Recent content by LordChuggington

Me too! Thank you

I'll try the whisking thing, worth a shot. The temp is bang on as far as I can tell (using GF, seems to be steady throughout the mash). In East Sussex the water is quite hard, right enough, so I'll look into that as well Lord C

As I ramp up my home brewing I'm burning through the sterilisation consumables. I currently use VWP 400g, but I wonder if anyone has any recommendations as to what might be better/cheaper/larger quantities, and where I can get hold of it at the best price? Thanks in advance Lord C

Hello all, I'm on to brew number 10 using my Grainfather kit, and all in all I'm very happy. Except... I'm getting poor extraction efficiency, pretty much every time. I stir the grain well when adding to the mash, try to control the rate so it's nice and even, but when I sparge it runs...

I'm up to brew #7 on the Grainfather and it's a lovely bit of kit, but it's taken some time to get used to things. Thought I'd share some of t he shortcuts I've used: 1) Sparge water - I boil 25l in the main kettle and then store 15-20l in a spare insulated cooler, which I wrap in a towel. This...

Thanks everyone - I have done exactly that and will check in on it again in the next couple of weeks. I'm glad I actually mixed some with and without as I'd have wondered what the hell I'd done wrong if I hadn't primed any of them!

Hello all, I recently brewed a Kona Fire Rock clone recipe and bottled without priming - the recipe gave no instruction on this. I did prime 8 bottles out of the 40 with a single Coopers priming tab though, by way of experiement. It's come to the day of judgement now, and I have to say...

Thanks for the suggestion DrMick - will give that a go next time around. I'm also going for whole hop v pellets.

Aargh! Autocorrect!!!!!!!!!

Hello everyone, I've started my home brewing career by jumping straight in at the deep-end and buying a grandfather. I've done two runs so far, and what I will say is that pellet hops tend to clog the filter on the pump. Beyond that, its and incredibly easy piece of kit to use and clean. I...