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I'm looking to buy a couple of pub style plastic firkin casks with shives and keystones. I'm either really bad at Googling or these appear to be difficult to find! Anyone bought one recently? If so, from where? Thanks

I’m in the market for some new scales after my old ones took a tumble. Interested to know what you guys use or recommend for your grain scales and also for your hops and water adjuncts. Cheers 🍺

Hi all, been a while since I was on the forum. I have an interesting question, half to do with brewing equipment but I suppose the other half is physics/thermodynamics! I’m planning on scaling up the brewery just now however I am limited to the amount of current I can draw so the maximum...

Seasoned amateur at the beer however I have never made cider from scratch before. Last week I crushed some apples (we've an abundance) and pressed them just to sample the juice. PH was really low (3.something from memory) and the juice was VERY gloopy! Do you cider makers use this consistency of...

Anyone had recent experience of dealing with Powell Brewing? I've sent a few email enquiries and haven't had any replies and they don't seem recently active on social media. Giving them a call was next I suppose! I see a few people have posted that they have some Powell equipment, how would you...

The UK single vessel market seems to be much more directed to the likes of Grainfather and HopCat style and doesn't seem to have the variety of BIABasket solutions that the US and Australia does. The type of solutions that Clawhammer (expensive) and Cheekypeak supply. They are appealing as the...

Hi all, It's been a while since i've been on the forum however i've been quietly brewing away. I've extract brewed now for years in my Cygnet tea urn which has been brilliant however every so often when i taste a friends beer made from his Braumeister, i can totally tell the difference with the...

All, I have recently inherited a 5 Gallon Plastic Barrel with an S30 valve. Up until now I bottle condition all my beers however I fancy giving the barrel a go however I don't really know where to start with it! 1. Is there an idiots guide somewhere that you can point me at? 2. I understand...

Hi all, My home brewery is in my tool shed and from spring to autumn, my brewbelt works a treat on my FV. Also, after I bottle up, I just lay the brewbelt over the bottles for the first week and cover with some tinfoil to keep them at a steady temp and that has also worked fine. During the...

Had a brew-day on Sunday, a recipe that I have used before using DME, and a few different hops (so I know it works!). My brewery is in the garage however even with my brew-belt on and the FV wrapped up, due to the cold weather, it cooled to 8C so after 24 hrs, nothing had happened (obviously)...

I am going to add honey to my next brew and was wondering if you guys have any tips about quality of honey I should use in a brew? i.e. If it's just for the honey flavour, would ASDA smart price honey at 22.1p/100g be as good as manuka honey at £2.64/100g? Obviously would be good to keep the...

Brew day today. 20USG of "BayFuggled" 80/- in the fermenter and 4 odd pints of my current 80/- down the hatch in the process. Using a 1.8Kg tin of Light Muntons Malt extract along with a 1kg bag of Light Spray Malt. 0.5kg of crystal malt and a mixture of Fuggles and Goldings hops. :cheers:

All, Put my recent purchase of a Cygnet 18l tea urn from Gumtree (£10 :thumb: ) to use yesterday for a batch of 80/- For 5USG (19l) 1.5 kg Coopers Light Malt Extract 1.0 kg Light Spray Malt 0.5 kg Crystal Malt 45g Goldings (Boiling) 10g Goldings (Finishing) (Used Goldings for finishing as...

Hi all, Do you use fine or course nylon bags for steeping malt and boiling hops or neither?

All, Contemplating buying the 15 kg muntons light malt extract jerry can however i'm not going to use it all at once. Should it be ok if I open it on day 1 and use 5 x 3kg per brew over the next 6 months? Thanks

Hi All, Being quite new to home-brewing, I'm reading "The Complete Joy of Homebrewing" (which i'm finding a great read and well worth the buy) and in it, the guy brews in a glass carboy from start until bottling. I quite like this idea, not only for the aesthetically pleasing site of a...

After reporting to you all in my introduction post the rip-roaring success of my first ever homebrew experience (Brupak's Brubox London Bitter) I am keeping to my word and am attempting to recreate this success using a similar (refill) for the Brubox - the Scottish 80/-. It’s in the bottle and...

There may be a very simple explanation here however as a new brewer I am confused about the different sizes of cans that liquid malt extract comes in. The ones supplied by brupak come in 1.5kg tins and are for brewing approximately 20 pints of beer. Coopers are 1.7kg and are for 40 pints and...

As some of you may have read my first post, you'll know i'm a complete novice. I have 1 Brupak (London Bitter) under my collar (or should I say down my neck) and a Brupak refill (Scottish 80 Shilling) in progress. This has gone the way of wetting my appetite for brewing and has been ideal for my...