Recent content by matth

As others have said, if kegging I add the hop tea to the keg prior to racking the fermented beer on. If bottling I mix the hop tea with the priming sugar and again rack the fermented beer on to it (in the bottling bucket). If you individually prime your bottles I would add your hop tea to...

I’ve only recently started this, I’m not sure anything can be gained from overnight it’ll you are using heated water. I use a standard bodum 1 litre cafetière, and boil the water and let it cool to 75 degrees c, then pour over the hops - give it a good stir, put the lid on - then leave for as...

I have always found dry hopping a bit of a pain in the ****, and a little disappointing (I have only recently started legging so that may change). I always hopstand for hoppy ales, and this last brew tried doing a hop tea rather than a dry hop, which itself was good and didn’t have a bag of hops...

Yes please!!

A little update, I brewed the above, plus another that had more lager malt, so I brewed something more akin to a lager with a Cali ale yeast fermented at 14-13 degrees which I then added a load of gooseberries too in secondary. Both beers brewed as normal, and after bottle conditioning - are...

11 litre batch Malt Bill Maris Otter– 4°L 2.10 kg 1.038 Wheat, Pale - 1.5°L 0.50 kg 1.037 Pale Crystal Malt - 20L 0.20 kg Cooked Rice– 1°L 0.10 kg 1.038 Estimate efficiency 60% due to age of malt Hops Random old dry hops (quite a bit of Amarillo in there) 60 min 15.00 g estimate 7.0% Bouclier...

I thought I’d post this up as I have read conflicting reports of using old malt. I have had a break from AG brewing for a few years due to having young children, but I had a few extract brews on the go and a load of old malt (crushed) in the garage - so I thought what’s the harm in just brewing...

Hi all Recieved 2 top plate rotokegs from a neighbour who was skipping them - now I know most will say just buy new, but I enjoy bringing old bits and bobs back to life. The main seal around the top plate is dead, so I have cut an oval gasket out of silicone, which I think should do the job -...

Hi all - an all grain brewer here, back on this forum for the first time in about 6 years. Had 2 children in the meantime which have taken my time - but put 2 extract brews on last week (a Californian common and a Amber IPA), just to get back in to the swing of things, then a neighbour passed on...

I am building my new brew kettle to upgrade from my small tesco value element powered one, and have 2 new 2.75kw elements. like these that i know a few forum people use: http://www.heatingelementcompany.co.uk/default.asp?Product=287 infact it is this one with the old style plug...

To me it sounds fine, i think you should just leave it for a while, never any harm in just waiting - you'll always run into trouble rushing. Generally speaking for a standard strength ale i primary ferment for 7 days at 18 degrees (by which time airlock the foam and airlock activity has...

The only way to check is by having a quick taste - Its unusual for it still to that much yeast activity on the top after 12 days. But just looking at it from a photo would be hard to say. I'm assuming everything was sterilised properly. To me it looks like it is still fermenting (high...

Cheers - i have ordered a 40 amp SSR with a heat sinc as it was not much more than a 20 and thought i could use it again if i upgrade. Will bear in mind the heat leach, although i do not plan on running it too long - mainly set it on a timer so that it is on an hour before i get up in a...

It's an AC one - 230v 10a built in relay - i like your suggestions, but tbh sounds beyond my capabilities or proper understanding to be confident in trying something like that. Going to follow this diagram for wiring in a SSR - just not linking the cooling circuit

I have been trying to find one of those without luck - i have now bought a 40 amp SSR and heat sinc to put on to my 10a STC-1000 - i think i have found a wiring diagram for that now, so i'll see how that goes when the bits eventually arrive from china