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West Coast IPA please.

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DrGMc kindly shared the files with me and I've hosted them here for y'all. And I've added a link to a hugely detailed webpage I found about fusel alcohols here. If you don't want to read the whole thing, search on the page for the text "summary" and there is a nice table.

I too definitely feel the effect of homebrew ale/lager more than commercial ale/lager even at similarly calculated abv. I brew in a temperature controlled brew fridge set to a degree or two either side of the lowest recommended temp on kits (usually about 18). My controller regulates the air...

That is very strange. I've been using a stainless steel weight to weigh down my hob bag for ages with no issues. It probably wasn't stainless. I even sterilise it in vwp for 10 minutes before and afterwards with no tarnishing. As an additional, I sterilise the hop bag too and I tie it to the...

Yeah it's dirt cheap. I've gone through several bags of the 100g classikool 240 bloom.

Gelatin goes off pretty quick. If it's years old, it probably went off ages ago. Also it may have been a low bloom gelatin. I use 2 tsp of 200+ bloom with excellent results.

I think you mean "for now..." :-D

LOL. That makes much more sense! Cheers. :doh:

Wow. Just wow. Read much?

I hate photo bucket. I've been using it for years for all my image hosting for my motorbike website (bandwidth and space was too limited to host photos too). At one point photobucket reduced their unlimited storage to just 500mb unless you paid them so this is not their first blackmail attempt...

I do pretty much this and it's much much clearer than when I did without. I ferment for a couple of weeks at whatever temp is needed, then I knock the fridge down to 1c add 2 tsp of 240 bloom gelatin dissolved in water and allowed to bloom, give it a gentle stir and leave it for a week for the...

I have a couple like this. They are sturdy, seal well and the 30l means they don't overflow. However the plastic is more brittle than the youngs etc clear ones and the lid edges snap if you're not careful pulling the lid off (needs quite a bit of force). Sent from my SGP512 using Tapatalk

I bought a similar one to this a while ago and the plastic split on the pump seam pretty much instantly. The first one posted would be a better bet as it doesn't have the hand pump. Sent from my SGP512 using Tapatalk

I must admit it was probably 50-50 fear of the wife and also wanting to tinker! 😁 My pc is water-cooled so I know how much better than air it works! My system would have been better than a fridge at changing the brew temp quickly if only the peltier and pump weren't so weedy!

So I used the new system where the peltier cooled water that the FV sat in and it worked better, but I could only get it to about 5-7 below ambient. I would say this system is only worth doing if you really 100% cannot get a fridge and you like tinkering. In the end I managed to persuade my wife...

Totally agree. Pressure barrels suck for all these reasons. Not worth it. Go bottles or proper corny keg setup. Sent from my SGP511 using Tapatalk

Lucky git. My mother in law lives in Bristol. I wonder how she would feel about being sent to buy homebrew kits at the end of the month! :whistle:

Wow! Where did you find them that cheap?

Lol just got an email about a very similar (pointless) system from indiegogo here. Sent from my SGP511 using Tapatalk