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  1. Lawrence R

    PRV too sensitive

    I have recently bought a 14 gall Brewtech Chonical fermenter. V pleased with it but as it’s v heavy when full and the racking arm is lower than the top of a Corny, I need to pressure transfer. First time I did so - no problems, all worked well. Second time the PRV kept leaking at extremely low...
  2. Lawrence R

    Aquabion

    We have extremely hard water which destroys household appliances. I have resisted all advice for a softener as I would need an RO system to get my brewing water back to something I could treat and use.our plumber has suggested an Aquabion filter which I read uses zinc to turn limescale into...
  3. Lawrence R

    Backsweeten mead with strawberries

    Made my first batch of mead 3 years ago. It turned out so well we used small bottles of it as favours for my sons wedding. The guests were highly sceptical about “home” produce but drank the favours and all the extra bottles. I could have given away twice as much. This year I’m trying to...
  4. Lawrence R

    Hole in my hlt

    Did a brew today and noticed a drip coming from my hlt. After a lot of searching with a powerful light I located a minuscule hole in what otherwise appears to be a totally sound stainless steel bottom. It’s so tiny I wouldn't be a able to pass a fine needle through it. No idea how this can...
  5. Lawrence R

    Culture storage

    Had an unexpected chance of a brew day recently but hadn’t prepped a starter and only had liquid yeast. Tipped in two smackpacks to 23L but fermentation didn’t start for days. So I made a starter from another smackpack and lo and behold as soon as I had done so fermentation started in the fv...
  6. Lawrence R

    Advice on kegerators

    I have the opportunity to put a kegerator in my kitchen utility room. Our tumble dryer has died, we feel that for the sake of the planet and the electricity bill we will remove it. Which leaves a space under a worktop. I could fit a kegerator in the gap and bring lines up through the kitchen...
  7. Lawrence R

    Too much chocolate

    I’m in the middle of a brew. A take on teasel best bitter. I’ve misread the recipe and added 94g of chocolate malt instead of 22g. It is of course darker than expected. Normally I wouldn’t worry - I’d ferment it and call it an invention test. But this beer is for my sons wedding. How much of a...
  8. Lawrence R

    Starter question

    I’ve been making starters for recent brews with greatly improved results on fermentation initiation and final results. I’m making a Blanche de chambray tomorrow (Tuesday) but had to be away over the weekend so made up a starter on Friday and left it on a stir plate in a temp controlled cabinet...
  9. Lawrence R

    Corny keg connection question

    Hi, I would like to move to a closed transfer of IPA from my Brewtech chronical to my Corny Keg. The barb on my racking arm is 1/2 inch, the fitting on my ball lock disconnect is for a 1/4 inch FFL for which there are straightforward common John Guest fittings to a 3/8 tube. But I want to...
  10. Lawrence R

    NE IPA with taste of tcp

    Have successfully made this beer several times to the extent that my son wanted to get his friends to taste it,; he’s trying to get into a group of beer fans. So I brewed up another batch in a chronical, bottled a doz pet bottles very quietly, squeezed the air out and screwed them tight with a...
  11. Lawrence R

    Growlerwerks 3.8 l pressurised growler - any good

    Hi all I’ve set up a “pub in a fridge” in an outhouse where I brew - two cornys and CO2 in an old fridge with an inkbird and a couple of taps. Beats bottling by a country mile. Only issue, if I fancy a beer on a cold dark night it’s - find the keys, climb over the dogs, schlep across the yard...
  12. Lawrence R

    Fermentation restart query

    I’ve brewed a NEIPA for the third time now. On the first and this occasion, having added hops in secondary, fermentation seems to have restarted after a few days in secondary. The first time I racked off into secondary after the SG stabilised and used leaf hops, this time it’s in a brewtech...
  13. Lawrence R

    How to pronounce trub

    As someone who has gathered most of his brewing learning from books - how do you pronounce “trub”. I had also assumed it was as rhymes with scrub, rub, etc. Now I hear Americans on you tube pronouncing it as if spelt “troob“. Which is correct?
  14. Lawrence R

    Poor extraction advice

    Hi ive been home brewing “seriously “ for about three years and generally everything is drinkable and becoming occasionally very good. But I don’t think I’ve ever hit the recipe‘s OG. I brew whole grain in a single infusion in a very well insulated mash tun. I’ve double checked the temperature...
  15. Lawrence R

    Help with error with wine

    Can anyone advise. I’ve never made my own wine, but was offered some grapes. For reasons too stupid to explain I added potassium Sorbate to the must at the same time as I pitched the yeast. No sign of any fermentation after 48 hours. Is this an irredeemable, does the Sorbate get “used up”, will...
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