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I've just noticed a pool of dark mild around the King Keg. Tap checked and not leaking :hmm: Transfer beer into trusty corny and inspection reveals a three and a half inch crack at the base of the King Keg. Its deep enough to get a thumb nail in it. Are we declaring the King is dead? I have...

My shiny new fittings arrived so I decided to fit one to the boiler. I previously used a brass bulkhead fitting through the original Birco tap hole. Apart from taking forever to fettle to the point of no leaking it never really cut the mustard. So I bought a couple of the ss fittings from...

I'm about to upgrade the Burco boiler to a shiny stockpot but I've been reading about the wall thickness on some of them being a bit thin. When I fitted the ball valve to the Burco I noticed the wall flexing as I use the valve but so far no problems and no leaks. Has anyone any idea on what a...

Hi Folks, finally go it done but didnt have enough time to do a brew :x Here's some pictures of todays efforts. MKII of the shelf. The original cunning plan involved a Dremel and the welder :nah: I wanted to get airflow around the FV hence the slats It fits and its level (ish) ;) Here's a...

New 8 us gal minbrew conical has landed, pictures to follow. According to the destructions you fill it from the bottom but the valves big enough to get yer arm through and ...... :wha: What the best way to go about connecting the filler to the boiler? I've got a 30 litre Burco and at the...

Does anyone know where I can buy a stainless steel false bottom for my 25ltr thermo pot mash tun? I didnt have the guts to follow the previous instructions on here to fit the drain at the bottom of the tun so mines got the standard tap mod. So I guess the false bottom will have to have some...

Hi Folks, havent posted for ages but have been busy sorting out the new brew shed. Finally got round to sorting out the fermentation fridge and thought you might like to see a few pics. All the gen on how to do this was found on here. :thumb: Sorry about the massive pics but I've forgotten how...

I've been overcome with a desire to have a go at sorting out the electrickery on my set up and I want to have a go a building a gucci control panel (at the moment I just pull 13amp plug tops out for OFF and in for ON, but hey, who wants to do that when you can have something dangerous and shiny...

Hi, I've not been on for a while but in the meantime I've moved the brewery into a nice new shed, sorted out the shiny stock pot, recyceld :whistle: the old kitchen into the new shed, managed to collar a secondhand fridge which will eventually hold the cornies and double up as a fermentation...

After spending more time than is healthy on this forum I've been bitten by the shiny bug. So I thought I'd change my current MT (igloo cooler) to one of these rascals http://cgi.ebay.fr/MARMITE-THERMOS-CAPA ... 500wt_1398 It all arrived to day and here's how it arrived Actually it arrived in...

Hi Folks Just a quick question about the above yeast. I've used White Labs yeast for other AG brews and I've had good results. This ones been in the FV fifteen days and the reading is now 1.010 and appears steady. I've noticed that there are big clumps of yeast floating on the top, all the other...

Morning. I'm doing AG7 today (Witches Brew) and I'm going to have a go a water treatment. I've been using campden tablets up to now and having spent a few hours reading up on expert opinion on this forum I went out and bought a salifert kit. I've read up on everything I could find but the bit...

Havent posted anything for ages so I thought you might be interested in the new pub. Obviously built in a shed of sorts. Still need second hand microwave for the pies ;) Hopefully pictures will appear below: Built all this from plywood and covered it in El Cheapo woodstain. It will look...

Hi Folks Just got in from brewing AG02, Wooly Jumper from Barley Bottom. All seemed to go to plan apart from: 1. Forgot the protofloc tablet :hmm: 2. The hop strainer didnt strain for long enough :shock: 3. Only ended up with 15 litres of wort :wha: 4. Consoling myself with a pint of...

I've just been in to check my AG 1 brew and I've now got a small beer pond under the plastic keg :evil: It looks like the leak is from around the seal of the tap. I've just released some gas (and from the keg as well :party: ) but I reckon its going to keep leaking. The temperature in the garage...

Hi Folks, I've just looked at my maiden AG brew in the FV (Gob Hoblin) its been in there since last Sunday and there's still a head on the top. Up to now I've brewed Norfolk Wherry from kits and the head always disappeared. Is there something wrong with my brew? :pray: :cheers:

I had a great pint of YBB in a boozer in London (so it travels well!) Has anyone got a recipe? Thanks :cheers: This was the pub and its worth a visit, I thinks its Sam Smiths boozer so what they called YBB must be Sam Smith bitter, if such a beast exists...

Hi All (I've moved this from the wine an cider topic to beer) Here's some pics of my first AG brew, spent all day doing it and its been brilliant! I think a few things ,may have gone pear shaped but hopefully it will work out. The brew was a Gob Hoblin from Barley Bottom Introducing...

Hi All Here's some pics of my first AG brew, spent all day doing it and its been brilliant! I think a few things ,may have gone pear shaped but hopefully it will work out. The brew was a Gob Hoblin from Barley Bottom Introducing...... HLT, the temperature is rising and no leaks :party...

Hi,for those who asked here's the dimensions of the frame I made for my set up. I used 25 mm box section with 2 mm wall thickness for the main frame and the infills were 20 mm and 2 mm thick. I built the small frame first, dimensions 945 mm x 450 mm. I tried Pythagorus and swearing to square...