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I haven’t bottled for a while. I split my latest 10 gallon batch between kegs and bottles. The last 6 gallons I added 100 grams of priming sugar, kegged 3 gallons and bottled the last 3 gallons. The keg has primed just fine, but the bottles are kind of flat. Not sure why. Been in bottles for...

This is a thing of great beauty!

Hi I need a faucet for a corny keg I've just bought. There seem to be a few to choose from. Is there much difference in quality between brands. Any recommendations. I'm looking to attach it straight onto the disconnect. Thanks in advance.

Just bought a 19 Ltr, AEB. It has not tap or gas connects. I have a couple of s30 gas bottles. Not sure which way to go. I’ve seen mini regulator that malt killer does that can connect to s30 bottle. Or should I forget them and get a larger bottle like the BOC 2kg ones and a different regulator...

I’ve been successfully all grain brewing for a few years now. I generally make the same basic IPA style beer. The one thing I’ve never really achieved is that really hoppy flavour. My later batch is a 10 gallon brew. It’s nearly ready to barrel and I’ve added 100g of mosaic pellets in a bag a...

Is this too high for IPA starting gravity?

Been looking at SS Brewtech Chronicals and it’s got me wondering. I know in the US many people re rack the beer after the first few days into a fresh carboid and allow it to carry on fermenting. I’ve never really understood why. In the UK most people Homebrew with a plastic bucket, as do I...

Just filled a couple of kegs with 8 gallons of very strong pale ale. One of the kegs is a 5 gallon one and I've ended up with a bit more beer than i anticipated so its a lot nearer the top than I've ever filled before. Its got a pressure release valve on the cap. Any problems here? Thanks

Just in the middle of the my boil, making strong dark winter ale, chocolate malt, caramalt, roasted barley and and pale malt. my bittering hops are styrian golding and i usually add more of these or challenger at the end of the boil. Ive run out of both for the late addition. Ive got Simcoe...

Evening Just made a batch of IPA starting gravity about 1070. Theres about 30 litres, maybe a little more as my FV has no markings. Using US 05. Should I use one or 2 sachets. Sachet says will do up to 30 litres. Don't want to be over or under!

Just made a bit of a generous 5 gallon batch of IPA. I have filled my plastic barrel without the usual headroom, leaving only 3 or 4 inches. Any problem with this? Don't want a barrel bomb in the house!

Just bought some stuff to have a go at A Baltic Porter. Any feedback before I put the kettle on tomorrow. 4 kg of Maris Otter 2 kg of Munich 500 g chocolate 500 g caramalt 100g saaz hops in a 90 minute boil Lager yeast Make about 5 - 6 gallons?

This may sound like a daft question, but.... I am losing too much liquid during my boil. Today I was brewing a pale ale. 7kg of Maris grain. I produced 7 gallons prior to boil. Using my new 10 gallon boil pan and 7.5 kw propane ring and a 90 minute boil. I ended up with just over 5 gallons...

Evening all I am looking to get a new boil pan (75ltr) and gas boiler ring so I can move out of the kitchen and into my garage. I am off to the USA in a couple of weeks and was thinking of picking up a Blichmann or Edelmetall propane burner. Anyone have any experience of these? Would I need...

I have a brew belt and heating tray. I find these tend to heat things up a bit too much. I am looking for a device whereby I could plug one in and have a tempature sensor in the wort that switched then heater on and off. Any suggestions? Thanks

I am brewing using a Brewpaks 32ltr stainless pot. Is m using lots of hops loose in the pan. I am losing a lot of liquid as I am not managing to recover it from the hops. I ended up with just 4 gallons from a target of 5 on my last brew. Any tips? I don't want to use hop bags. Maybe fitting a...

Finally managed to get some Nelson hops.I was going to try the Malt Miller original Punkie recipe, but I cant find any Simcoe. I have some Citra and some Amarillo and was going to use one of these. Any thoughts on which to go for? Other hops in the recipe are Chinook, Ahtanum and Nelson...

I have just spent the last 3 hours cleaning 5 gallons of my finest IPA (full of expensive hops) of my kitchen floor. I was about to syphon into my bottling bucket and thought it might be easier to tilt the bucket with something propped under it. I turned my back for a second and away it went...

On the last few brews I have done, I have taken to running off a good size pan of liquor and raising the temp to about 70 degrees on the stove top. I do this at about 30 minutes and 60 minutes. Then run it back into the mash tun. This keeps the mash at the target temp of 65 degrees and seem to...

If anyone e is interested, B&M currently have Grolsch in 450 size bottles for £1.39. They are in a great plastic crate which if you by a few they will probably let you take. I've just bought 96! Great for home brew bottling.