Recent content by chrisb8

Thank you all for your advice and I feel reassured that it was perhaps not as bad as it first seemed. I will have a look at repairing but I might get a replacement to be on the safe side if I'm not sure.

Like you I do an overnight mash but I use a separate insulated mash tun so the kettle isn't on all night but is on a timer to heat the sparge water about an hour before I get up. Either way things like this start to make you distrust electrical items. I hope somebody can help put my mind at rest.

Hi all, When using my klarstein kettle last night it started smoking and giving off an acrid smell. Brew day over so I emptied the water out, unscrewed the base and had a look inside. It appears that the wiring to/from the timer has melted, I assume this means it has overheated by overloading? I...

Looks like a good selection there athumb..

Where did you go?

Absolutely, a little less bitter and this would have been perfect.

Kiwi Pils by @pilgrimhudd Lovely light golden colour, great head that remained throughout and perfect clarity. Nicely balanced malt bill and understated aroma hops as per the style. Very easy drinking and satisfying, nothing to fault apart from it being a bit too bitter for my taste but that...

Thanks for the great feedback, glad you liked it, cheers athumb..

Yes, I use a 3 vessel system so roughly half the total water goes in the mash overnight and the rest in the sparge in the morning.

I always do overnight mashes using my insulated mash tun. Mash in at the intended temperature, insulate the mash tun with extra towels and an old sleeping bag and then leave overnight. I find the temperature has dropped by 10 degrees every time I uncover it in the morning, so it's a repeatable...

Sounds like what happened to mine https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/faulty-regulator.91948/

Do you mean the guage on your gas regulator? The first one I had stuck on its first use and I had it replaced.

So did I... 😄

I would second having a look at crossmyloof. They have a range of liquid yeasts suitable for a neipa and much cheaper than what you quoted including postage.

What I do is after sanitising the keg, seal it and purge with co2 from my gas bottle. Then I siphon from the fermenter directly to the beer out post on the keg using a barbed connector. Then another connection to the gas in post allows for a length of hose to run to a tub of sanitiser for the...