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Hi Ben, Is the kettle still available? And do you have a picture of the trolley? I've got a feeling I bought a 50L kettle from you a little while back via ebay. Sorry to hear you're selling up ☹️ John

I'm still yet to use it as it's too tall to fit in my fermentation fridge and it's still a tad too warm for ambient temperatures. Overall it seems great for the money. Nice silicone gasket around the lid. Full stopper and one with a 3 part air lock. Tap isn't the best as it's all one piece, but...

Hi guys and gals, just thought I'd share a stainless steel fv that I came across recently. I thought the price was decent and ordered one, although I've not used it yet the quality seems great. The only down side is that it's not conical, but I got it as I wanted an affordable sealed fv to...

I did whole coffee beans in secondary before. Added 200g for 3 days and the coffee aroma and taste was perfect. Beer finished at 9% Also did whisky soaked oak chunks and vanilla pods in a 6% stout. I didn't properly sterilise the oak and got an infection, which resulted in an amazingly complex...

I had recently been looking on ebay etc and couldn't find anything local and under £30. Spent a couple weeks searching, then freecycle came to mind. Checked and managed to bag one less than 5 miles away for free. All it needed was a clean. It's working a treat, and has currently got an 11% maple...

Thanks for taking the time to work that out for me! And yes, I suppose it's hardly noticeable really. I may look at some methods to increase efficiency now I know where it is. Possibly mash for longer than 60 mins? I love how easy BIAB is at this scale compared to using a mash tun. 1 pot to...

Ye, I've already done it. Just was trying to get a feel for what people thought in regards to grain bill, and to see if anyone could let me know if I'm getting a decent efficiency from BIAB or not. To me it seems alright, but it's all I know kind of thing. I agree with the oats though, 25% is a...

For me I cold crash overnight, transfer to bottling bucket with an auto siphon, cold crash overnight again. I would always put pellets straight in, adding in a bag just doesn't have the same effect IMO. One thing I have found when bottling hoppy beers, is that they can oxidise very easily...

I tend to throw recipes together without any calculations, other than rough grain to water ratios I have seen online, and more recently based on my previous batches. I have no idea what kind of efficiency I'm getting, or really how I would even go about calculating this. I think I really need to...

Thank you for sharing this! These American wild/mixed ferm breweries are making some wonderful beer.

I brewed a peanut butter RIS for my first all grain, off the back of drinking my first yellow belly, and thinking, OMG I NEED MORE OF THIS! I added this for the peanut butter flavour (Omnipollo are quite open in saying they use flavour extracts), and IMO it was very close to the flavour you get...

I was torn between what size to get, and decided the bigger the better. I love to share what I make with friends and family, and anything less than 30L wouldn't make enough to go round and still water me! I think the disappointment was firstly the process. I wanted to be able to share my beer...

Hello to all. Been home brewing for just over a year now. Got bought a wilko kit last christmas. Was hugely disappointed with the end product. Quickly decided to spend a bit of money on a 50L a brew in a bag set up, and it's been doing me well ever since. Always learning, and always having to...