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Hi All, I thought it worth asking for a quick bit of advice. I am thinking of doing a split brew-day, where by I do the mash and collect the runnings on one evening and the boil the next evening (storing the pre-boil wort overnight in the garage where it is nice and cool). Is there a...

Hi all, I wouldn't normally post to ask about a stuck fermentation, but this one hasn't been fixed by the normal solutions. I did a brew 12 days ago, and pitched a load of trub from my last brew (WLP002 - only removed from the previous FV 3 days earlier and kept in the fridge). I pitched...

Hi all, I have recently got back into AG brewing after a 2 year break. To celebrate, I have bought myself a couple of Corny Kegs, which I love! Anyway, I have made a clone of Hopback Brewery Summer Elder (Summer Lightning with elder flower) and my take on the Shepard Neame Spitfire, which...

Hi all, I have recently setup a new corny keg system and life is kinda great! :lol: However, I have two kegs and only one tap. If I get another tap, the wife will probably tell me off, so I was wondering whether if would be possible to use a couple of non return valves and a solenoid (or...

Hi all, I used to use these forums quite a lot, but haven't brewed in a couple of years. Mainly because I didn't have time with all my other hobbies. The thing that stopped my was the time it took to sterilise and fill all the bottles. I know it only takes a couple of hours, but it just...

Hi all Are there any brewers on this forum, who make cider from apples (I.e. Press the apples themselves)? A friend and I have acquired a chopper and press and are going to give it a go. Can anyone give us some tips. I am a beer All Grain brewer normally, so am interested in the following...

Hi all. A couple of years ago, I moved away from using a king keg and moved to bottles. I was getting fed up with the king keg leaking (usually around the tap), and used to find that there was either too much pressure, leading to a glass of head, or too little pressure, leading to the...

Hi there, Now that I have my fermenting fridge working perfectly (viewtopic.php?f=23&t=49311), I want to make my first lager. I don't want to make any commercial rubbish (like Bud or Carling), since clearly this is pointless, but want to make a true old style lager with character, that I can...

Hi All, I have previously posted about problems with smoky tasting beer (http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=39398), and at the time I put it down to being drunk when I was brewing and adding wrong quantities of ingredients (which never really felt like the right reason)...

Hi all. I am thinking of adapting my HLT/Boiler Raspberry Pi Controller to control and data-log a fermenting fridge. In order that I can do this, I have a couple of questions that I hope you can help with: 1) Do people typically measure the fridge air temperature and control to this...

Robbo's Raspberry Pi Dual Element Boiler/HLT Controller This How-To Guide will show you how to use a £25 Raspberry Pi mini computer to control a home-made Dual Element Tesco Kettle HLT/Boiler (see the introduction below for full capability). The actual hardware being brought together in this...

Robbo's Raspberry Pi Dual Element Boiler/HLT Controller This How-To Guide will show you how to use a £25 Raspberry Pi mini computer to control a home-made Dual Element Tesco Kettle HLT/Boiler (see the introduction below for full capability). The actual hardware being brought together in this...

I have just finished making my Raspberry Pi Boiler Controller, and since my wife is bored with pretending she is impressed with it, I thought I would put it on the forum. Also, it might be useful for other people who want to make something similar. I am using the device to control my DIY...

Happy Christmas everyone :cheers: On Saturday, I made a 30 ltr batch of AG London Pride clone, which all went very smoothly (using my new Raspberry Pi powered HLT/Boiler controller which I designed). I didn't have any yeast in packets, but when I transferred by last batch to bottles (two...

Hi all. I will be doing another brew when the weather cools slightly, and having done a few brews I am thinking of ways of optimising my brewing process. The main think I have issue with, is my boiler filter blocking with hops when I transfer to the FV. Rather than re-designing the filter, I...

After a bad experiance from AG6&7 (on a bit of a foolhardy home brewery-tour double brew day c*ck up): viewtopic.php?f=36&t=39398, I have gone ahead with AG8 today. To be honest, I have not really established what exactly caused the bad tasting AG6&7, so I have been putting off AG8. I am...

Hi all. About a month ago I made AG6&7 in a double batch split day brewing session. Unfortunately I took the opportunity to also do a "home brewery tour" with 4 work mates, which turned into a big session. Needless to say, I only partly remember the first batch's mashing and remember almost...

Hi All, I made AG4 yesterday (a Spitfire clone :thumb: ), and added my yeast (WLP002) at about 22:00 last night, however, so far there is absolutely no fermentation at all (not even a single bubble). I have never used WPL002 before, and have read a number of people saying that it is slow to...

I read in the FAQs that you can put a new wort onto a previous yeast cake. I was wondering if you chaps might be able to answer a couple of simple questions. 1) am I right In thinking that the yeast cake is the crud left in the bottom of the FV? 2) should any scum be removed from the top of...

Hi All, Hot on the heels of a successful (I think) Summer Lightning Clone AG1 last weekend, I am going straight into AG2 tonight (Fullers ESB Clone). I am planning for a potentially split brew day, doing the Mash and Sparge after work tonight, and then the boil and cool-down tomorrow morning...