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BrewDevil 30 litre all-in-one brewing system in good working condition, selling for £200. Collection from Derby The system has a magnetic drive recirculating pump, 2500w integrated heating elements and a multiple program controller with manual and automatic modes. Sold with the following...

SmartPID CUBE KIT with all elements to retrofit the most common all in one single vessel brewing systems (Klarstein, ACE, HopCat, Easy Grain, Easy Brew..). All items shown in photo provided for £80. Gives your system wifi capabilities with Brewfather integration and PID temperature control. The...

sounds promising athumb..

How did the dry hop in the Apollo go? It looks like it might be quite time consuming with the funnel. I would still be very interesting in one if they did the tri-clamp lid though

I agree with adding a bit of dextrose to the boil (about 200g for 23l is fine). Mashing at a slightly lower temperature can help with the sourness as well.

Has anyone tried dry hopping in the Titan? I’ve seen the videos that describe a dry hopping port, but it looks too small to be of any use. Otherwise a very nice looking bit of kit

A Plaato Valve also does what you’re describing, although they might be difficult to get hold of now that Plaato don’t seem to support their products. It’s a simple one way valve that fits inline with the blow-off tube from the fermenter

I don’t think it makes any difference whether it ferments or not (for the alcohol based flavours at least). Just make sure you add a little at a time and keep tasting as it’s easy to go from subtle to overpowering.

I also can recommend Lorann flavourings, but I have only used the peanut one which is an alcohol based extract. I found that 6ml in the secondary was about right for a 20 litre batch. The link for the hazelnut one that you posted is for a baking emulsion which might have other stuff in it that...

The amount of fat in raw peanuts or peanut butter would give a very oily beer and ruin head retention. Peanut extract or peanut powder that has the fat removed is the easiest way to go. I’ve made the Malt Miller You Sexy Thing recipe and it makes a wonderful beer and can recommend it...

Lovely bit of kit. I’ve been toying with the idea of doing the same and sounds like I’ve gone down a similar path to you. Do you have a list of the fittings that you used / approximate costs?

Brewtools recommendation is to trisodium phosphate clean to get rid of manufacturing residues and then passivate to restore the corrosion resistant film on the stainless steel. It’s a lot more thorough than the sodium percarbonate clean that you might do as a regular clean