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I have a spring locally that pumps crystal clear water out 365 days a year. I kit brew and have often wondered if I would get a better beer using this spring water. I have bottled some tonight and tested it with my aquarium water testers, pH is between 6 and 6.4, 0 chloride, general hardness is...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/30-ltr-Stainless-Steel-Gas-Boiler-With-Hop-Filter-All-Grain-Home-Brewing-NEW-/171954341754?hash=item280947077a:g:CUkAAOSwU~FWDH2eas anyone bought and used one of these?, opinions appreciated

Am I the only one who doesn't like Wherry? Done 4 of them, not had a decent pint of it yet.

How does beer go stale in bottles?

Put two of these kits on last night, mixed to 37.5 pints and OG 1044 for each at 20°c so will see what they ferment down to. Got them in wilkos sale so at £12.75 a shot 4% abv will be fine :-)

just bottled mine this morning. got 27.5 bottles but spilt a bit and drank a bit lol. mine fermented out at 12.5% and is drinkable now but give it a few months and it will be even better and all for £18 in wilko sale :-)

good buy, ive used 2 of these for years with no problems. priming gives enough carbonation to push beer out for quite a while and then i put a sparklet in. The original instructions recommend smearing the rubber O ring with glycerine to stop leaks.

If untapped certainly months probably years, its only like a big plastic bottle afterall & bottled beer last years. It would never happen in my house however :D

I agree & I only barrell when I have not got enough empty bottles, but the fact it's been barrelled anyway suggests the brewer is happy drinking it from a barrell & I think if left in the barrell for 4 months it will taste superb. If he bottled it now it runs the small risk of getting infection...

Sorry if I am being thick here, but what difference will there be in leaving a full barrell of beer to mature in the barrell than messing about with it & bottling? If it was me i'd stick a sparklet in the CO2 injector or inject the barrell & leave it. Putting it into bottles will give more...

Has anyone experienced their local wilkos cutting back on their range of kits & equipment? Been in today, no brewing buckets, only 4 or 5 different kits, No Wherry & no Beer enhancer, pretty poor especially since my local brew shop has put his twin tin kits up to £23 & basic kits to £13-14 &...

Cheers for that, used the hop teabag with the kit to & you can really taste it in the brew, looking forward to this one being ready :cheers:

First time for the above kit, OG 1044 stuck now at 1012 is this what it should finish at (4.2%)? Tastes very nice even now :D Usually kits I do finish at 1010 so just checking before I bottle it. It has been 1012 for 2 days now, 10 days in ferment.

Think i'll stick to bottles & the odd pressure barrel full. This sounds to much like hard work :D

If you were to pick just one hop to grow what would it be & why? I am going to go over to the dark side soon & I am changing my back garden to grow more things I can eat or use & was thinking of using some space for hops

What if he's bottling?

Where do you recommend getting a cheapish 70lt thermobox from?

as soon as you can just before adding the yeast when the wort temperture is as near 20deg (I think) that your hydrometer is calibrated to

Mostly 500ml bottles with the odd 568ml chucked in. I will go for the 3/4 suggestions and if its flat I will hunt you down and make you drink flat Lager :D

Just fermenting my second batch of the above. Not really a lager drinker but the first batch was a decent pint. The only thing I noticed with the first brew was it cleared in the FV very quickly after fermentation stopped, so when it was bottled it was clear in the bottle within 2-3 days. I only...