Recent content by MaltyMat

Thanks for the help. I wanted to keep the connections I have as I have made a rig for the pumps and connections (see photos, I have circled the area where the leaks are occuring). I had a play around and using an o-ring inside the brass female connector worked. I also brought some Fernox LS-X...

Hi, I and have been trying to add some solar pumps to my system, however I have been having problems with the connectors from the pump to the pipe work leaking. I have tried PTFE tape, V-2 plus jointing compund, and both PTFE tape and v-2 plus jointing compund. But it still leaks! The solar...

Thanks, I will give it a Sent from my awesome Ubuntu Touch device using the Forum Browser app

I was going to clean my ball valves in vanish oxywash to get rid of the oily smell and residue. I was wondering if vanish was ok to use and how much would I need to use? Thanks Sent from my awesome Ubuntu Touch device using the Forum Browser app

Thanks Fil, Yes, I think I will send some photos to the seller, and see what they say I have tried to scrape off the deposits, it does clean up a bit (it looks like it is part of the cast and hasn't been finished properly, as it is SS when scraped/filed with a needle file), but I think it...

Hi, I am looking at upgrading my brewing system, and when ahead and purchased some SS ball valves from china via ebay: 1/2" ball valve 3 way: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231012806823?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT 1/2" ball valve...

I should have posted this earlier. But just to let you know the outcome, The beer was fine, very tasty indeed. I don't know what I was worried about :D

Hi, I have been playing around with my own recipes, using qbrew to build up the recipes around a chosen style. I have two beers that I have made that I would like to try my luck with in a homebrew competition but I am unsure of the beer style I should enter them in as. One I had chosen...

thanks Ren, so theres still hope :grin:. Time will tell, just cross my fingers.

just started to transfer my lager from the primary to the secondary fermenter. Totally forgot to remove the airlock I had on it (hose to a small sealed plastic container with de-ionised water, and a small air hole), so as the transfer started it sucked in the air lock water into the primary and...

thanks bobsbeer, I was hoping that there's a chance it would be ok. I was gutted to see the temp so high, didn't really want to bin all my efforts.

Hi, I had made a batch of ale on Sunday, and had the temp of the wort at 21oC before pitching in the starter. Set my temperature controller to 21oC for the fermentation cupboard and put the fermenter barrel in the cupboard to ferment. After the first day fermenting the temp controller became...

Hi, you guy's may already know and heard about Ubuntu trying to raise funds via crowdfunding to produce a high end smartphone/PC called Ubuntu Edge using leading edge technology. I have seen that a lot of us envolved in homebrew like to tinker with techy stuff, and some are using Linux. So I...

Thanks for the nice comments. There was a lot of mess to tidy after it all, and was pretty much a full day of work. Hopefully as I do more AG Brews and stop changing my methods between brews, I can get everthing done a bit smoother. Cheers. :cheers:

Hi, Just finished off my 3rd AG yesterday, and managed to take some photos along the way. At the moment I am just trying out my own recipes using basic grains and single hops. The idea is so I can try and see what the different hop characteristics are. Eventually I would like to try and work...