Recent content by matt76

I've made a couple - the Greg Hughes one, and then last year the Josh Weikert one. Both were very good - it's possibly my favourite style I've brewed but strong so I try not to drink too many! I'm not sure what recipe you were planning to use but I would recommend waiting until you can get the...

Just checked, the item description for the PVC hose I bought (quite a while ago now, I just used what I had spare) actually says temp range -20degC to +60degC. Not that I doubted you, but yeah, definitely need to get that changed 👍

Thanks for the tip - noted 👍

An update on my recirc pump tinkering... I did another test yesterday, this time heating the water up to mash temperature. All seems fine - I left it running for about 3 hours, all watertight and no leaks 👍 It always amazes me how this PVC tube goes from being very stiff when cold to very...

Out of interest, when you're building up lager yeast like this do you just do it at room temp on the kitchen side or whatever? Or do you have the means to put your stir plate in your brew fridge for temp control?

Sounds interesting, I'll be interested to hear how your Helles turns out - I've used 2206 before but never 2308 and certainly not 2352. On a slightly different subject, have you had a proper try yet of the bitter you made with the Fuller's 1845 yeast? How would you describe this strain - does...

Ooh, please do elaborate, this sounds intriguing...

Sounds interesting, good luck with it. I can recommend Motueka hops for a like flavour - I used them with good results in my recent Mexican Lager 👍

@Broken Toe and @AdeDunn did you notice any changes as a result of installing your recirc system? Specifically, did you notice any difference in efficiency? This is not a driver for me at all, just curious is all. My objective is to get a more even and constant mash temperature, and hence...

Cool, thanks for letting me know dude 👍 After today's tinkering I think I'll hold off on ordering anything smaller - the 9mm ID tube seems ok so far if I use some PTFE to help it seal, I just need to test it with hot water next 👍

Aha! I think I've cracked it now... I've had another little play this afternoon... I think the PWM controller simply isn't going to work - not sure why but this means I need to wire the pump directly. I added some PTFE tape round the pump inlet & outlet barbs which seems to have cured the...

Oh bobbins, how did I miss that one??!! 😭😭😭 Hey @Broken Toe , any idea what size the brass outlet fittings are? I mean what size pipe (inner / outer dia.) fits? They look a bit bigger than on the pump I bought 😕

This is something I considered in my eBay browsing above..... I thought about a fuel filter - this kind of thing though not necessarily this specific one. However, my concern is they're not specifically food safe and I worry they may have grease or oil in them. So for now I've decided not to...

I've been mulling this over for the last week or two and decided to bite the bullet and try rigging up a recirc pump on my Klarstein - I've sourced the various bits from eBay which have been arriving over the last few days so I decided to give it a test this afternoon. No wort or mashing at...

AG#67 Tropical Stout This is pretty much straight up Josh Weikert's "Make your best Tropical Stout", scaled down to 10L or so. Last time I did a big beer (Baltic Porter) I wasn't really happy how it went process-wise (although the beer turned out great). This time I used a few simple tricks to...