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This used to be the best forum on the net. Now with adverts, paid membership, and a new format that is clearly not a patch on the old one. All without any thought as to what members of years standing think, it is time to move on. I bitterly regret this, but as Austin has not even bothered to...

I use an IGLOO tun. I pre-heat, calculated the strike heat and stir a lot until it settles at the desired 66c. I usually check after an hour and the drop measured on my digital thermometer 4 inch probe is usually between .2c and .5c. But I havent been checking deeper as I didn't want to get my...

Control freak eh?:D

My point Vossy was that I originally thought HERMS was a lot of fuss for very little return. That was when I thought my super insulated IGLOO tun was losing .4c in an hour. Now I know that the mash has different rates of loss between top and bottom I can see the point of recirculating systems.

Problem is if you increase your strike temp you get a different Maltose/ Dextrose profile, and if you keep taking the lid off and stirring you lose temp.

Smilies are not coming up??

Thanks Welshpaul:thumb::

I have been quite pleased with the heat retaining properties of my IGLOO mash tun, but I got a surprise while doing a mash yesterday. I usually fill the tun to the top with liquor a few degrees over strike heat and let it settle a few minutes to pre -heat. Then when at correct temp I drain it to...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... sheds.html Anyone here by any chance?

Never had much luck with Bentonite. Do you use it in beer?

I did a post here when I experimented with homemade white wine and bicarbonate of soda. It does make wine "spritzig". But then wine is very acidic.

Popped into the Kings Head pub near Hadleigh Suffolk today. I had read online that it was a BrewPub. What a lovely old place. The village is a typical Suffolk mixture of medieval timber framed old buildings round a square with a clock tower. The pub is unspoilt, a bunch of old boys round the...

Iv'e got a youngs FV. They are good as the lid is very flexible. Paid £9.99 (25ltr) at my local brew store. I havent bothered with a tap, mainly because in cold weather I put it in a water bath with a heater, and a tap would get in the way. (also I had a near disaster when the tap on my old one...

Well its only about the second bad one in nearly 40 years of brewing. (the other one was just vastly over hopped with hallertauer) Sods law says its got to happen sometime. :doh:

This was the first time I have bought (from the malt miller) a 25kg bag of uncrushed MO. I have a problem finding somewhere to keep it. I have been in touch with Rob (the miller) and he can pack grain in any size up to 5kgs. So I think I will limit how much I buy at a time in future. Regarding...

Yes did everything as normal? I have had this problem with Youngs yeast before. But only the high FG not the lack of flavour, body etc. The actual brewday went fine, I dont have bad brews (famous last words) I am retired so I have lots of time to get it right. I can only think of one possible...

Worst beer I have ever made?? Fermentation stopped at 1020? so the alcohol content aint great. Hardly any hop or malt flavour. Strangely no body either??? (what is the 1020?). Early days, but in my experience good beer gets better, bad beer gets worse. I'll stick it away for a month and hope. :wha:

Thats the one! I vaguely remembered it from a whole list of similar jokes.

By the way I am an OLDjiver not an ODDjiver! Old I may be, ODD is a matter of opinion :tongue:

Good Luck!! :thumb: I would personally try and sell the Rubbermaid and invest in a good boiler like this..