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Returning to the hobby of home brewing after an 11-year hiatus is an experience that almost feels like reuniting with an old friend. If the friend was a angry wasp. For me, dusting off my brewing kettles and looking to dive back in poses some questions i might of missed within the hobby. How...

Hey all, Some of you may know I've been looking to open my own brewery for awhile, not commercially... Yet. The idea is to get setup and allow other brewers to come and brew for almost free ( just cover costs.) I have a steady business, and I'm employed so I am saving my money to invest in a...

Anyone got an idea how I'd set this up to a corny keg? In my tiny shed I just want to install this until I get a whole t bar sorted. Do I connect the silver pipe to the beer out on the corny? What are the black pipes? Taken it apart at the tap part and polished some blemishes out and...

I am looking for some more cornelius kegs. Full working order. Co2 and connectors for it. Brewing equipment for all grain prefer a all in one but may consider anything on the metal side. No DIY items. I'm in Huddersfield and can collect within 20 mile radius. Any more and I'll arrange a...

Hey all, Used to frequent these forums 1 or 2 years ago and I'm now getting back into breweries space permitting. I need some advice as I have forgotten most things in all grain. I have 4k to spend on insulating my shed installing an extractor and getting a full all grain setup. From...

Anyone know the price of a ton of malts? I was going to buy from Thomas fawcett but someone said there might be cheaper alternatives. I need a mixture of grains as 20 bags are for my steps dad's brewery and 20 bags for me. I tried contacting crisp malting and I get no response from them, who...

After helping run a pub and sainsburys i have decided to move onto opening my own homebrew shop. I am still trying to get my online presence sorted but website creation takes awhile. Only snag i ran into was to get any sort of wholesale pricing from youngs, ritchies etc i need a shop or a...

I am wanting to start sealing my malts into bags so when my friend runs out i can just give me a vacuum packed bag and i can save the big bags of malt i just bought :p However not sure on which one i should be using. Seen a few on amazon but the reviews do not really help. I would prefer to...

Ok guys i have 15kg of bananas sat in my kitchen - They need using today or tomorrow. I have tried making a banana beer, i boiled bananas then threw that mixture into the mash and let it mash for 90 mins. Tastes like ass, the bananas dont have a taste actually. Anyone got a recipe for actual...

Ive got a 25L electric urn and a 50L electric boiler one is plastic one is SS. If say i wanted to brew a 23L batch, should i be filling up to 34L? Not sure what my boil off is but ill go with 7L per hour. Is the grain absorption .652l/KG ? So after boiling i should have 24L, but i havent...

Hey all, just a few questions regarding some grains and lactose. i started using torrified hoping to get a mouthfeel similar to saltaires beers. This hasn't worked very well at all, i mash BIAB for 1 hour to 90 mins depending on the recipe. Also when i use lactose for my stouts, it drops at...

Hi all, I have Beersmith 2 and have used it to create 2 recipes for myself. But im writing all the recipes in the Graham wheeler book into my beersmith so i can print it out on brewday and not get brew stains on the book. However im wondering what equipment should i put in when im writing the...

I've done a Google search and there's many mixed judgements on what it us also many don't look like mine. I racked 4 wines, using the same syphon, I racked 2 of my wines onto more grape juice, one of them has this layer. The layer came in 2 days then the yeast started on grape juice which has...

I did a brew 2 days ago and used all my yeast. I've done a brew tonight and have no yeast. How can I cultivate enough from the brew 2 days ago to be adequate for pitching? Today's brew is in 1 gal batches so not much brew to ferment. Can I just siphon some off to my new brew or do I have to...

Right i made a previous post about my bottle capper not capping and i then bought a bench capper which didn't work either and it broke, i then replaced it with a different model and this doesn't seal bottles either, all my bottles are flat and it's pissing me off! I dont want the answers your...

as the title says, girlfriend has lost alot of my stuff. I can no longer use my little bottler due to her losing the white connector. Im guessing it's a 10mm > 9mm? or 11mm>9mm? Anyone know where you can get replacements?

I bought a bench capper today and i tested it, it doesn't seem to actually cap bottles very well. After capping if i get my hand capper i can then crush the cap down some more. I put fizzy pop in my bottles and capped them, i shook it around and could hear a little psssh noise when i put my ear...

Hi all, i was reading a few threads about the using polypins which in turn connect to beer engines. Before i get to finishing my how to i need a little sourcing help. You can actually get 18L polypins / BIB for free. Want to know how? Go down to your local JD weatherspoons and ask the manager...

Anyone had trouble with Kopparberg bottles? Seems none of my newly bottled beers are getting carbonated, the only thing I've changed is from brothers bottles to kopparberg and rokerdoligs. Don't know if my capper is broken but it takes slightly more pressure to cap but they seems on. Anyone...

So, i started doing BIAB, which i am enjoying. Im now wanting to venture into actual AG so i can then step up into micro brewing in my pub. Where would i start? This is what i know so far: In AG the boiler is the same as BIAB, The mashtun is a vessel which can keep the heat for the initial...