Recent content by Bentbarrel

Afternoon all, I've got a 37 litre mango chutney barrel with precut 38mm holes for elements and a 45+l barrel currently fitted with 2 working kettle elements incl leads that I want rid of out of the garage. Free to collect as otherwise they are off in the skip. Cheers!

Thanks Robin54, been on the forum for a while and never seen that there's a recipe tab!

Morning all, I've just made my boiler out of a mango chutney barrel that holds 36 litres to the brim. Has anyone got a recipe I could use to get the first BIAB under my belt? I'm thinking about an Autumny ale, so something like Badgers fursty ferret? Thanks in advance!

Afternoon all, I normally use cheapo supermarket water for brewing but i think ill start using treated tap water. Is there any specific treatments that you add to your water? A mate that has a local brewery sends water samples off so that he can 'Burtonise' his water but I think that may...

Afternoon, I want to get into all-grain brewing after doing a fair few kits and I've got a couple of questions to ask as I couldn't find a definitive answer from the web: Im guessing that BIAB has a time advantage over 3 vessels? Is it worth getting a 40l boiler to end up with approx...

Evening all, I've searched for Prosecco type recipes and there seems to be plenty with plenty of mixed reviews, can anyone recommend a recipe that kind of resembles prosecco? Thanks!

Evening, Apologies for not getting back to you any sooner! We may need a hand on the Sunday, probably behind the bar Im hoping to get this confirmed this weekend. Thanks again!:thumb:

Evening, sorry for the delayed reply! The doors open at 1800 on the Friday until 2300, Saturday it's 1200 until 2300 and Sunday it's 1200 until 2200. We've got some great bands headlining on the Friday and Saturday night. We've also got attractions on during the day. That would be great...

Afternoon all, Spalding Round Table are organising Spaldings first ever beer festival. We will have over 50 different ales and ciders with the majority of them coming from the local area, we've also got a number of different bands on throughout the weekend. It's at the castle sports centre on...

We'll I primed it with golden caster sugar but I don't think I mixed the malt enough right back at the start as I've just had a bottle and by heck it's got a bitter aftertaste! Fingers crossed it improves with age!

My brew fridge is going to be empty in a week or so, what's the best hoppy style kit to get brewing now ready for summer bbq's?

Evening, I've currently got a Wilkos golden ale and 500g light dme bubbling away. What's best to get a clear beer? Crash cooling, finings or racking in a bottling bucket/fv before bottling? Thanks!

Evening all, I'm about to bottle a Norfolk Nog, has anyone got any recommendations as to what primer to use? Spray malt, brown sugar or just plain old granulated sugar?

Once I can find a fridge Im going to start a Nog kit. Are there any tips to improve the brew? I've got some Gervin yeast and was planning on bottling it and batch priming possibly using spray malt instead of just sugar. Can anyone recommend any other improvements? Thanks!

Evening all, Im just about to start a Nog kit and ive got a couple of questions.... Is it worth changing the yeast that comes with the kit? Is it best to batch prime if im bottling? Thanks and sorry for the noobie questions!