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I'm presently reviewing the results of a questionnaire sent out to MCB members on water treatment. One question relates to the steps taken to remove chlorine. Answers vary from no action at all to leaving to stand for varied lengths of time(20 mins-48 hours) with or without a campden tablet and...

Our March Meeting is on the 8th at the Canal House in Nottingham.The main topic is Water Treatment and our guest speaker is Dominic from Thornbridge so it should be a very interesting and informative session.We shall also be discussing mashing and sparging. Both topics will be backed up by the...

The Midlands lads will be there to collect all the prizes

Has anyone had a go at a coffee porter? If so how much should I add and what kind of coffee should I use?

I put 1LB of wheat with 1 litre of water in a thermos flask for a couple of hours, drained the flask then added more water left it 15 minutes and drained it again.Repeated this once more Did not worry about sanitation or filtering because wort was then thrown away. Seems a simple test to make...

Sorry I think I have confused the issue.. My set up includes a HLT which started life as an old school meals SS container which is natural gas powered and sits on the deck.My mash tun sits on a gantry.

I have some wheat malt (uncrushed) dated December 2011 which I was thinking about dumping but I did a mini mash today to test it out. It achieved 80% mash efficiency.It has been stored in a spare room in a dustbin so good conditions but I am surprised at its longevity.

Has anyone had any success in emulating this beer?

Thanks lads for your advice and pics.

I'm looking for a pump to fill my mash tun which is about 1.8 metres above the HLT. It also will be used to pump sterilizer through the counterflow wort chiller based on 10 metres of 10 mil pipe (minimal head) What should I buy please and do I go for 12 or 24v?

I quite agree and I shall certainly be telling our members at the meeting what a great weekend we had at Hixon last year(apart from the weather which the moderators have promised to sort out for this year) In fact, I expect there will be quite a contingent from Midlands Craft Brewers at Hixon...

Take a look at Northern Craft Brewers website.

Our January Meeting takes place next Saturday (18th Jan) at the Western Pub in Leicester. The main topic is yeast and we have several beers where the wort has been split and fermented with different yeasts . The meeting starts at 11.30am and if you would like to come please let me know. The pub...

Thanks that is just what I wanted

I made one and it works a treat.If you fancy making one I'll send you some details. Alternatively this could be a project for a workshop at the Spring Thing. I thought last years workshop was excellent. I have a photo but I am not sure how to post it on the Forum.

One of my brewing mates reckons he has read somewhere about using citric acid to condition stainless steel. Has anyone else heard of this?

MCB have a meeting on Saturday 16th November at the Crown at Nuneaton.The agenda includes a discussion and sampling of wood aged beers and also a session on temperature control.As well as the theory a couple of us will talk about our temperature control set ups. If you fancy coming aliong just...

I've found a thermowell on ebay from homebrew builder which a friend of mine recommended to me. However the specification says it will accept probes up to 6mil in diameter whereas my ATC 800 has a 7 mil width.Does anyone else use these and have they had the same problem?

We had a MCB workshop on Saturday where we made among other things a counterflow chiller.( My thanks to Chris for his excellent workshop at the Spring Thing and from where I got the idea) I could not believe how efficient it was because when we tested it out,the boiling water came down to 16c at...

Thanks for the advice both on the forum and by private message