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  1. Niman

    Propane burner - or electric??

    fwiw i started with a peco boiler and it struggled to maintain good boil (outside) did far better under shelter and insulation... to put things in context changed to gas doubled brew length time dif a bit longer....though not much as for running out of gas just get a spare as for...
  2. Niman

    geterbrewed.

    hope this helps clear things up
  3. Niman

    geterbrewed.

    Im less than 20 miles from them which is why im annoyed that maltmiller and hbc for example can deliver b4 geterbrewed can dispatch.
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    geterbrewed.

    DPD def doing well.
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    geterbrewed.

    Im all for giving people a chance...but to put things in context...my first attempt at an order from geterbrewed.....a maltmiller order ordered a full 24 hrs after geterbrewed...arrived befere getterbrewed had realised they wanted to screw me on postage.. But stilll i gave em a chnce or 2
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    geterbrewed.

    i have used this company a grand total of 3 times or attempted to and its pretty much been a bad experience. order one was for a couple of hundred quid which included a few sacks of grain , glass carboys yada yada ..so in theory qualified for free postage.......but it didnt got a demanding...
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    Niman freebies

    OK having a clear out. I won't post these as not with effort / cost Can deliver to a point in greater Belfast area easily. Newry.Downpatrick,Coleraine,Omagh,Ballymena ...with a bit of effort and not as quickly. Two king kegs top tap...need a bit of work One is double figures old and...
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    Polystyrene Bottle Packaging (a la Dads_ale's bottle swap)

    K I've a brown Porter I could do with an opinion on
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    Polystyrene Bottle Packaging (a la Dads_ale's bottle swap)

    Really should get around to using these
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    Is holding a steady temp that important

    fwiw ive used it a few times i tend to brew 45-50 ltr batches and split in to 2 fermenters (though not always).....last batch was a brown porter..wlp04 and s04 (i think) both ok but different........personally i prefer the so4.. and that goes against the whole "liquid is better" thang...
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    Do glass bottles weaken over time?

    much as i like my kegs....ive no temp control....and hate suds so i will keep bottling (much as i hate it) last batch was 112 of the wee feckers and that hurt......labled last night .....so alls good
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    Monday Night 10L SMASH

    u will be unlucky if end result aint beer
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    Do glass bottles weaken over time?

    from experience i would have to add most bottles have a "limited" shelf life my rolling stock is prob in the region of 5-6 hundred bottles a mixture of oxbars and glass....glass tends to fair well..up to a point i have had necks chip. im assuming from repeated capping...
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    Why sparge?

    do what works for ya prob best answer..
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    Why sparge?

    FWIW with the price of grain compared to "our time" good question i used to to the whole fly sparging thing...which was boring and time consuming..and had done so from the start of my AG brewing....I then bought an ag kit and it suggested batch sparging....realised for my set up it was quicker...
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