Recent content by bobukbrewer

Hazlewood, how much do you drink per week as your output is about 20 times mine....

1939 Vauxhall 12, it had a modesty blind on the back window and the two front quarter lights opened and closed via a miniature window winder handle. Rear seat was a full width bench seat, 1442 cc. Reg No FP 3442.

why not halve your grain bill and increase hop additions to make a 2% pale bitter?

60 gm of yeast ?

I put 32 litres of water in a burco boiler and add 11 lb of crushed pale malt to my BIAB. Mash for 1 hour, drain off liquid into boiler, boil for around 30 minutes, yielding 22 litres of wort. I have never calculated efficiency. Finished beer is close to 3.8% - I am happy with the finished beer...

Mashbag and Foxy - the small brewery I am alluding to won the annual best beer in UK a few years ago. Statistically speaking, it is unlikely this was a terrible beer but less terrible than the hundreds of others being judged. But I thank you both for your considerate, polite and on topic...

Mashbag- according to the local head brewer, aeration is necessary for his process - and his predecessor bubbled oxygen to achieve it - these people are experts and their income depends on getting it right - or possibly speeding the process up to maximise income.....off topic but I aerate my...

Mashbag - fans do not cool air - they just direct it - so the turbulence at the outside surface of a tiny part of the kettle will have a tiny effect on the temperature of the liquid inside the kettle. I try to avoid brewing in July and August because of the time taken to reach yeast pitch...

two parallel copper wires 3 mm apart connected to a battery - slugs will not cross

I am happy with two Burcos (with thermostats isolated), an electronic voltage controller and two stainless steel stockpots with lids. I skim off the hot break sludge as it forms, and during fermentation I skim off the sludge twice a day for about 4 days. I bottle with jug and funnel.

some coeliacs are so sensitive that any amount of gluten could cause severe harm.......

peebee I phoned anglian water and asked to speak to a chemist - he said he would determine the figure and Email me - which he did...5 years ago

is it allowed to go off forum so as not to bore other posters to death also what is water hardness - I know my kettle furs up badly after 2 months......

peebee - look forward to your response after you visit anglianwater.co.uk I am a pedantic old git aged 78 so that outtrumps you If anglian analyse their water then how can it be out of balance - they just report what the spectrometer outputs meet up ?

Peebee - it is me and my account is not hacked - it is analysis from Anglian Water. nitrate too high - what can I do about it - adding distilled water 90:10 to tap water is not practicable. Go to anglian water, full water analysis section, and put in postcode NN15 6PU (up to now no hacker would...