Recent content by Leo1983

That's perfect, found similar ball lock converters on Amazon and a 27quid coupler with good review so 42 quid all in. I had a local guy who supplies a local football club offer me a keg but said we should aim to get through it in a week, that didnt seem right to me as normally a carbonated keg...

Hi all, Im getting married soon and having people back to mine, im going to buy a keg of Birra Moretti (for the lager boys!) to put in my Keezer that is in my outdoor wooden bar, but it's currently setup for Corny kegs. Looking for any help on how to adapt one of my taps please! I know I...

Funnily enough Summer Lightening was responsible for the leftover Challenger and EKG. That keg is about ready now and I'm going to give it a try tomorrow. I'll make the APA first to use some of the leftover US hops (from a Pliny The Elder clone) and then probably follow up with an attempt at...

Hi - thought I'd see if anyone is kind enough to give me a bit of feedback on a recipe to use up some of what I have leftover for a brew this weekend. I have the following: Maris Otter - Plenty Crystal (Medium, 50L i think) - 100G Carapils - 600g East kent Goldings - 75g Challenger - 150g...

I havent brewed for a while but if i remember rightly, most recipes recommend a mash of like 1-1.5 litres of water per pound of grain. I tried doing this for a bit and found this to get my 50l mash tun about 2/3 full when brewing a fairly strong recipe. I think this gap in the tun affects...

OK looks like a resounding 'get someone who knows what they are bloody doing before you kill yourself' response.... so i will take that advice. My mate is a spark so i will get him to take a look once he's finished moving house. I have bought the pricey extension leads above already, so...

LOL wow... I thought my first post didnt work so re-wrote and posted again... I even looked but didn't see the link to page two where my post was... and I work in IT... and i'm playing with water and electricity... maybe I should find another hobby!

Right, sounds like the extension leads I was using will likely be the cause of this. I'm going to get 2 new extension leads and 2 new kettle leads to start on a fresh setup and monitor it closely. Checked the fuse box and all sockets (except the cooker) are on the same ring main so I will...

OK, checked the fuse box and sockets are all on one ring main so using different rooms will make no difference. I am going to invest in the 2 most heavy duty extension leads I can find (including RCD) and plug them into seperate sockets to distribute the load, and i'll buy 2 new kettle leads...

Thinking about it although I used power from two different rooms, they were probably still using the same ring main. Maybe I need better extension leads and this time plugged into seperate ring mains. Surely that will be safe?

Thanks all, just to clarify, I use 2 extension leads, one plugged into the kitchen, and one into a socket in another room. One plug got so hot on the wind up extension lead it melted the plastic housing, The other was melded onto the 3 prongs of the element and I had to force it off. 13 amp...

These suckers... https://www.brewbuilder.co.uk/2-4kw-kettle-elements.html

I have an issue that needs to be fixed before I short circuit the electrics in my house, followed by the cicuit board inside my missus' head, which will inevitably be followed by the untimely death of my electric powered brewing career. Sometimes my all grain brews go mostly to plan. I hit the...

Cheers for the advice... option 3 was thrusted upon me as I have too much to do to fit a brew in today now... but I have warmed the setting on the fridge from 19 degrees up to 22 to let the yeast do its thing in a slightly warmer setting. Also - probably wont dump the IPA onto the yeast cake...

I usually find 4 weeks in Primary and 4 weeks in keg gets me a beer that has aged well and tastes good. I used to taste and drink my beer earlier than this, but try to leave until 8 weeks old before tasting as I find by this time the beer has matured and tastes better. To try something a...