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  1. Tractorboy

    Topless, or top on?

    Still relatively new to brewing, but my understanding is that the boil process includes some increase of the OG by reducing the volume of water by evaporation. If you have the lid on then most of the water will condense on the lid and drip back into your kettle, thus diluting the beer. For my...
  2. Tractorboy

    Help with Brewfather figures please

    To get the calculated ABV down to 4.7% I have to use a brew house efficiency of 55%, which feels a bit low to me. Would I be best to just make the beer with the ingredients I've got and the calculated water quantities and see how it turns out? It's no problem for me if I have a slightly stronger...
  3. Tractorboy

    Help with Brewfather figures please

    I have purchased an all grain kit from Malt Miller for a Verdant Lightbulb Extra Pale Ale. The kit does not provide any water quantities, which I expect is due to different methods and efficiencies that could be used, so I have tried putting the ingredients into Brewfather to work out how much...
  4. Tractorboy

    Korny Keg Size

    Thank you for the very thorough response. I’ll give this a go next time I transfer a brew. My plastic FV has a good seal, so I might be able to apply a little pressure via the airlock hole in the lid.
  5. Tractorboy

    Korny Keg Size

    OK, so I understand what you are saying apart from the part about doing a closed transfer in through the beer out connector. I'm thinking that the idea is to get the beer from the fermenter to the keg without it making contact with air. How would this be achieved when transferring from a 23l...
  6. Tractorboy

    Korny Keg Size

    Thank you. I had assumed that the force carbing would be proportional to the amount of beer in the keg, so I guess other factors come into play. I had expected more gas to be used to purge the headspace. Large keg it is then!
  7. Tractorboy

    Korny Keg Size

    Having now made a couple of beers, I have invested in a Korny keg (19l) setup and through some careful negotiation I have convinced the wife of the need for a new fridge so that I can use the old one to make a kegerator (which will be this weekend's project). When I got the CO2 system, I got one...
  8. Tractorboy

    Inkbird itc-308

    I picked up an old fridge last weekend, along with an Inkbird and, like you a 1 ft Dimplex tube heater. After a bit of experimenting, I settled on ±0.3°C for my differentials. So far. Initially when I set the fridge up, the temperature seemed to drift a lot from 18.5 to 21.5°, but with the...
  9. Tractorboy

    HalsteadMills Brews

    Sorry to go a little off topic, but I was born and spent my childhood years in Halstead. Your previous brew name - The Flowers at Box Mill brought back some fine memories of summers spent catching sticklebacks in the river at Box Mill!
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    New AG brewer

    Hello, I am a new AG brewer based in the Forest of Dean. I'm have previously made plenty of brews using extract kits, but have now taken the plunge and dipped my toe in the water with AG brewing. Because of the money that I am saving on fuel from working at home, I managed to convince the wife...
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