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i want to replace all the seal sets on my beer barrels but after looking around I am finding the costs very high. does anyone know of a supplier ? does anyone know what the sizes are of the seals ? if I buy a set of seals is it cheaper to go to a seals shop and buy them as standard...

I would suggest a tea spoon of glycerine instead to help the body

as well as beer and wine, i also do chickens, no i dont ferment chickens i keep them at the allotment lol any way its the time of year we dust off the incubator and start thinking of incubating eggs. the one we have now is very tatty and we will consider replacing it . what got me thinking is...

just got hold of a white standard beer presure barrel, when i pressure tested it , i have a small pin hole on it, i was going to take it to a car body repair shop and get the lads to plastic weld a repair to it, does anyone know exactly what sort of plastic it is so i can get the right stuff...

personally i would preffer to meet up with or find a wine judge i can communicate with as i could do with a mentor rather than a bottle swap. but a bottle swap is great fun to do though

sorry mate, bite the bullet and buy a two gallon bucket, it will be the best buy you will do for a while, i get mine from the local sandwich shop as they get food products delivered in food grade white two gallon buckets, i only buy the sticky bun out of politeness and really hate eating all...

yep, been doing that for years, the easiest way i know to clean a bottle rapidly. :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

i would also suggest that to go high alch that you would need more yeast nuitriants as well as there seems to be very low level of nitrogen in it, but what do i know, good luck with the trial

all berries go into the must whole except for alderberries these are always steam extracted form the berries, i still prefere to strip the berries off first to lower the stem contents

just been reading the thread below about working out a content of alcohol with out the aid of a sugar reding. i think i used a small vinometer years ago, a small glass tube on the end of a thimble sided top that you used to pour the wine into and wiat till it dripped out the end and then you...

i use bleach water and pipe cleaners as a rule for mine, there very little hot water and a splash of bleech does not shift

there are many books already writen for wine making by months, including the one called " winemaking , month by month by Brian Leveretth"

so starting with the wines seperately, elderflower wine is to me very very thin and is like drinking a glass of perfume, as you can see i dont like flower wines, as for blending yes you can but i would try to dilute the elderberry in another way that does noes over power its niff. a flower wine...

a couple of two or three years

i raise this with some tea wines, a couple of ginger wines and a couple of ginger beers Forum Totals: 15 Gal Wine 1 Gal Cider 3 Gal Misc

you lucky swine, i would happily push you under a bus to get hold of them, come to think of it i would push you under a bus twice to get hold of them :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

good stuff, i do find it very intresting that there is a marked rise in small producers and yet there is a massive reduction in pubs to sell it in :wha: :wha: :wha:

theres less, ****. litter, debrie and dross left behind on snowy. as for the path blooming mountain bikers want shooting

so what was the end result, what were we aiming for and what is it like why bakers yeast

she is a she, not an it and she is beautifull