Recent content by alsacebrew

Hello, I am thinking of purchasing a Grainfather fermenter. Does anyone know whether Grainfather fermenters have thermowells? If not, how do they measure the temperature and is the measurement it reliable? Also, I ferment in my garage where it can get cold; for example currently it is 11...

The recommended concentration for passivation is 1 ounce of starsan per US gallon but the recommended concentration for sanitising is 1 ounce of starsan per 5 US gallons. Although at sanitising concentration levels it is not harmful and does not have to be rinsed, at passivation concentration...

I bought this one, from the Netherlands, they do deliveries: https://www.braumarkt.com/en/wijn-maken/funnel-with-sieve-white-plastic-o-21-cm-5002827

36 l Quaffable bitter 40 l Thomas Hardy Eldridge Pope Country Bitter Total: 3501

Hi, yes I mentioned the Whitbread’s London Porter recipe from the Durden Park book, which I brew at least once a year. It is a lovely Porter. I tweak the recipe a bit though, by replacing about a quarter of the base malt with smoked malt which, once mellowed, adds a subtle complexity to the...

Yes, the backs of the taps are just hollow and the bit at the end of the float hose that loooks like a plug will fit firmly into the cavity of the tap. If your tube doesn’t have that plug, you will definitely need the both items I mentioned in my message above.

Have a look at these: https://www.brewuk.co.uk/drum-tap-plastic-with-back-nut.html https://www.brewuk.co.uk/latstock-beer-float.html

That hotel is only one mile from my house:-). Tell them to pop in at mine for a pint of English Bitter the next time they are there!

Welcome to the forum Rémi, now there are at least two other home brewers on this forum who are living in Alsace! We should organise a beer festival here sometime:-)

Welcome to the forum James!

I’ve made three SMASH beers one day a couple of years ago, using only MO and each with a different local hop, fermented with WLP005. I served them slightly chilled. Rouge Barbe was my favourite, followed by Perle. Aramis one wasn’t that good, though it might be better in a lager. If you would...

Hi Ankoù, Welcome to the forum! I order from Brouwland occasionally, usually some European hops and sometimes yeast. When I am over in the Netherlands I also buy some stuff from Braumarkt in Almere. But these days almost all my ingredients come from the UK, mostly from the Maltmiller and...

I used these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000XJSKXC/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

From what I understand 21.8 and BS341 are compatible. Have a look at this post by @peebee

Hello @peebee and @Bigcol49, you are right, that adapter would not work unfortunately, it has a little valve pin in it. I reckon the best thing would be to take out the existing CGA320 fitting out from the Taprite regulator and replace it with this one...