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My recent brew based on Greg Hughes SH Dark ruby mild, I added a few handfulls of roasted Barley as I only had light crystal malt instead of the dark crystal I would normally use. It turned out great, colours about right too which was good as it was just guesswork.

I would be worried about forgetting to open the valve and damaging the fermenter with this set up. the way I do closed transfers with the brewbucket is gravity feeds the beer to the corny keg, the co2 displaced from the keg is fed back into the top of the fermenter, hence no oxygen is...

I use the SS brewbucket with ftss temperature control. Its an expensive bit of kit and probably not worth it for most brewers but for me has the following advantages:- 1) conical base , less beer is in contact with dead yeast cells, 2) bottom tap, dont have to use syphons and easy to draw off a...

I have been wanting a beer engine for years and recently bought the pint365 which is a beer engine designed for home use. I love it, there is no wasted beer with this, I have been using either a polypin or small mini keg as an intermediate vessel transferring the beer to these from corny kegs...

I'd be interested in how it turns out. I've considered doing a Wherry again as an experiment which was my kit of choice before starting all grain. But returning to kits lacks the excitement for me of creating a beer from scratch however if i was short of brewing time would like to give it a go.

It took 6 months from me starting this thread till I ordered one, but I was thinking about how many pubs and breweries wouldn't survive another lockdown and persuaded myself it was my patriotic duty to keep real ale traditions alive.:laugh8: very pleased with it so far, i have been transferring...

yes, thats basically it. you may need slightly more grain as its probably not as efficient as doing it in a larger pot. make sure the cold water you top up with has been suitably treated ie chlorine removed.

yes you could, you could also brew a stronger beer and water it back to get your aimed for 20 Litres in the fermenter.

I suspect its not the answer your looking for but my easy way to avoid CO2 leaking is to switch it off and disconnect when not in use.

I've done quite a few from the book but the one I keep going back to is the Spring beer, I modify it slightly to get 2 brews from 100g Waiti / Galaxy

when I started with BIAB I used a 15 L stockpot and got some great beers brewing 10L at a time but if your aiming for a finished 20 Litre brew then i think you'll be disappointed with anything less than 30 litres. there's advantages to going smaller such as more choice if your willing to brew...

I noticed quite a few people want to start using liquid yeasts and that would of been me 2 or 3 years back but i've now decided i'm good with dried yeasts. Whilst liquid yeasts give you much more choice I have come to the conclusion that to my tastes dried yeasts give just as good a result with...

Having read that hops were good for sleep I once slept with a pot of dried hops next to me, weirdest dreams ever, never again

How do you find it between uses? does the first pump or so need to be chucked after a few days of non use or is it necessary to flush through with water after each use. can you not raise your pressure barrel to prevent that problem? im guessing you have it stored quite low in relation to the...

hope your not still waiting for it to arrive? I've just ordered one today update: ive just seen your other post kelper which you did the update on :)