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Hi all, after asking lots of questions on here, and a few failed brews last year (only 5l batches), moving house changing job, christmas and an order from klarstein that never came.... I finally got time. I used my DIY kettle with an inkbird to do a biab 19l stout. Im hoping to get a 5% beer...

Hi all, I have just moved and was going to work on a nice DIY system using my Pi to control, and have a setup that i can either use for 3 vessel or BIAB. All is well until the mrs say my DIY wiring, pi not yet in printed case etc... and wants me to have a proper heater. (Im only doing 20l...

Hi all, My current setup has just been small kitchen gas hob brewing. I have now moved and about to go bigger. I have the choice of either Electric or gas. Both need me to buy something to finish the setup (gas burner for gas, power regulator for electric). Just wanted to know peoples opinions

Im looking to make a blackberry stout, probably just a 5l batch to test. I have the receipe for the stout (going with an irish stout from brewfather) and think i want to add my pulped fruit at 2nd fermentation, maybe on day 7. But i have jo idea the fruit to beer ratio

I want to go from the gas hob to electric, I have been looking at all the DIY and store bought options but wondered if anyone has any cheap alternatives. I have a budget of about £50-£70. I have looked at getting a plastic FV and adding cheap kettle elements, but that seems to work out a bit...

Hi all, I have one of these soup urns that i use for heating my mull cider in the winter, but it sits unused all yer round. Im currently only doing 5L batches. Buffalo

I am waiting for my chinook and citra to condition, i used pale malt and flaked oats. But on tasting (after fermentation) it tasted like hoppy water. I have left it to condition but think i need a little help with a basic pale recipe (5l batches for now). I still have chinook and citra hops...

Hi all, Jut thinking about stuff i have... I have some empty keykegs. If i were to drill out the top (just enough to remove the bag), Do you think if i 3d printed a cap/lid to cover the drilled out hole, this would be possible to use for pressure fermentation? Obviously i would be adding a...

Hi all. Im going to build myself a fermentor. I looked around at other builds and using a fridge seems the best way for me. I see everyone uses systems like the inkbird but I want mine to do a little more. Can anyone see an issue with using a fridge, a greenhouse heater (heat tube) hooked up...

Hi all, i hope this is the right place to ask. While my 1st all grain biab ferments i have decided i need to do my alcohol lemonade (i make this every year) 23l lemonade, normally after fermentation just put it into 2l pet bottles, half of them i add a bit more sugar to make them fizzy. This...

Hi all, I have made beer using extracts in the past, but went more into cider and alcoholic lemonade. I have a little recipe that i have put together (only a 5L batch) and am waiting for the ingredients to arrive. Once it has finished fermenting what alternatives are there to bottling? I like...

I think i may have messed up... in haste to do my first big batch of ale from a kit i did the nessacerry and once fermented i put it in my pressure barrell, now when i come to drink it a bit came out but its trying to draw air into the barrell, i didnt put a c02 thing on top and just used the...

Hi all. Would like to say thanks to everyone who has helped on this forum an have finally made my first small batch (1 gallon). I now have a little more confidence to make a larger batch. I used light malt extract and saaz and it came in at 4%

I have had to throw away a few airlocks due to volcano like fermentation as i cant get them clean. Does anyone have any tips (i know they are only a pound each but it seems a waste

Not sure if this is the right place but i have done some programming before for android. Would anyone be interested in an android app rather than needing a pc running windows? It wont be as indepth but it could have a recipe book, guides, and basic maths for your brews. (Other ideas welcome)...

Hi all, I have made a fair amount of cider and a few other brews but i really want to start on ale. I love a nice ale, and would like to try to experiment with my own recipes. The downisde is my equipment and my working space (small flat). The only equipment i currently have are: 2...

Hi all. Whilst making myself a hot chocolate (just add water) i wonder if anyone has tried making a mudshake clone (a chocolate vodka alcopop) i was thinking make a 5 litres of hot chocolate on the hob, add sugar, let cool then ferment. Has anyone tried this

I made this a few weeks ago and am now drinking.. One downside.. when i opened it it bubbled like a champers bottle :) Thanks to everyone on this forum (Ps this is only my 3rd attempt at homebrew and my plain apple cider also tasted great a month after it had rested)

Hi all, i am currently in a nice cosy pub resting next to a nice open fire and tasted the new crabbies spiced orange.. it is amazing! So it got me thinking that i would like to make.something similar but other than orange, ginger, nutmeg wjat else would be in it (can't really taste cinammon)...

Hi all, i ave been reading for a few months and have just registered. I have been brewing for a whole 2 months! I started with 1 demijohn and ade an apple tc , then a grape and peach tc. I have since bought another dj and a 25ltr bin. Thanks to all the recipies and help on here an i am now...