Recent content by john_s

I've not been to MOSI for more years than I care to think about. I really should try to get there again, since it's only an hour away.

I was disappointed by the IWM in Manchester. I don't think I'll bother going again, unless there's an exhibition on that I fancy seeing. I'm looking forward to seeing the refurbished London IWM. HMS Belfast is definitely worth seeing and Duxford is amazing.

Maybe a blocked nozzle, yes. Also worth checking that the hose is attached at both ends - I've had them blow off before.

Is programming the remote not ignition on and off 4 times quickly, then key out and press the button on the new remote? Can you open the stuck door from inside with the handle? Could also be a broken wire or failed locking motor. Don't know about the water pump; I've not had a look at one on...

If I got mrs_s an iRon for Christmas, there'd be a new sport invented - iRun!

Another round of Googling, and I turned up this page: http://www.marstonsbeercompany.co.uk/ou ... ns/epa.asp (I appear to have missed it the first time round :roll: ), which lists the hops as Cascade and Styrian. A play with the forum recipe calculator suggests that a 23l brew with 3.8kg of...

I've come to rather enjoy Marstons EPA at the pub local to a friend's house. I fancy kicking off (rather belatedly!) 2011's brewing with an AG brew of something similar. I've no idea where to start recipe wise (my inexperience prevents me from even trying to guestimate types of hops it might...

Today's update: Bottled some (for sampling :whistle: ) and kegged the rest this afternoon. It came out about 1.008, so somewhere in the region of 3.3-3.4% I'll see how it goes as it conditions... not sure if it seemed to be a bit "thin" from the brief taster, but it might just be the lack of...

I just let mine run out slowly enough that it doesn't froth.

Seems to be fine. It's a thicker plastic than the 25 litre FV I used for a HLT.

I got a 60 litre fermenting bucket from Brew UK to make my boiler: http://www.brewuk.co.uk/store/container ... plain.html

MD wrote a guide to it: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=5745 Hopefully that will help.

Update on the brew... the gravity is down to 1.010 this evening.

I left my Wherry for a month, and it was cleared, but didn't taste great... after another 2 months, it was much improved. In terms of gas, the priming sugar didn't provide enough to dispense all the beer. I needed to use a CO2 bulb about half way down the keg, and it's still blowing beer out...

Certainly will.