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I'm moving house and have dug out my cool box mash tun (expanding foam insulation). Made a few years back but never used - I only have time for extract brewing. Might be useful to someone? Needs a clean, but should be fine - Cool Box Mash Tun - Free | in Botley, Hampshire | Gumtree Free to...

...converted into stacking crates for the bottles :cheers3: Having converted the old airing cupboard into beer crates (https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/recycling-rustic-beer-crates-with-pics.59754/) I've shifted more to Cornies, so I have too many bottles. I'm keeping my Scottish &...

Part of a job lot of 2012 hops that I bought last year was 250g of Strisselspalt. I used 30g dry hopping the Hammer of Thor kit, which is a little underwhelming. Given that this is a 4 year old aromatic hop, and my freezer is now filling up with hops, it's time to be rid of it. Currently...

Demolished a built in wardrobe that turned out to be an ex-airing cupboard, leaving me a stack of wood. Not being one to let this go to waste, I worked out I could make 6 16-bottle crates from them, to try to tidy up my current beer "storage" area. The plastic bags are causing a bit of damp...

After a nice long walk with Sammy, the kids and the dog, I had a few hours spare.. Sammy having a snooze, the kids parked in front of the TV... Time to brew :thumb: Boxing Day APA Fermentables: 1kg Extra Light DME, dissolved and straight to FV 1.5kg Light LME, warmed in boiler and poured into...

I'm hoping it will be, anyway :whistle: Friday brewnight :party: as The Boss is out with the other ladies tonight, I'm going for a light APA (my past 4 brews have been 6.2%, 5.4%, 7.3% and 10%) Fermentables 2kg Extra Light DME straight to FV 250g Caramalt 40L Hops 2014 Summit...

330ml bottles of Jack Brand Mosaic Pale Ale by Adnams on clearance in Hedge End M&S at £1.10 a bottle- I can't speak for other stores. 1 bottle of this (in the M&S single hop range) a couple of weeks ago has led to me ordering 400g of Mosaic :thumb:

That went well :doh: Not! Fermentables: 3kg extra light DME (1.5 kg dissolved in the main boil to darken, 1.5kg to add towards the end of the boil) 500g Caramalt 30*L 250g CaraMunich Type II 120 EBC Hops: 15g Admiral FWH (end of grain steep) 10g EKG & 5g Admiral 10 mins 10g EKG steep 10g EKG...

Hi Everybody I have planned my next 3 beers, but I need some advice on how to go about sorting the yeast for them as this will decide which I brew tonight as Sammy is out with the girls leaving me in charge of the kids... Brew Night! I have not sorted the order (and I have plans for...

I've been planning a slightly higher gravity beer this week, as I wanted to reuse the Nottingham yeast cake from last weeks brew. I wanted to do an English-hopped IPA, and have read positive reviews of Pilgrim with Bramling Cross so: Fermentables: 500g Light Caramalt steeped at 68*C 3kg...

Although it's probably user error :doh: My first few extract brews have come out spot on for OG per Brewtarget, but the final beers have been waaaaay more bitter than expected. I've found the culprit: the boil SG figure shows as 1.000 (which is close, as I only have the steeped grains adding...

My bulk hop eBay purchase earlier this year had a bag of Herkules in it, the beer named itself, so off we go :-D No pictures today as I was brewing whilst feeding, bathing and putting to bed two children :thumb: which is why I chose the straightforward SMaSH brew. Malt: 2 x 1.5kg HBC...

The cylinder that came with the cornies I bought has started leaking from around the valve stem when I open it :-( I had a slight leak last weekend but could open the valve fully, then close it a little and it stopped, but tonight the gas is just coming out (white vapour streams, so not a...

Another plastic pressure barrel available, of the standard Boots/Wilko style with 2" lid. Free to collect. Will need a new lid (see http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=57850) but otherwise sound. In Botley, Hampshire.

My pressure barrels have been in storage, followed by the shed for 3 years, so got their S30 valve seals changed and new taps before use :thumb: And a thorough clean and sterilisation. The SS S30 valve on my beersphere leaks, possibly due to leaving it with steriliser in it for those 3 years...

This has spent 3 years in storage/shed. When I pressure tested it the barrel, tap and plates were fine, but the valve is leaking. Replacement valve is around a tenner (e.g. http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/acatalog/Stainless-Steel-S30-Valve-Hambleton-Bard.html#.VjpvivnhDIU), but then you're...

Thanks to a last minute drop out from the competition, I was lucky enough to get my grubby mitts on a Bruphoria Dead Phony IPA kit. Contents: 2x 1.5kg Cans of Liquid Malt Extract Vial of Hop Oil/Extract Vacuum pack which should hold hop teabags for dry hopping (Simcoe, Citra and Mosaic) Pack of...

Having successfully negotiated my first full extract brewday on Sunday, and got it done and cleaned in just over 3 hours, I decided to do an after work brew this evening :thumb: No Name Porter 3kg Light DME 1kg Light Crystal Malt 500g Dark Crystal Malt 475g Chocolate Malt 50g Black Malt 22g...

I finally got around to using the adapted Lidl boiler and the 10mm copper pipe cooler I put together 3 years ago before moving house (which did take 2 years!). The boiler has had the thermostat adjusted to give a nice rolling boil with the lid half on :thumb: Fermentables: 2.5kg Light DME 500g...

I'm currently ripping out our old bathroom and have hit a little hitch. We've moved into the inlaws house whilst they are on holiday, so it's not too urgent: The cold water pipe coming into the bathroom is in old money (i believe). About 16mm or so. Does anyone know if/where I can get a...