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Does anyone know how suitable plastic barrels like these will be as a HLT/boiler? Very interested in getting three of them and converting them to a three vessel brewery if they're any good. http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewit ... 2081075469

Very, very interested in seeing how your build goes as I'm probably going to be doing exactly the same, even down to the exact same pots from Bergland!

So it's not ruined then? Awesome! :D

Just took a sample of my Brewbuddy Pear Cider kit and there is a vinegary/white wine-ish smell coming from it. Had a taste and it tasted fine, so is it ruined? It's been fermenting for a week now, OG was around about 1.040 and the gravity now is about 1.020.

Thanks guys. Not got the stuff to make a blow-off tube so I think I'll just clean it up as best I can.

A blow-off tube, what's that? I had no idea the fermentation was going to be like this, the other threw brews I've done have been nothing like this. This is the first time I've used a non-kit yeast though.

Brewed a Brewferm Tarwebier on Friday, and the next morning when I had a look at it the lid of the FV was almost blown off. Decided not to use an airlock as my other FV that has one is a badly cut hole + grommet that isn't perfect so I thought I might get away with it. Had no idea how vigorous...

Thanks guys.

I've recently been using a turkey baster to take samples of my beer for testing but to use the baster it always squirts a bunch of air into the beer before it sucks it up. Isn't this a big no-no and is there anything I can do to stop it?

Cheers!

Recently I bought a bunch of used equipment from a guy on Gumtree, and one of the fermenting buckets has some pretty big scratches on the bottom. Is it still safe to use as long as I sanitize it properly or would I be better off getting rid or just using it for storage?

What size brewery do you currently have? Sure you could find somebody to buy it. ;)

Ah, so all your water is heated in one vessel up to the desired temperature, some is transferred to a second vessel to mash and after mashing is complete you run that water off into a third vessel while running the rest of the water from the first vessel through the second vessel to sparge and...

Is this the standard 3 vessel technique for AG: Heat water in boiler to mash temp, move to mash tun to mash, after mash move water to HLT for boiling, move to FV? I'm probably being rather stupid as I can't seem to get my head around it.

Thanks! Will keep an eye on it over the next couple of days and make sure it's fermenting.

I bought a bunch of cheap equipment off Gumtree, and it came with a Brewbuddy Pear Cider kit. Today I brewed it, but on the top of the can it said JAN 2013. Is it out of date or should I not be worried? I'm not really that bothered about the kit as it didn't really cost me anything.

Thanks folks! Looks like I may able to start all grain brewing tomorrow. :D

What are they stored in, if you don't mind me asking? (beer noob here)

Show us a glass of it! :)

Ok thanks! Think I might just bottle everything normally, using the barrel as an unpressurized batch priming and bottling bucket! :)