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http://www.greeneking.co.uk/index.asp?pageid=70 says 4.5 and 5.2 GW,s recipe is 5.6 Jennings Cumberland is similar 4% kegged and 4.7 bottled.GW works out @ 4.1 I suspect its a price thing.Bottles command a premium Pumped beer is more price sensitive. Jim

I am going to try sourdough just 1 question. Is there any reason why I cant make a starter in a kilner jar and leave the jar in a water filled FV with an aquarium heater to ensure a constant 20 deg. Jim

Leyland homebrew is fairly close to the M6 Jim

thats the case for no rinse sanitisers. :grin: :grin: Jim

You dont need to put a campden tab in bottled water but you do tap water.

For sure no rinse.Your tapwater is probably more likely to have non benificial stuff tha the bottled water. Jim

Buy a little bottler The bit that goes into the supplied tap is the same od as the tap on a budget keg so you just need a small length of tube that fits over the keg tap and they can be joined then fill your bottles as bb said with no mess. Jim

safale so 4 or danstar nottingham should do the job Jim

For what it costs it may be worth pitching another yeast. Jim

oops sorry never read the OP Jim

whats the hops and AA Jim

what yeast did you use? Jim

Pittsy: sorry mate we crossed I was trying to deal with where we are rather than how did we get here. Jim

Providing you hopped for 23 litres you should be OK as long as you didnt put in a shedload of late hops. Put all of your hop bill (inc late hops) into your software and see how the IBU comes out on a 90min boil. From here you can scale the recipe to reach your target IBU and (taking into account...

It would be better if you could post your target volume and og If you boil down to your target volume you should be ok with your IBU but will need to add late hops. If your target was 35 litres and you boil down you will end up with a brew that is more bitter than intended but late hops will...

Never did anything other than AG Its not at all as complicated as some would have you believe and if you give some notice of your first brew help will be at hand on the forum That said a brew day means exactly that,about 7 hours at first, and you will need space. I didnt get into brewing until...

Carry on youve spent the time and money may as well finish the brew.The downside is a packet of yeast and the upside is you get a drinkable beer or even better. Jim

there is a bloke on the sausage making forum running a meat grinder off one of those engines. Jim

Well pleased to come across this.I read somewhere you were not supposed to soak things with zips in oxy and was a bit bothered about my boiler element. Its reassuring when you hear from someone who uses it. Come to think of it most zips are plastic. Jim

300 ppm is 0.3 ml per litre not 1.6ml per litre. Jim