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I bought one of these boilers last week, I'm starting to get some kit together to make the step up to AG brewing, i intend to use this as a HLT. I'm just putting a manifold on a coolbox then i only have to think about a boiler! happy days! :D

3 weeks ago i found a recipe for Lychee wine and thought i would put on a batch, here's what i did. 6 tins of Lychee's (chopped) and put in two muslin bags. 4 litres white grape juice 3 litres apple juice 2kg sugar 4 tsp nutrient 4 tsp tartaric acid 1 1/2 tsp citric acid 1/8 tsp tannin 4 tsp...

I enjoyed a cracking evening in my local working mans club supping the liffey water! A St Patricks Day promotion with Guinness at £1.50 a pint, i have never seen so many people drinking the same drink before. :drink:

I thought it would be perfect for the OP as he can do a few extract brews or have a crack at BIAB as its ready to go now on the stovetop if he dosn't fancy fitting an element. :cheers:

I've made orders from a number of homebrew sites, and funny enough i got an email from one today. They have a stainless steel pot with tap and hop strainer which could give you another option to look at. http://www.brewuk.co.uk/store/ag-equipm ... s-pan.html

I finished making Beaverdale Barolo 30 bottle kit in late september paid roughly £40 for the kit. I racked the wine into 3 DJ's and 10 bottles to mature. Like Eric i changed the kit yeast for a Lalvin yeast after hearing it would give better results. Looking forward to sampling this after 6...

I only used 100gram of Eucalyptus honey to the gallon, i gently heated a cinnamon stick in a litre of apple juice for 15 minutes. The mixture was brown in the DJ and i thought i made a mistake, but it fermented out and finished a lovely orange colour and it tasted very nice indeed.

Most on here are better qualified to answer your question better than me, but i did a gallon of cider using Honey rather than sugar and it turned out great. :drink:

I have made a few WOW type wines now, and have been very pleased with the results. My first couple of DJ's were original. Then made a Tropicana Tropical varient which went down even better with those i shared it with, and suits my taste better. I have a varient maturing in DJ's that tastes spot...

Tesco are now doing white grape juice labeled Sun Crown not from concentrate at 89p a litre. I have not tried it yet but it seems a good price.

I had the same thing happen recently with my first brew, a Wherry. Rouse the yeast with a gentle stir and you should find it will get going again. I have read many threads on stuck fermentation, and it appears that some kits are prone to sticking at 1020, give it a stir first and see how you get...

Thank you for your very informative reply. I have been reading many threads on forums about stuck fermentation and wherry in particular. I have enjoyed the process of making beer so far, and i can't wait to sample my first brew. :drink: And i will be patient! :D

I put on my first brew a Wherry last wednesday (25th) my o.g. reading was 1040 and i left it until yesterday to take a hydrometer reading. The reading i got was 1020 and it appears the fermentation has stuck. After reading many threads on here i roused the yeast and bubbling soon appeared in the...

Thank you Samarith, i must say the Wurzel's was something else! The airlock started bubbling within half an hour, and the kitchen has been filled with the most wonderfull smell this past week. I am stuck on only one thing and that is the topping up. I filled up to the shoulder of the DJ and now...

Thanks Samarith, i shall leave it in the DJ untill wednesday then rack as you suggest.

I have a question as well, rather than start another thread :D I put on my first ever brew on wednesday 4th, 1 gallon batch in a DJ, O.G reading 1040. Everything went well and yesterday i noticed the airlock has stopped bubbling. I took a reading and its now down to 1.000. My question is what...

Its very good indeed, cheers Petros. :drink:

aye up, man on the "ockey! :thumb:

Thanks mate!

Last week i popped in and picked up a couple of bottles of Marston's oyster stout, i don't know if you like this kind of beer, but it was lovely. Bit of luck its on offer too!