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  1. crowcrow

    What next

    I think the 'problem' this the lager kits is not the tinned wort, but brewing with an ale yeast at ale temps will never give you a proper clean lager beer. I made the wilko one once of twice and it was certainly drinkable, but I wouldn't call it 'great'. If you can temp control you could do...
  2. crowcrow

    Equipment Wanted Beer engine

    I wouldn't worry too much about an eBay one to be fair, there isn't much to go wrong with them and they are pretty easy to service or repair. Usually it is just the rubber/silicone washers that go, or the tubing cracks - but good to replace the pipes that you can if they are older, anyway. Not...
  3. crowcrow

    REVIEW - Inkbird alternative on Amazon

    Currently unavailable - but looks good!
  4. crowcrow

    Hop filter

    Yeah - getting the bits out of the spider is a pain, but I'm so used to it now - fast better than loads of hops in the final beer - an tired hops bags a few times, but found bone dry hops in the middle of them at the end.
  5. crowcrow

    Corny Keg

    Hey, yes the beer will keep carbonation, though make sure you keep topping up with gas to serve - otherwise you'll just get flatter beer as you serve if you don't keep adding some - I add at about 5psi for serving. I don't leave connected to gas the rest of the time as I'm fearful of leaks! I...
  6. crowcrow

    Help, 1st attempt, do i need to ditch my beer.

    One more vote for bottling it and seeing how it tastes. I'm guessing you'll end up with at very least drinkable beer, but likely even better than that. Let us know how it goes.
  7. crowcrow

    Better Brew Bandit Brew Clearing

    Sorry, I see this in the kit subforum - the cloudiness could be yeast but you'd expect that to drop out over time. It could be an infection but assuming it tastes OK?
  8. crowcrow

    Better Brew Bandit Brew Clearing

    Is it a canned kit, or a partial or a full grain kit?
  9. crowcrow

    Getting back into the Hobby…..

    I've not bothered with yeast nutrient for years and never had any issues (though can't hurt to add some).
  10. crowcrow

    Getting back into the Hobby…..

    Nice one - I love the speed of a kit - hope it tastes great!
  11. crowcrow

    converting coopers lager to extract or partial mash

    Sounds great - not sure about cascade in a lager - but I love cascade so I'd give it a go! Recipes sound good - let me me know how you get on.
  12. crowcrow

    Starting my second brew

    Sure will be fine once bottled and set to condition for a bit - I've left beer in the fermenter ages sometimes, and was all drinkable!
  13. crowcrow

    Feedback please

    Any reason for the golden syrup? Aiming for a high OG? I'd go for something like 3.5kg MO, 1kg crystal, and 500g wheat. For a 20l batch at about 4.5% How much hops were you looking to use?
  14. crowcrow

    converting coopers lager to extract or partial mash

    Hi, so are you saying you'd still use the can, but add dme or liquid malt? Or do you want to recreate a similar beer from a extract or partial.
  15. crowcrow

    Getting back into the Hobby…..

    Good to have you back! I can't recommend a lager kit sorry, been years for me, but the wilko kit was OK not great. But that could have been my poor brewing skills - I think it was the first or second kit I did. Did you pick one up? Got it fermenting yet?
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