Recent content by gdyker

As well as using the 500ml German swing tops I'm building up a supply of 330s from Hercules, Belgian stouts that my wife loves.

Thanks. Having looked into it a bit more I think I'll just repair as it's the difference between £6 and £100. There's already a decent wooden frame supporting it and I think I'll have a go at making a couple of roof lights for venting steam.

I'll be moving excitedly into our 6×10ft brick outhouse soon so I will have a dedicated space for brewing. It's currently got a clear plastic corrugated roof which needs a bit of repairing. This gives me the chance to do something better. I will insulate with celotex and foil underneath as I...

That's great, work will start in April as I'm in Germany for most of March, I'll get in contact then!

That looks fantastic! Did you do all the plumbing yourself? Is it all 22mm push fit plastic taken off the outdoor tap outlet? I'm moving into the outhouse soon and will hopefully plumb it but I have no experience. .. yet! Totally going to copy the sink/drainage board combo too!

Excellent, I'll get them ordered. Thanks!

Hi all, I've got a couple of ball valve tap kits from the homebrewshop that came with brass flanged nuts. I'd now like to replace these with stainless steel, is part 14547 from B E S what I want? Thanks.

Hi all, I'm currently fermenting an Imperial Stout and want to age/lager it for a good few months. Should I use a plastic fermenting bucket or a plastic pressure keg, or would it be safer to bottle then leave for six months/ a year? Is there anywhere that one can buy small homebrew sized SS...

Sorry this is really old but just wanted to say thanks for the help, it worked out great!

I'm after some of this for my belgian style brews and a dutch friend has offered me some Van Gilse Schenkstroop. Does anyone have any experience with this? Is it the right thing? All the descriptions I can find on Google are in dutch. Otherwise I can just use it for pancakes...

Brilliant, thanks. I thought the hops might be pretty off, I basically weighed all the ingredients in the brewferm box but struggled with them as I didn't want to open the bag before using it then found the weight was totally different afterwards as it had soaked up loads of malt. Anyway, I...

Please can someone experienced look over this recipe? It's not meant to be a copy of anything, I've put it together from a brewferm gregorius and ideas from the excellent 'Brew like a Monk'. Having never done this before I'm worried it might be horribly wrong and am currently baffled by ibu and...

Thanks very much!

Hi all, Doing my first cider after a few beers. I've read of someone else juicing a load of pears and adding campden tablets to sterilize it. As I have a juicer and no press I'm going to do the same with apples but have a couple of questions: I'm going to juice the fruit then put in CTs before...

Hi all, I've got a Brewferm Abbey kit fermenting which starts at 1.070 and is meant to go to 1.010 but which has after two weeks and now a few days of absolutely no bubbles or even pressure on the airlock stopped at 1.016. Should I carry on waiting or is it safe to bottle? If so would it be...