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Hi Brian The hop spider cost £17.95 from eBay and is 6" diameter and just under 14" long with two arms that hook over the side. After the boil l hook the hop spider over the fermenting bucket and drain through it into the fermenter via the pump and recirculating arm, so l don't use the tap. I...

Hi There is so little debris that you can use the pump and recirculating pipe to empty the wort. Regards Graham ps l whirlpool first

A 13" mesh splatter screen from Ikea at £3.00 fits the bottom of the Brew Monk, (i use one with my Peco Boiler) BUT it interferes with the boil in the Brew Monk and would need some s/s screws to raise it up off the bottom before you could use it effectively. For my Brew Monk l use a hop spider...

Its advertised in the upcoming weekly offers magazine that Lidl give out

Ikea sell a 13” stainless steel sieve for £3, that works great in my Peco boiler as a false bottom. Tried it in my Brew Monk and while it collected the trub and hops, because it sat on the floor of the boiler it interfered with the boil. Might try it again with stainless steel bolts.

If l had been there l would have posted on here. But it was my son who was there and got the book for me. I think that BrewDog are still giving a free copy of Craft Beer to anyone who buys one of their shares, worth doing if you live near a BrewDog pub. (Bar discount and free pint every year on...

At BrewDog in Leeds, Xmas eve 2018 they were giving them away for free

I’ve used fresh and ones l have frozen, but not tried dried. Must make a difference

It’s a wine kit thread! I stopped using elderberries as they take too long to ‘mellow out’, l do make red wine from my own grapes and get 5-8 gallons from them, but that’s not going to last me a year, so use wine kits.

I add 3 x 1L bottles of Asda pressed red grape juice to a 23L Beaverdale red wine kit and it improves the colour and body of the finished wine. (I make the start Volume up to 25L)

Just to update they have now replied and apologised for the delay

Are there any other contact options for Hopcat? As they are not replying to my emails.

Jonathan The soda stream adaptor will fit the opening for threaded bulbs and mini keg kits usually come with tubing for you to cut to size. You can force carb in mini kegs, the beer spear fittings set up has a quick release pressure valve, you would need to check that there is a means to quickly...

If you buy direct from their site they will be saving 10% eBay shop, seller fees, so ask them to pass £20 of their savings on to you and you will both be better off