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at the moment i'm waiting the arrival of the Nightingales, we are off the road and live on a heath in suffolk, they might not be in the garden but I can hear then from the house & garden. Chiff chaff s arrived a few days ago as did sand martins.

For temperature controlled fermentation I have a 6mm copper coil wrapped around ss brewbucket this connects via tubing (which is disconnectable) to a Cornelius cooler (ebay) plus a heating belt all controlled with a ink bird. Transfer pre cooled wort at anything below 30 C. By the time I...

each to their own & whatever suits you and you equipment but I don't get the point of not sparging you are just wasting suger. How much is debatable without some proper scientific repeatable trials. With something like the grainfather model you don't have any more vessels you just lift the...

Tried a Rye bitter today, was a bit concerned over stuck mask stories so went a little conservative a modified a std bitter recipe reducing crystal from 350g to 250g and adding 350g of Rye Crystal. Pale reduced slightly from 3375g to 3300 & skipped 25g Black malt altogether. so total grain...

Munton's Santa's Winter Warmer 3Kg Granulated version except I substituted some with Muscavado can't remember what proportions. Bottled in little nips rather than pint bottles. Stupidly strong but ridiculously easy to drink. This was for my 40th Birthday .....some 20+ years ago. No idea if...

Only had one problem with Hermes & suspect it was the local delivery people, (who are usually good here) problem somewhere else in the chain - firkin expensive mobile present for her indoors vanished en route. Seller was amazon so no issues with refund etc but no present on time......in the...

If you want something soothing, calming. Try Voces8 - came across them the other day looking for something else, their version of Faure Pie Jesu is sublime, you can find it on utube and no I'm not a god botherer my music taste is a little eclectic, Gong nestles next to Gallicantus , Dave...

Anybody used this site or have experience of chinese malt mill via Czech? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stainless-Grain-Processor-Crusher-3-Rollers-Homebrew-Malt-Mill-Grain-Crusher/123813167166?hash=item1cd3d7003e:g:-hkAAOSwatBb2UP0

Does my nose look big in this?

just to add, Cider is more acid than beer in region of 3.5 , not much can live in that. Cockroaches maybe......Many moons ago I went for a job at a cidery and was appalled at the levels of hygiene, the workers didn't even guarantee to clean the fermenters in between brews. A real culture shock...

I do a lot of family history research, have done for years. My family originate in the North East, in the region of Sedgefield. Few days ago was looking at a family in 1911 census in West Hartlepool, married 19 years a plumber, the couple had 12 children born alive since 1892. In 1911 only...

thank you all - I was just curious as to why the calculators had different answers and its clear that its the estimate of potential sugar each chooses to make. And people are right it doesn't really matter, I'm happy if my post boil OG is >= 1.040 to end up with a decent session beer of about 4%

sorry yes Original Gravity. So yes, that is the grain, pre boil volume and OG. & efficiency works out at 84% via GF 78.22% via BF. Why the difference? Well BF will be lower as it knows that some of that grain has less sugar potential. To compare GF calculation directly with BF I need to...

OK, I have a recipe I am reasonably happy with. I am now familiar and consistent ( ****** seals accepted) with the GF operation & I was just curious to know how efficient the conversion is of 4Kg grain & 32 litres liquor into 29.5 litres of wort AG 1.033.

sorry, I don't follow - I have x Kg grain & y liters of wort of AG z, a potential to extract w sugar from said grain and an actual value of extracted sugar reflected in the AG and the volume of wort, What difference all in one re circulating or pot on a burner? Its the amount of sugar I have...

Having joined forum noticed the calculators section from Brewers Friend. Consistently the GF calculated pre boil efficiency is better than Brewers friend. ie last two brews were: Pre boil 30 litres AG 1.035 efficiency = 91% via GF 84.47 % via BF Pre boil 29.5 litres AG 1.033 efficiency = 84%...

ah fish rising. Hope its good, doesn't seem to be coming anywhere near East Anglia I bought t new seals. These seem precisely the same size as old so not stretched or anything but they are stiffer less flexible and seem to work better, but still a pain in the. But I bought them primarily as...

Soapy .....is it soapy as in washing up liquid soapy, bar of soap soapy or a more chemical dertergenty aroma? The chemical version is possibly chlorophenols mentioned above. Washing up liquid/Soap Soapy might be contamination from cleaning - especially the glass you drink out of. You can...

Yea as a coverall for "twang". But maybe more descriptive versions of peoples personal "twang" What twang are you suffering from I have suffered from a medicinal, antiseptic, germolene reek "twang" cubed. Others might describe it as plastic, vinyl, hospital, Iodine, Bromine. An...

Ditto that, I use heatbelt round brewtech brew bucket & cool it via heath robinson external copper coil connected to a recirculating water chiller all controlled by inkbird