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

i have recently purchased a new s-s 50 litre boiling pot which i am attempting to heat with propane. i have approx 4o L on the go at the moment but it's taking along time. i am keeping my old burco elec boiler as HLT only and relieving it of it's wort boiling duties. i have a couple of gas...

just trialled my pid and kettle HERMS with water through the mash tun. there was noticeably less temperature surge than with the atc800 (which i only used in desperation because of setting up problems with the pid which delayed things). however i found that system performance on a ''water...

my first trial mash through my HERMS didn't go to plan, see posts on Herms in another section. the principle problem was that the mash was far hotter than programmed, for reasons discussed elsewhere. i assumed the high temps of around 75degC would have denatured the enzymes and that it would be...

i have finally got round to trialling my HERMS and although i have a PID and a cartridge heater i decised to use a kettle with a copper coil and the ATC 800 i use for the fermentation cupboard. i trialled it with water which was just as well as i found three leaks. otherwise it appeared to...

having read aleman's (and others) comments on yeast rehydration i have used the advice to speed up the 'take' of dried yeast in the fermentation vat. until recently i seem to be getting much longer delays than everyone else. yesterday i rehydrated the yeast(so4 from the malt miler) 2 hours...

i have been thinking about building a RIMS for sometime amd have decided to get on with it. about 10 years ago i bought a second hand milk pasteuriser for a project which never got off the ground. it seemed sensible to have a look at the parts, some of which i have robbed over the years, to...

i have re-read tubby shaw's excellent 'how to' on cleaning cornies. i have a feeling my own cleaning methods aren't working as well as they should. one thing in tubby's piece that caught my eye was that he used hot water for some of the processes. when picking up my first cornies from norman...

''pride goeth before a fall''. having recently returned to ag home brewing i have enjoyed a remarkably trouble free run . however i have made my first foolish mistake on batch 14. it was fermenting at the start of the cold weather and to keep the peace i was using a brew belt and keeping it in...

i have recently purchased 4 cornies, co2 bottle and pressure gauge from norman. the first brew was kegged after 14 days in the fermenter, dropped once at 7 days. i was delighted with the taste and it was very well received by those who tried it. however aftre 2 weeks it definitely was...

i have experimentd with using 'grits' in my last two mashes. in the first i tried flaked maize and in the second i used flaked rice. i encountered the same problem in both - the mash set and sparging was avery long and tedious business. so tedious that i had to leave it slowly percolating over...

i have recently tried an aerating the wort with a small pump and air stone. the first attempt forthed up so much a large amount of wort went onto the floor, so i stoped prematurely. the second attempt definitely speeded up the start of fermentation. i am worried about how to sterilise the air...

my fourth brew since restarting has thrown up something i haven't come across before. the mashing went well. 3.5kg pale malt + 1 kg crystal malt. after cooling the sg was 1048 which i was pleased with. i used muntons gold premium yeast and pitched from the packet at 20 deg. it tooka good day and...

i have just re-started home brewing using my old equipment but have found that my mashing results have been way below expectation and past performance. i am using maris otter from a well known hb shop but my efficiency figures are around 75% as opposed to the high 80's seven years or so ago. i...

having returned to home brewing after a long absence i have been re-reading my old brewing books. i was thinking about having a go at malting my own barley and one of the ideas that occured to me was mashing the malt immediately it was ready without drying it. are there any draw backs to doing...