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    What to do with Single Can of Coopers Wheat Malt Extract- suggestions!

    Excellent, thanks a lot! All ordered. Do I need to put hot or cold water in at the start, or a mixture- maybe hot to get the LME diluted and nicely liquified, then top up with cold? And presumably then treat with the campden tablets, leave for 24-48 hours, then pitch the yeast? I've ordered...
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    What to do with Single Can of Coopers Wheat Malt Extract- suggestions!

    Hello all, I've got a single can of Coopers Wheat LME- 1.5kg. I think I got it in my beer kit days as a beginner, before I moved onto all-grain brewing. The reasons for buying it are lost in the mists of time. It has sat languishing in my shed for nigh-on two years, since the bad old lock-down...
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    Anybody making custom labels?

    Zazzle is great, and free
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    Hello- first forays into All Grain

    Thanks! Just the ticket as you say!!
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    Hello- first forays into All Grain

    there is- don't know- will experiment. assume you can though if you put on a false bottom? Thanks! Do you have a link for the tap/bazooka? That sounds like the ticket.
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    Hello- first forays into All Grain

    Thanks Baz- no it comes crushed from the seller (Get 'Er Brewed or Dark Rock). Nope, I don't whirlpool- I will deffo look into that though- that may be very helpful. Thank you. Um: 1. Possibly not (I bought the one for the bin, but I am starting to think not) 2. Nope. Will do! 3. Boiler...
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    Hello- first forays into All Grain

    Thanks! Here goes (sorry, it's a bit long, but you did ask): I put my Peco Electrim boiler onto a heat pad (just to give it a bit more insulation), add 18 litres of water heated to 72*, then I add the grain into a grain bag. Originally I tied the bag around the top of the boiler leaving it...
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    Hello- first forays into All Grain

    Hello all, I've posted here before with my first attempts at brewing AG from Get 'Er Brewed. I was really happy with the results. I've now brewed another AG batch from them, and today brewed one from Dark Rock, their Kolsch. I seem to be running into two issues: My original gravity is around...
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    Feedback on my proposed setup for first all-grain adventure!

    I have been out to check on it like an old Mother Hen and it seems to be fine, it's about 17* in the aquarium, not got a thermometer in the brew itself. it's a lower temp fermentation yeast, it says 17* so we are looking good. If I squint the right way I can almost persuade myself the levels on...
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    Feedback on my proposed setup for first all-grain adventure!

    Just finished- will report back with readings. Yes thanks- I have a 75w aquarium heater in a big plastic builders bucket with the FV inside that. The bucket is filled with water. The lot is sitting on a heat pad. Will see how it is in the am!
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    Feedback on my proposed setup for first all-grain adventure!

    Thanks!! Yes good point about the grains. I’m brewing in my barn, it’s blimmin’ freezing. About 3 degrees.... well I stuffed the bag into the wort and cranked the peco to 66 for an hour mash. No harm seems to have been done! I sparged with the bag in a sieve and brought the lot up to a boil...
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    Feedback on my proposed setup for first all-grain adventure!

    Help! I've just started my brew day and I've hit a snag or two already!! I put 15 litres of mash water at 71 degrees into the Peco, and poured in the grain. the top half of the grain was totally dry- 15 litres isn't enough to cover it all. so, I knotted the bag and just dropped it in like a...
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    Feedback on my proposed setup for first all-grain adventure!

    Thanks for all the help! It's one of those flicky-off and on taps, I am not sure I could get it to slow the rate, it looks like it's binary off or on. But after the comments on here, I think I'll just give it a blast and see what happens. what can possibly go wrong!? I will report back here...
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    Feedback on my proposed setup for first all-grain adventure!

    Thanks! So do you mean just mash and boil in the Electrim?
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    Feedback on my proposed setup for first all-grain adventure!

    Thank you! It's v reassuring to have the feedback. Yes I did mentally gloss over the "food grade" bit but you're right, it may be sensible to err on the side of caution. I've ordered some tubing to go from the HLT to the mash tun, oddly the tap on the HLT takes a hosepipe diameter more or...
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    Feedback on my proposed setup for first all-grain adventure!

    Hello all, I've been reading the forums with great interest. you seem like a very friendly bunch. I've brewed about 6 kits now and think I've got the hang of the basics, as far as sanitising, bottling and kegging goes.... I've got all the essentials, a few FVs, sanitiser, hydrometer, heat pad...
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    When it says "top up to 23 litres".....?

    Ooh thanks! That's great, I'll have a read! We actually also have a pasteuriser which we bought for pasteurising Elderflower Cordial and the like, I might be able to use that instead of a Burco (never heard of them before!)! My wife may Not Approve of the pasteuriser smelling of brew though...
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    When it says "top up to 23 litres".....?

    Ooh thank you! I need a boiling pot- any ideas where I could get a decent one?
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    When it says "top up to 23 litres".....?

    Thanks all! This is really helpful. As I suspected, I've been brewing the first few a bit "diluted".... I've put some brewing sugar in solution into the Ruby Ale so at least the alcohol will be boosted a bit in that one. Homebrewing is great, I have really enjoyed making my first few kits; I...
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