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Owing to up-sizing to semi-professional brewery equipment (18 gallon brew-length) I'm having to make room and sell some of my old ‘kit'. Prices are negotiable (within reason) and, as I don't drive, it would be preferable if the items could be picked-up from the Gosport, Hampshire, UK, area...

Today I fired-up 'Big Berth' my 200L copper to check both elements where working and there where no leaks. I half-filled her with 100L of water and I set my N2006P PID to Manual Mode and 100% of the total heater power. I set my alarm settings to 100c so that I could switch one of the elements...

I've just been listening to a very interesting 1977 BBC Nottingham recording of a visit to (the old) Shipstones brewery in Basford and heard them using pumps to recirculate the fermenting beer. I seem also to remember during brewery visits I have made that commercial brewers seemed to use this...

Whilst having a clear-out of stuff, I was just about to ditch the particular item below (Hozelock part 2510), as I don't have a lawn to sprinkle (it came free with the hosepipe I bought). I looked at it, then turned it upside down and (light-bulb moment!) 'Hey this could probably be used for as...

Just been reading about this new 'innovation' from Crisp Maltings. Sounds like it may have potential. http://siba.co.uk/2013/11/clear-choice-for-craft-brewers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=clear-choice-for-craft-brewers

This may seem a stupid question but, as it’s the first time I’ll be using this method of cooling with a mag-pump and flow regulating tap, I thought I’d better check which method fellow brewer’s use. I need to place the pump after the chiller because it will not take boiling wort so which...

Can anyone tell me about the 'Temperature Limiter' built-into the Backer kettle elements? For instance, at what temperature do they 'limit'? I've never noticed it before on a Brewday but (I thought) one of the elements had failed on bringing-up the wort to boil last week. Whilst the other was...

SWMBO and I bought our first house last December (after 30+ years in a Disabled Persons Council House; mother was disabled and I had been her carer since I was at school). Married SWMBO on St. Georges Day 2010 and never looked-back. I've been full-mash home brewing for over 35 years now and...

I've just used a link in My Favourites for the 'Cleaners - Sterilisers Dilution Rates and Uses Guide' in the How To section but it appears not to be there any more. Can any of the Moderators tell me where it is, please, as I found the page very helpful? Thanks

Had a great BrewDay yesterday making a firkins-worth of Milk Stout, flavoured with vanilla pods (which had been pre-soaking in Bacardi Oakheart), and cinammon. At pitching the original gravity was 1058 and my question is...I know lactose is only partially-fermentable by yeast (leaving the...

What ratio is it for using Campden Tablets to clear out the Chloromines in tap water (tablet per litre)? I've got a bucket of 80litres ready to use tomorrow for mashing/sparging. Also how long do I leave the treated water in my poly bucket before it is safe to transfer it to my shiny stainless...

I have a Cornelius Maxi Trimmer cooler unit which I haven't used yet. I have, however, managed to misplace the instruction leaflet that came with it. Can any forum member help me with a copy if the leaflet for this (or equivalent Cornelius cooler unit)? Thanks in anticipation.

...for mashing an 18 gallon brew? I notice that a lot of THBF members use the 'Marmite' Thermos stock pots available on ePay, so they must 'do-the-business' as mash tuns. I was looking into getting the 80L version and I wondered if this would be big enough to take the required amount of...

I'm wanting to connect the pump in my Maxi Trimmer cooler to an ATC-800+ controller for cooling my ferments via a cooling coil. I've opened up the Maxi but not having much technical knowledge I'm not quite sure which bit of kit inside is the pump. There is one piece that has a plastic wheel on...

I'm trying-out my shiny 100L set-up for the first time at the weekend and running a 60L brew through it. I'm going to be using Nottingham Ale yeast and I have a stir-plate and 2L flask so my question is, how many 11g packets of yeast would you recommend in a starter for a 60L brew? Thanks

I've never tried this before but would like to give it a go. Do I just throw the Rye in with the malted barley mash or do I have to do a seperate (lower temperature) mash then add it to the bulk of the grain bill mash (like I do with a Glucan mash when using rolled oats)? Any help, or tips for...

I have obtained an ATC-800+ controller which I intend to use with Terrarium heating mats and a Cornelius Maxi 110 cooler to regulate the fermentation of my brews. My question is regarding the fitted sensor with the ATC-800+. I want to fit a thermowell to my vessel for the temperature reading...

I have a Schmidling Malt Mill but now my right arm is starting to look like one of Charlie Atlas' cast-offs... I understand that it's possible to power it with a power drill but am not quite sure how to do this. Does anyone here in this hallowed forum use this method, and if-so, what type of...

Please excuse me if you've been asked this before but I'm a bit of non-techie where electrics are concerned. Soon I will be obtaining a HLT with two 2.75Kw kettle elements fitted and a Thermowell. What I’d like to be able to do is have some ‘bit-of-kit’ where I could set the strike...

Was in the kitchen this morning just about to make the customary home-made shortbread when I thought I'd experiment... I amended a Be-Ro cookbook recipe for Highlanders and replaced the caster sugar with medium spraymalt and, instead of rolling the mix in demerera sugar befire slicing it, I...