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I have installed a re-circulation port in my boil kettle in order to avoid having to stir during cooling and for whirlpooling. The port is about 3/4 of the way up a 33 ltr plastic bucket. It seemed fine when I installed it but the combination of heat adding flexibility to the plastic and the...

I am looking for a screw-in PT100 that reads the correct temperature. I bought one of these https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/122478920037?rt=nc and although it seems good quality, the temperature reads +2-3c in ice water and 97c in boiling water. Does anyone have any recommendations of other probes, or...

I am looking to add re-circulation to my 3 tier setup. I am currently planning (unless anyone has any strong advise to contrary) to put a coil inside a £5 Wilko kettle and control it with a PID that I already have. I was wondering, from anyone that has done this already (I've seen it pictured a...

As the title suggests, which should I go for? At the moment I have hose barbs on everything but I am looking to get a pump and swap my connections. Who has what and how do you rate them?

I was just reading a post about someone wanting to buy an auto-syphon and I thought maybe I should share the best �£1.99 I have spent recently on homebrew equipment. Ages ago I bought one of these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B013QO8MKQ/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 - Took a...

I am brewing for my wedding, which is just over a month away. I am brewing 3 beers, 2 of which I have decided upon (a NEIPA and a American Pale), I am in need of a 3rd. This one is mainly to please the traditional ale drinkers amongst our guests. I am looking for something that is distinctive...

For me, the most annoying part about the all grain brewing process is doughing-in. I would add the required amount of strike water to the mash tun and then get SWMBO to pour grain while I stirred. It took ages, having to add things slowly enough to not get dough balls and it covered everything...

I am after a bit of advice on Co2 regulators. I am building a kegerator and am after a combination of primary and secondary regulators to give me good control over setting individual pressures. I have contacted Norm on eBay but he is away until the 2nd July and after brewing this weekend...

Brew number 5. Not for the first time I have made a mistake that I feel probably changes the beer enough to demote it from "clone" to "clone-ish"! Last time was my first brew, I thought the colour rating of the crystal was in Lovibond when it was in EBC which lead to a much darker beer than...

Yesterday I got go ahead by SWMBO to to build a kegerator, something that I didn't think I would be able to do in our current house due to lack of space. She's a good egg putting up with my new homebrew obsession. We were already planning on getting a under counter sized 'drinks fridge' and I...

I am thinking about building a HERMs system and I am struggling with how to install the temperate sensor. It is a 6mm PT100 probe that is waterproof but it doesn't have any type of screw fitting attached, is there a way to make it water tight or should I just buy one that does screw in...

At the moment I am using a peice of foil with holes and jugging wort and sparge water ontop. I would like to upgrade and I have been struggling to come up with a good design for a sparge arm. The main problem is that I want it to do it all. I just built a PID controller do I am thinking the...

I have wired up at ITC-100VH today and I can't get it into auto-tune mode. The instructions and videos I have seen just say press the '<' button more more than 2 seconds and it should display 'At'. The mode I am in, if I press said button it does nothing. If I press 'SET' it toggles the 'SV'...

I am planning on buying a ITC-100VH tomorrow and I am struggling to know what would be a good enclosure or project box for it. Need one that will fit a SSR, heatsink, the PID and maybe a single socket mounted on the top. Anyone got any suggestions or pictures of what you have done with the...

I am looking to brew something this weekend that is fairly easy drinking. Last beer I did was a clone of Brewdog's 5AM Saint and I was planning a porter next, but I think just having those two in the fridge might be a bit heavy going, so I am going to delay the porter until next time. Two...

On Sunday 5th I brewed 5am Saint from DIY Dog. I measured OG at 1.048 (target was 1.050) and fermentation seemed to start very quickly using Wyeast 1056 (liquid smack pack), big krausen the next day. On Monday of this week (8th day of fermentation) I took a sample before adding the dry...

I am looking for a couple of new fermentation buckets. I am currently using the fermenter that came with the Coopers starter kit, which looks like this: I have found it useful to be able to see into it so I can tell what is going on, hence the request for something similar. I am...

Anyone got any recommendations on these? I am looking one that is reasonably priced to use as part of the brew day (thinking of sitting the probe in the HLT) and to temperature check the fermenter (either sterilised inside or taped under insulation on the outside). Cheers.

Does anyone know what size the machine screws are that hold the element in place and possibly where I can get replacements? The first couple came out so easily that I didn't realise how poor quality they were and I managed to strip one of them. Ideally I would like to replace the lot as I...

Hi, Last Christmas I got a Coopers kit as a present and although I enjoyed doing it the beer it produced wasn't anything very exciting. This year I got the ingredients for an all grain brew and 'permission' from my fiancée to start piecing together the required equipment to start AG...