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Yeah, I'd love a 15g Blichmann with all the bells and whistles, but they are unbelievably expensive by the time you get them to the UK, through H&G or otherwise. I'd settle for Polarware, Megapot or any of the many other quality stainless brewpots brands on sale in the US too, but the freight...

Once I get to the stage of having a fully fitted and working tank complete with sight tube, I will have fun doing these final touches, although I may go for a score mark rather than permanent marker. Plenty to do until then though. Funding the new vessel, for a start.

Yeah, I know, it is madness when a massive plastic bin can produce similar results. The problem with stainless is that 70L+ tanks are hard to find at the moment and when they do crop up they're in excess of £100 plus a lot of postage. They often don't have lids and are made of quite cheap...

I don't suppose anyone here has bought or seen one of the new(ish) Brupaks Stainless Steel Tanks, as stocked by Hop and Grape? They are described variously at retailers as being good and sturdy, and appear to have better taps than the older burnished style pots. I can't work out what that...

Managed to get 25L at 1.043 safely in the fermenter. Nothing much of interest during the brew - Bobek's were quite powdery like leaf tea in parts, but smelled very nice indeed. Used US-05 and a power drill paddle for first time.

I reduced the coppering hops by 10g to reduce the IBUs a little. And I'm going for US-05.

I'll get some US-05 out of the freezer then. Mash run off and first batch sparge in the boiler, just letting the final batch settle, then we're off.

04 or 05, do you reckon? I'm provisionally planning 04...

Mash on! A TTL style brew, based upon Graham's calculation and my hop reserves, plus a little more aroma on the finish. I'm using homegrown WGV hops for Goldings and Bobek for Styrians, which I'm also adding at flameout to steep. Yeast is either S-04 or S-05 as I have plenty of both. Here's...

That's £100 worth of plastic support right now, according to eBay...

I'm annoyingly good at leaving beer to ferment and condition, on the whole. But I do aim to brew again this week if possible - a TTL style beer based on Wheeler but with WGV and Bobek. Reckon that'll do? Might steep a little Bobek too. By the way, haven't got a spare 50L stainless knocking...

Siphoned into a secondary at 1.010. Smells and tastes pretty good considering it was grain four days ago! I still have 24L. Time to leave it be for a week or so. TTL version next up!

My local microbrew uses Nottingham in all brews apart from APA, in which he throws US-05. I think I'd have to use different yeasts in the exact same recipes to have a view, but then again, I'm sure my mash and fermentation etc... etc... all vary by tiny degrees, so it's anyone's guess really...

This brew burped all weekend and is now down to 1.010 - good stuff. The target is only 1.009 and I want to turn this one around relatively quickly, so I will move it into a secondary bucket for that extra point and a few days dropping brighter before kegging. My back is killing me, so those...

It's Thinking Bitter. I want it ready in a month or so to idrink fresh and inspire me to greater things. I had a very limited selection of ingredients available to me, but in one opening of the front door today I received both the new Wheeler, AND a big crate of supplies from Barley Butt...

Like the little additions of chocolate, amber and wheat to the usual 70/- or 80/- route. Good luck with it. ("Friday's fer drinking', not brewin'")

Morning. Fermentation barely starting just seven hours in, but the signs are there and the streaks of break around the tub look pretty cool. I'm hoping for some comforting airlock burping later to accompany me through another thankless day slaving away at the screen!

In the fermenter, 25L, 1.036. Now for bed and dreams of beer.

Mash on to fermenter will be about 5.5hrs, that's about normal for me. I could reduce it by an hour by having 60/60 mash/boil instead of the 90s, but it's always worked for me this way and so I don't want to mess with it for the sake of an hour, really.

Ok, it's chilling. Better sort out some yeasties... :thumb: