Recent content by mackem brewer

You can get 10L cylinders from online retailers: CO2 Food Grade Gas | Topgas CO2 | 10 Litre | Air Products Might be worth shopping about, I was trying to get one back in January but supply was limited and I ended up going with someone local. Delivery seemed expensive but it is gas which is...

40 Pinter and that was the final reading after topping up to about 22L, looking back I used 1kg of brew sugar. If I remember correctly some of it is unfermentables? There really wasn't much room in the pot so I drained then sparged pretty liberally, the mash time was probably about 90 mins...

Thanks for the link! I do have a recipe but I had to half everything due to the pot size... I've just ordered a 15l which will be perfect for the corny kegs I've got. I'm convinced full grain is the way to go since this went so well with little planning, seems a few stores do kits for around...

I managed to get a brew going yesterday using a Ritchie's lager kit as the base about 1.8kg of crushed grains (Vienna, lager and crystal I think) at a 40/40/20 mix and about 700g of brewing sugar. Hops went into boil for 45 mins and 15 mins, I might dry hop if that's when you add to the nearly...

Oh. Yeah I think I'm a bit lost, I was planning on just using a stove to part mash but now it seems I might have to rethink things. Thanks

Hi, I've started getting back into brewing and delved into the world of part-mashing a brew or two if that's what it's called. I've invested into some crushed grains and have most of my equipment sorted... The only thing I'm missing is hops I think. So I was planning on using some cheap...

This place is great :thumb: ordered a cantina rose pack only took 2 days to get here great service and choice I will be ordering from here a lot now, maybe some stout next :grin: brews up chaps :drink:

Yep I knew that much, I use the campden tablets and usually some potassium sorbate depends on the wine :) I'll try using some glucose on a red and a worzels orange I wonder if it will give it a lighter sweet taste :hmm: or do you guys find that the suger doesn't make a difference

Hi I was wondering what kind of sugers I can use in brewing? and does using different ones give a different taste especially when sweetening wine :hmm: I was thinking about back sweetening with glucose to some red wine not sure what the rules are though lol Next few brews I plan on using...

did a little search on the net and I think the nearest one near watford is 20 mile away theirs 1 in Walton-on-Thames and 1 in Sutton apparently hope this helps

sound advice :thumb: my brews only normally last about a month lol does air not get in through the tap after a while though? I always wondered about that :hmm:

slit it and its working great wine should be ready in a week or two :cheers: I'll be ordering the vinclear for the next lot of brews so I dont have the trouble next time lol

I'm not that sure but when I brew beer I tend to bottle about 5-10 litres and drink the rest from the keg, at the minute I have about ten litre of **** bitter in a keg thats been their for about a month and it still tastes safe lol personally I drink from the keg till it starts to go flat and...

yep thats what it says :thumb: its a youngs U brew packet sufficient for up to 5 gallons so I'll try splitting them when the wine needs clearing, next time I'll get some of that bottled stuff to make my job easier

this might seem a bit off a noob question but here it goes lol my problem is I have two 1 gallon brews of wine but only 1 finings packet (for a 25l wine brew) could I split the finings between the two or would that be too much? or should I keep it till I brew a 25 litre of wine and buy a...