Recent content by PhilByford

Hi there, have you sold this yet?

Thanks all for your replies. You are right, used Corny kits are hard to come by for reasons as you have mentioned. I only ask as I have recently started my own very small brewery and have been producing bottle conditioned Hard Seltzers. I now wish to start kegging for serving at markets and...

Hi all, I am on the lookout for a Corny Keg setup if anyone is selling? Many thanks, Phil

Hi there, Is your beer gun still for sale?

Hi, thanks for your reply. Have you any photos of your set up at all? Whereabouts are you, im from Bures? thanks

Hi there, Have you still got your set up for sale? Where about are you located and how much are you wanting for the complete set? Kind Regards, Philip

Just spotted this for sale on eBay.... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301581500249 Not my item, but I sure wish I could afford one! Pretty darn difficult to get hold of!

if I could be as bold to chime in...I have quite a varying collection of home brew/ beer books, including one from a 70's newspaper special and john palmers bible and I have to say the one I always go back to is Greg Hughes Home Brew Beer! It has a fantastic layout with introduction, methods...

I agree with this also. If you do decide to chill the brew down I would be inclined to give everything a stir again to rouse the yeast again before bottling. My thoughts still lie with the question as to why you are wishing to seperate the two tasks? It really doesn't take that much time to...

Is that 2 hours just the actual filling of bottles, or sterilising aswell? A bottle wand and larger syphon tube would speed up filling. Remember though, you want to fill the bottles up slowly, you don't want to splash and draw lots of oxygen during this stage.

interesting to see how many people are not that fussed about ensuring sanitary conditions for their brews. Personally, considering how much effort goes into making my beer (all grain) the last thing I want is risking contamination. I consider cleanliness and yeast health the two most important...

Yep there is.... I also use star san! It's a no rinse 3 minute sanitiser where only the foam need touch the surface. I generally sanitise whilst bottling. I use 2 large flexible plastic laundry tubs. I first clean my bottles with oxyclean in the tubs. I then fill 1 tub with 5 litres...

Yes you can! What you describe is a 2 stage ferment, also known as a secondary because you are technically conditioning / carbonating in the bottles, not 'fermenting'. There are loads of threads and options on this. Mainly to do with whether it actually makes for a better béer or not vs risk on...

Not sure if it's the same with VWP, but with Star San you can. Aslong as it stays clear and not cloudy your fine. This depends on what water you use, if you sterilise with pre boiled water your usually good.

Wow! That is a lot of westie! Of course I could tell you that if you were allowed to sell any then your stash could be worth a lot of money! Even the empty bottles and beer caps seem to sell. Now the big question is, are the cobwebs St Sixtus, if so they'll fetch well on ebay, lol.