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Another upvote for the bench capper. Never had a bottle break and never had a cap fail.

Hi Guys, So I have a glut of strawberries from the allotment, more than I actually know what to do with, so naturally I am thinking about making a strawberry beer in the style of the Belgian beers (kriek and so on). My plan is to do a 0.050 beer using pale malt, hopped with a little amount...

Well, it took almost 3 weeks but eventually got them. Does anyone have a guide on how to fit them? The nut doesnt seem to want to come off. Do I have to taek out the screws at the back or something? :?:

Well, after around 5 years of faithful service, my kettle elements have failed. I ordered some new ones from the heating element company (the Haden 10amp 2.4Kw version). That was over a week ago and no deliveries. Phoned them today to ask WTF and they said they had a record of my payment but...

£15 in Tesco!

So when will you rack it? Like your other thread by the way - I'm angling for a few acres of land to plant on. Got SWMBO's approval, now just need to win the auction! :pray:

Hello all. I pressed 5 gallons of must out of wild apples, some cox, and some various other apples that I scrounged. Its been sitting in the garage since October. What to do next? Should I leave it till spring and then rack it off and bottle? Should I check its reached a minimum SG before...

They arent ruining it either ;) TBH, comparing an MP to a doctor is ridiculous. Medicine is a profession that takes years of training and has direct and serious consequences and responsibilities. As does nursing. Or being a police officer. Or a soldier. Or an intelligence analyst. And so on...

Of course there is. They are parliament and they are the government. They can do anything they want. This whole "We cant do x because of y or z or because of the EU" is complete nonsense. If they wanted to they would and they could. If its illegal, they can make it legal by enacting new laws...

Too much sparging washes out the tanins into the wort giving it an astringency. Not sure if thats what you're describing here though.

Well done on getting a job :cheers: I wish I still worked shifts. At least you have the opportunity to get things done outside of your shift pattern.

Or the ridiculous things that you strap to your fuel pipe to make your car run better. Or those bomb detector things that chap sold to the Iraqis......

Get your garlic in chaps!

Fair enough. I suppose it depends on the state of the thing though. Mine is chockers with bindweed, couch grass, burdocks, mint, and horseradish having been untended for many years.... plus its very heavy clay. It goes from OMG sticky mud to OMG hard as concrete in about 2 weeks no way you can...

I had intentions of just using manual tools only on my lotty when I got it 3 years ago. Fast forward to now and I have a rotavator, strimmer, and bucket of military grade glyphosate. Sorry but its the only way if you work for a living. Do a little often. I'd disagree that you need to spend...

I have an old dj full of turbocider that wasnt very good. I removed the airlock as I needed it somewhere else so its been sitting there for some months with no airlock. Should this be vinegar by now? How can I tell if its vinegar? Is there anything else I need to do to it to make it cider...

Wow! I managed to get about 3 gallons from the wild apples around where I live. How big is your orchard?

Do you mean Fahrenheit degrees or earth degrees? If the former, you may want to convert as many here cant spek Fahrenheit :thumb:

As my mum always said, "you can always add more spice if there isnt enough, but you will have the very devil of a job taking the spice away if you add too much!"

If you're doing kits, then I would recommend drawing off some of the wort, then boiling up your chosen spices etc. before cooling and adding back to the fv.