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  1. Fuzzy-felt

    Dark Farm Mini Keg and C02 dispenser - 15% Discount

    You are quite right, treebeard. The parts I have are from another supplier, but they look very similar. Is there a certain type or brand of tubing that I could be using for the dip tube in order to deal with my tainted flavour problem, I wonder. I'm now considering a stainless steel capillary...
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    Dark Farm Mini Keg and C02 dispenser - 15% Discount

    Thanks treebeard. On reflection, I recall the dip tube I originally used (that came with the dispense cap) being pretty floppy and a bit opaque, so that sounds more like silicone. I guess I just need to search for something that has a good reputation for not imparting any off-flavour (from the...
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    Dark Farm Mini Keg and C02 dispenser - 15% Discount

    I have a couple of similar mini kegs, with what looks to be the exact same ball-lock dispense cap. The dip tube that came with the dispense caps were a pvc tube that you cut to length. I was getting a peculiar taint to the taste of my beer when using these kegs, and discovered that it was the...
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    Roll on tomorrow

    ....and I'm sure that smart **** would also point out that Advent starts on Sunday. Not me, though. No, no. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Newbie Fermenting worry

    Andy, In home brewing it's always fun to experiment a bit with different things, and you can do this with the same batch. You might want to consider bottling some of the beer prior to dry hopping so that you can compare the 'standard' to the dry-hopped versions once you have given them a chance...
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    Bottling from a Corny

    This Pegas bottle filler certainly looks very interesting. The Ecotap here looks as though it costs about €76 delivered (assuming that the website is picking up that this is delivery to UK). http://www.pegas.lt/en/170-pegas.html I got the contact from an old thread on JBK.
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    Bottling from a Corny

    You might like to look into getting a couple of stainless steel carbonator caps. I have a BeerGun and several carbonator caps, and I've found myself using the caps much more often. You can see them in action here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCrfp8ha9Dw The Malt Miller advertises them...
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    SS Brewmaster bucket OR SS Chronical

    I have a couple of the Brewmaster buckets and I find them to be pretty good. They are immensely easy to clean - far, far quicker that my large fancy conical fermentor, but nowhere near as versatile. Bear in mind, though, that they are not very big. When they say 25 litres, that is almost to the...
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    Fruit beer.

    For my Belgian Wit I seem to recall using a ratio of about 10:1 of beer to puree (perhaps even less), but I would recommend a test mix to see what you're happy with. I bought mine from Amazon where they are about £6-£7 per litre, but you need to buy enough to get free delivery. Once opened you...
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    Fruit beer.

    At what point are you thinking about adding strawberry? I have heard from various sources that adding strawberry pre- fermentation doesn't work well, as the fermentation process drives off nearly all the flavour (and colour), and that you need a large quantity of fruit to get anywhere. The last...
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    New Hoppy Youngs kits.

    It looks as though you and I are at the same point with our Saisons. Last night the SG was 1.007 at 29C (1.009 adjusted), and I chucked the hop pellets in. I'm doing a double batch. The OG was 1.055 and I'm using Belle Saison yeast instead of the 'Belgian Saison Yeast' supplied with the kit. I...
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    New Hoppy Youngs kits.

    I started a double batch of the Saison a week ago, and weighed the brewing sugar bag - it is 500g. I contemplated substituting this with light or extra light DME, but was advised against doing this by members of the London Amateur Brewers (the reasoning being that the brewing sugar would aid a...
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    New Hoppy Youngs kits.

    Having spent 30 days fannying around in the fermenter, I finally kegged my APA two days ago. I use a fermentation fridge and set it to 18.5c. After 2 weeks the SG was 1.018 and I needed to make way for my next brew, so took this one out. The temperature outside my fridge was probably around...
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    New Hoppy Youngs kits.

    Good stuff. I look forward to your comments on the APA later on.
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    New Hoppy Youngs kits.

    I'm likely to make my first batch tomorrow of one of these kits. I'm not sure which to do first so if you've got any comments you can give sooner rather than later I'd appreciate it. Ta, Mark.
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