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Right then - hope to get this started on Friday evening. May post a few piccies.

I would also be interested in a sight tube kit if anyone is selling them.

Aha - turkey baster is a good idea...! Cheers Andy

How do you manage to take hydrometer readings from these narrow neck fermenters? Do you draw off a sample somehow? Andy

I have been given a load of gorseflower syrup courtesy of my mother - she picked a load of gorse flowers and made them into a syrup as per the HFW Gorseflower Wine recipe http://www.channel4.com/food/recipes/chefs/hugh-fearnley-whittingstall/gorseflower-wine-recipe_p_1.html. Now I am looking at...

Just got some of this myself. Agree it is awesome stuff. I understand a 1pc solution will keep for a while and can be reused. Would keeping it in a pet bottle for a few days be OK or would it eat through the pet?

This is a hop filter....!

After getting a very annoying stuck runoff from the boil yesterday, I have modified my Hop and Grape hop filter manifold to try and prevent the problem recurring. Picture below shows I have drilled two 3mm holes between each of the slits in the pipe. I hope this improves runoff and stops...

Day 5 and down to 1012. Will rack to secondary tomorrow. Plan to corny keg this one.

That is Gervin English Ale yeast. Cheers Andy

That's an early start. Hope it's all going smoothly! :-)

Yes think thats an American site - I expect they'd deliver that stuff to the UK if you asked them nicely. I am half tempted to give this a bash as an experimental brew... :-) I have been looking for an unusual recipe to fill a load of brewdog bottles to give away as xmas presents. This is...

Id agree that 6 weeks removing the oil from peanut butter is obsessive to the point of being a bit mad. Those crazy Yanks! Although this powdered stuff could be the lazy answer... I wonder if peanut butter without the peanut oil or the butter still tastes like peanut butter though...? :wha...

Quick video of the fermentation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pCss6pWijQ Andy

I saw this recipe for Peanut Butter Porter on t'internet and it caught my eye as it combines 2 things I love - peanut butter and beer! The recipe looks a bit advanced for me - I've only done 4 all-grains and this looks potentially tricky. Never seen powdered peanut butter before! I thought some...

That's fermentation well underway in under 12 hours.. I have dropped the temperature from 23c to 18c for the remainder of the fermentation.

Yeah I wasn't sure whether to toast them or not so thought it give them a bit of a toast in the oven. Fermentation is well underway this morning. Pitched rehydrated Gervin English Ale yeast into it. It has got to work very quickly. :-)

The darts were a great idea! I didn't manage to throw too many arrows tonight though as I normally do a 90min boil and did 60min tonight so not quite so much "hanging around" time. I do that find a pint of homebrew and throwing a few darts quite a good way to relax. :grin:

Yeast pitched, and tucked away for fermentation. Got 22l at 1046. A good evenings brewing! :thumb:

Well that's stage 1 of the brew complete and photos posted. Kids are now kicking off so all hands required on deck - hope I will get the boil on for 8.30...! :thumb: