hi everyone, I am nearly finished building the control panel and my first ever all grain brew is an attempt at Timoth Taylors (not the bottled version). I have bought the book by Graham Wheeler and I am wondering if anybody can answer the following questions on this recipe. Q1 Has anybody...

Hi, while waiting for remaining bits and pieces to arrive for my first ever all grain brew and control panel build, I have thought of a few simple and stupid questions to ask the more informed members of the forum. Q1. from what little I know there seems to be quite a number of strains of yeast...

Many thanks to the forum posters for previous assistance. I have bought the British Real Ale book by Graham Wheeler. Q1 For a first timer it has been very useful in explaining the basics. In the recipes section could you please clear up a daft question? It states "Total liquor" for example...

Hi, this is my second only post on the matter to try to clear up some questions regarding kit etc. I have read many of the "how to" links and many of the relevant posts to what equipment is needed etc. My head is spinning trying to take it all onboard as a first timer to all grain, and I just...