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    Fermentation fridge

    Well done on finding your fridge, with the STC you will find that beers will ferment better. You may want to consider fixing plywood shelfs as the FVs will be too heavy for the normal shelfs. Get rid of the door compartments as well. Good luck :thumb:
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    Is it worth getting a bottle tree/rinser

    Best thing since sliced bread, those that say they dont need them would soon change there minds if they used it on a big batch. I rinse each bottle after use to remove any sedimet etc. then store in boxes. When rebottling takes probably 10mins or less to sterlize 40 or so bottles, as for the...
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    Cheapest PET bottles

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/home-brew-onl ... 1439.l2754 Pet bottles 500ml. £9.95 plus £3.95 postage for 40
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    Syphon tube cleaning

    I rinse and sterilize my syphon tube and pick up tube and anything else I can with my bottle rinser. Just place tube over the end a couple of presses and job done
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    Screw tops for small wine bottles, any idea where to obtain?

    Yes That may be an idea, probably easier to get than screw tops
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    Screw tops for small wine bottles, any idea where to obtain?

    Hi I have picked up a load of empty wine bottles from my local and they are all single serve size 25cl and 187ml. There is a mix of Chenet bottles and standard bottles that seem to have a slightly smaller top. Has anyone any idea where I can get screw tops for these? Thanks every one
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    best way to keep fermenter at ideal temperature?

    If you are going down the freezer/fridge fermentor route, if you choose a chest freezer it will pay you to put a timber rim around it (I used 4" x 1") to lift the lid higher so that you can put DJs with bubblers on the shelf. Dead easy to do, 4 lengths of timber screwed to a rectangle same size...
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    best way to keep fermenter at ideal temperature?

    There are a few ways to keep your FV warm, cheapest probably is to sit it in a tray of warm water with a fish tank heater to maintain temperature, then you have the wrap around brew belt or get an electric blanket and sit / wrap in that or the way I do it now is to have a fermenting freezer...
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    Cre8wines Old York Road, Wandsworth

    Hi Bought a Sadlers Reserve kit from www.Cre8wines.com They have space within Woodrow Hardwood Flooring shop on the Old Yorke Road, Wandsworth, London. They only stock Sadlers products or Microwinery products but then again have only just started trading, worth a look as these are terrific kits...
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    Screw top wine bottles

    I bought them off of bobsbeer, same thing as ebay but cheaper!
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    Transfering first brew to pressure barrel

    Hi Wer Won't do any harm leaving it in the FV for another week or so as this will help clear it a bit more resulting in less sediment in the PB. Don't forget your sugar for conditioning when transferring to PB. This will create its own CO2 to help keep the beer. Once in the PB you do not want...
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    Fermentation fridge

    I made mine dead simple. Wired the STC to the mains, wired the mains plug of both freezer and tube heater to the STC, Job done
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    Fridge light skunk beer ?

    I must be missing something. When I made my fermenter freezer, I just wired the STC to the mains, the freezer to the STC and the heater tube to the STC. Set the temp range I require and it then heats up, then cools down as it needs to. Nothing removed from the freezer. When ever i go and check...
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    Wilko's 30 bottle deep red Merlot Review

    Point taken narmour! I have made this kit and it turned out really good and was the red that converted my wife to drink and enjoy red wine. As stated in a previous post it is not a deep red and takes a while to ferment out, but did not have any problems with it at all. Have made a Kenridge...
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    Wilko's 30 bottle deep red Merlot Review

    Just a thought, if a review of a product is going to be carried out, would it not make sense to review the product as is rather than adding other ingredients etc to it?
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    Woodfordes Wherry - f.g. 1018

    Wont hurt to wait a bit more, I have never managed to complete in 7days, more like 10 to 14 days at 21c. As you say the odd bubble is still rising so dont rush it.
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    STC 1000 wiring

    Thanks for the replys guys, strange how the author has not picked up that they are the wrong way round. Makes me feel better as I am not the most confident when it comes to electrics
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    STC 1000 wiring

    Hi All Wired the STC 1000 contoller this afternoon to my freezer fitted with a heater tube. Followed the wiring diagram from the STC website number 6 terminal for cooling and number 8 for heating, could not work out what was happening when the freezer came on when the heater tube should have...
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    Hydrometer help

    Would love to know the answer to this as well :thumb: Mike
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