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was wondering what is the best method for temp control during the mashing process with BIAB as my keggle looses a lot of heat even although it is insulated?,was wondering if an stc100 wired up to the heating elementswould work as you could set it at 66c and let it do its magic ,any other ideas...

as the header says is there one on the site have tried looking using the search but cant find it that or a link would be appreciated thanks

hi did a brew today with 3kg of lager malt, 3kg pale malt, mashed at 66 degrees for 60 mins, boiled for 60min ,took the sg 1034 ,does this sound about right as i was thinking it was a bit low ,did the recipe on brew smith and i think i have cocked it up somehow but cant think how, any help...

looking for a clone to this great tasting ale AG BIAB would be the best but anything will be much appreciated,have tried looking in the recipes section and google but keep getting the yank websites would like a UK clone :cheers:

the electric ducting to the hut is eventually in all i need to do now is run the cable and hook up the consumer unit ,sockets ,lighting and the trip switch at the house end and thats me able to brew all grain BIAB its been to long ,the first time i did it SWMBO got the right hump as the house...

have a couple of grafenwalder kegs which are gravity fed one held pilsner the other a weissbier got them in lidls,so the question is has any body re-used these ?and where did they get the bungs for the top from ?,the vented type is what i am after.

as the title says beer festival today Sunday 13th at the Fox and Hounds pub with the Houston brewery joined on ,am going along to sample some micro brewery ale mmmhhh :drunk:,12:30 till 10:00 live music aswell.

would you use the same grain bill for BIAB as you would if you were going to do the 2 or 3 vessel boiler ,mash tun ,HLT route or does it need to be adjusted if so how would you work this out,I like the idea of BIAB and extract but with extract it costs to much when adding DME would much rather...

could somebody tell me what i need as in a list of stuff for going AG would be much appreciated i know what i need but getting bogged down in the details so a fresh pair of eyes would clear this up for me thanks :cheers:

was thinking of going extract now thinking of just going straught to AG ,due to costs of extract plus the fact i could get another keg to convert, what would be the best manifold to fit to a keg any pics would be great thanks , and ps the keg is legit from a buddy in the brewing industry so no...

have batch primed my lager which is extract from a recipe on this site 120g sugar used, has been at room temp for 10days now ,tried a bottle last nite my plastic test bottle felt solid but on opening it went ppsssttt and that was it ,no noticable fizz or bubbles when poured but tasted nice did...

what is the beat way to control the temp of your ferment as the summer is coming and i will struggle to keep the temp regulated so looking for some ideas thanks :thumb:

as the post title says is there a how to for making one of these is i have had a look and cant find one thanks :cheers:

how or what do you use to insulate you boiling pot if you are using a gas burner have been looking at insulation for the burner and mash tun but not sure which can stand naked flame :cheers:

hi was going to install a ball valve on my keggle but after reading a few post on the web about infections in the ball valve and the hassle of stripping down and cleaning and then the problem of trying to get it to re-seal i am now considering just leaving it as is and syphoning the wort out ...

can anybody give me a link where i might buy a threaded stainless steel ball valve for my keggle thanks

hi all would like to know if a gas burner or heating elements are going to be best for my adapted keg its going to be making about 50 litre brews in the one go extract to begin with hopefully moving to AG things i need to know if gas burner what BTU should i be aiming for for a quick boil...

was just wondering if any body has any suggestions on what i could do with beer kegs could you turn them into any bits of kit i i am trying to move onto extract brewing only instead of kits and eventually AG :cheers:

was just thinking about when you rack to secondary fv and cool for the yeast to drop out further is this not a waste of time if you batch prime from secondary fv as you need to stir in your priming sugar which would kick up the sedement anyway or would you need to rack to a third fv before...

hi to all, this is a nice fresh tasting beer not heavy very much like a sol tasting beer only problem with it was couldnt get it primed right but other than that highly recommended nice session beer or a good one for the summer bbq will be doing again :cheers: