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Having returned to AG brewing after a 6 year absence I am having trouble removing stains left on the inside of my old corny kegs. I used Grainfather cleaner which has brightened up the inside but not removed some stains on the side. Has any one any suggestions? It was post fermentation...

aleman thanks. i will give it a go. do you have any temperature recommendations? TT

GN- sorry i didn't realise that! i don't make kits as i'm very happy with AG and have no plans to change. surely someone out there knows of an abbots clone recipe?? any answers? TT

very helpful hint. although the blurb on mine doesn't mention that code it is in the pid. when entered up pops 5060 so i have changed mine too! i presume this is what aleman was referring to in one of the early posts to my question. it still seems odd that auber don't put that in the...

actually i can't find that in the recipe section either!! TT

thanks i will give it a go! TT

aleman the input can be between 50-60hz according to the leaflet. i looked for the filter as you suggested and found that the default setting is 0 with options of 1,2,3. the note advise that the higher the value the slower the pid can respond to temp changes. i have just set it to 1 and at...

keith autotune has solved the temp control problem. aleman will check that it is set at 50hz not 60hz. thanks to you both TT

does anyone have a recipe clone for Abbots? i have looked in the recipe section and can't find one there. thanks TT

keith thanks for your reply. i will double check the probe type setting and look up the auto tune function. TT

i have replaced my old pid which burnt out with a new auber pid plus ssr using the existing p100 probe. i wired it as per instructions and have been giving it a trial run. to my surprise the temp readings displayed seem to be rather variable and cover a range of 4 deg C in a matter of a split...

i made a batch of beer recently where i had forgotten to add the sugar in the boil. i added it to the fermenter several days after fermentation had started. this is something i know is a stupid idea but some people never learn. a few days later fermentation had ''stopped'' but there was still a...

Having suffered a burn out in my pid controller i have been using my atc 800 to run my HERMS set up. i was told by the supplier (of the pid) that i didn't need a relay. very poor advice as i have now discovered. Yesterday i thought i would monitor the boil using the atc800. big mistake! i came...

i want to make my own invert sugar and to do this i need an enzyme called invertase. ( i know there are other ways of making it but i don't want to use them). I can only find suppliers who will sell it by the tonne or suppliers of small quantities who will only sell to educational...

tubby please could you tell me what the material you have used for insulation is? i found something similar in a local builders merchants but is was very expensive and appeared to be bubble wrap with a layer of silver foil on the outside. as i was thinking of insulating my copper i didn't...

i should have made clear that magicol is a dried powder. add the amount to a galss of cold water and keep in the fridge for 24 hrs. then place in a magimix or similar and stir with a dough hook, not a whisk, for 5mins. add to beer and mix in. on a few occasions when i first started i had...

the isinglass i use is 'magicol 250as' and it works brilliantly. becaise i don't have a set of scales that measure tiny amounts i add about a third of a teaspoon (not heaped) to my 25L batch. i cool the beer down to around 5degC in the fridge for a day or so and then add the isinglass and...

i have just finished fermenting a batch of beer made entirely with barley i malted myself. i used the method suggested by clive la pensee in his book 'the historical compamion to house brewing'. his system, which i followed, is different to yours. i kept the barley in my beer fridge (circa...

aleman i hate to disagree with you but i consider the primary reason for boiling to be the sterilising of the wort. if you haven't done that then all the others matter nought! TT

i looked up my gas burner on the hamilton gas website, on steve's post, and it is rated at 4kw. so that's the problem. i have now ordered an 8.8kw burner and stand plus a new regulator as i don't feel that comfortable with the oxy acetylene regulator i'm using now. thanks for all your help. TT