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Hi, I am having to retire from brewing as sadly beer no longer agrees with me. So I have a few bits for sale: A 70L boiler with two 2.4kw kettle elements, it's also got an insulation jacket. A cool-box mash tun - I think its 24L bit could be wrong. A cooper pipe water cooler for...

Yesterday was a brew day. I've only done a few AG brews so im still very much a beginner, but yesterday went well. Mash went well (didnt loose a single degree), sparge could have been better (I think I rushed it a bit and struggled to keep 1" of water over the grain) and the boil went fairly...

Hi all, I remember a while ago there was a thread about filling your HLT from the hot tap to speed things up a bit. I've been trying to find it for a while to no avail. Could someone either point me in the direction of the thread, or let me know a brief summary of it. I have instant hot...

Hi all, Has anyone used any of the Worcester Hop Shop AG kits? The seem very reasonably priced and I'd like to give one a go (still only a AG beginner). Can anyone recommend me either a bitter or a mild kit? :cheers:

Without adding a sight glass to my HLT whats the best way to measure how much liquor you have? I tried scoring notches into a length of copper pipe but its too hard to see the small notches amongst the steam. I thought about using a perminant marker on my brewing spoon, but would the chemicals...

Hi all, I built my a Mash Tun the other month and finally got round to testing it out this weekend to see how good it is at keeping heat. I just tested it by pre warming it with a kettles worth of boiling water to warm up the tun, then filling it 3/4 full of hot water and getting it to 66C...

Im planning on brewing 40L of a fairly bog standard ale of some sort which I will split into 2 buckets for fermenting one 25L and one 15L. In the 15L fermenter I want to add some Rhubarb some how. My current thought is Boil up 500g of cut up rhubarb for 15 mins in a little water (to get the...

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A magician was driving down the road..then he turned into a drive way. :D

Anyone had a pint of Aviator? http://www.dentbrewery.co.uk/cask-ales.htm Had one the other night (went to a sheep show in dent and picked up a selection box) and it was blooming fantastic! Highly recomend this!

Just made a new hop strainer: 22mm copper pipe with a million 3mm holes drilled in it. My question is: Where i have drilled through the pipe on the inside it has left spikey bits of copper sticking out, do i need to worry about these? I worry they will snare bits of hops etc, therefore making...

1, Scales broke so had to use a chopping board on a rolling pin and tins of different sizes to balence the grains. Guessed the hops. 2, Extension lead over heated and stopped working mid boil (small amount of smoke....) had to hunt throught he garage for a replacement. 3, Hop strainer didnt...

Im planning to get my brew on this staturday and I need some help. I've got my grain sorted, just Pale Malt with 200ish grams of Crystal, bit of wheat for head and a bit of black for some colour. Just going for an easy session brownish/paleish ale. Not too sure what to do about the hops...

So far I've just numberd my brews but I feel thats a little dull. Do people name their brews? If so what have people come up with?

I have seen a few people have nice looking SS Dip Sticks for their HLT's. I havent any SS I can use or know where I would get it from. Do you think that a length of Copper Pipe with end caps would do just as well? GN

Im testing out my nice shiny boiler tonight (stockpot with kettle eliments) and at the moment its sat on an old computer desk (a big solid one) and I was wondering if after 90mins of boil the desk top will be ruined? I dont really care about the desk but I dont want it to get weak and collapse...

Hi, Have just got an argos coolbox to use as my Mash Tun. I plan on insulating it somehow either by drilling holes in the side and injecting expanding foam or by taking it apart and pushing polystyrene sheets or chips (flow pack) between the walls. Which would be best? I can get both for...

Looking forward to hearing how it goes. Have you a recipe? Care to share it?

Looking to get a hand held thermometer to use with my boiler / mash tun / HLT. Anyone got anything they can recommend? Can't be too expensive! Cheers