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Cornish Lifesavers please 🙏

On further hunting it is apparently called a ball valve seat. But I’ll be buggered if I can find one off the peg. Currently replaced it with one from another tap assembly. If it comes to it I’ll just have to replace the whole tap. Disassembled it for cleaning as it had a very minor leak and...

Cheers for your suggestion. Trouble is I have no idea what it’s called as it’s not just a flat standard washer, it’s cupped to accommodate (I presume) the ball in the ball valve🤷 Thought it’d be a simple eBay jobby but nope.

Anybody know what this washer/spacer? Is called and where I can get a replacement please. It’s from the back of the 1/2” tap assembly between the tap and the shaft that fixes to the body of the Brew Monk all in one brewer Searched the usual places but coming up blank. Cheers.

I’m a member in my second year. The Magazine is interesting for the most part and the hops are good too, get some I’ve never heard of which makes it interesting. I usually use them for extract or SMaSH brews as well as making hop water. Some come with a recipe in mind from within the magazine of...

I brew a lot of dme brews as well as all grain. 3kg dme for 22 litres along with any steeping grains or spices and whatever hops Dark Farm hop club sends me. I always boil full volume as I would with all grain. Had some pretty good beers if I do say so myself.

Stainless steel fermenters for me because I no chill. Straight from my all in one at end of boil into the fermenter to chill overnight, add yeast in the morning and stick the whole thing into my ferminator for around 10 days.

Blood orange Pink Gin Sicilian Lemon Rhubarb and Ginger Slow Gin Please 🙏

Hazy IPA please 🙏

Red Rebellion please 👍

Redneck please

Yep! I don’t really use the temp dial other than full on I just turn it down when at mash temp until it clicks off so it doesn’t overheat the mash but don’t rely on it. I have covered mine in camping mat material to help hold temperature. Capacity is a bit iffy when doing a full 23ltr brew but I...

Burco/cygnet boiler works great. Had to change the tap which took a bit of figuring out but got there in the end. Infact I’m so happy with it I’m not sure I want to part with it 🙄 I still use it for extract brews occasionally.

Nah, I ended up going for a burco boiler and have since upgraded to a brewmonk.

Dark Farm 10Ltr kegs with absolutely no regrets. Tried everything else and just ended up getting frustrated with faults or the tedium of bottling. Even chucked in the cornie kegs due to faffiing with big bottles of gas. These things are perfect for me 1 16g bulb per keg as I don’t do fizzy pop.