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Heya Vossy, Nice looking brew that. Out of interest where did you get your sparge head? I am about ready to fire up the Munky HERMS system see. Cheers, John

down to 1014 as of last night, and surprisingly bright. I gues thats the end of mash recirc i'm doing. After the intial young bitteness hit, i'm getting burnt toffee and caramel notes, followed by lingering subtle sweetness. i'm liking caramalt methinks. J

Morning all, I managed to win these last night for £26 and am collecting later today. They look perfect for use as heat exchanger vessels. I'll only be needing the one so I'll get back with a better description and photo's later. The uneeded ones will offered up to those who want one at...

I ended up making some changes to this one, my mate called and said he loved hobgoblin whilst the mash was on, so I liquored down to around 4.2% and swapped the goldings out for styrians. On the plus side I ended up with lots more beer :-)

A friend has asked me to brew a beer for his daughter's christening next month. First time someone has asked me to brew a batch specifically for them. His request was for a darker style beer (ruby to you and me, he hates porters). His Daughter's name is Lola, and he's a bit of rock fan, hence...

9L Cornies are my choice 2x for £65 from norm including disconnects and pipe, and you can get small co2 chargers for about £12 now. Will last a whole lot longer

Holding steady at 1010 and clearing nicely. I wound down the temp to 15c last night, will switch off the heater completely tonight and keg on Friday methinks (nothing to do with me running out of beer last night). It's tasting awesome! SWMBO shocked me last night.... I said "The beer's off!"...

This was down to 1010 yesterday :-) Those cascades and amarillo give a really nice grapefruity/orangey notes. Yummy!

Brewed this today in the rain, sun and hail. Munky APA (Americanised ****** Ape) American Pale Ale Type: All Grain Date: 28/03/2009 Batch Size: 42.00 L Brewer: Bionicmunky Boil Size: 60.20 L Asst Brewer: Boil Time: 120 min Equipment: My Equipment Brewhouse Efficiency: 79.00...

Yummy! this is on my list to do next!

It is a very drinkable light session ale. I think next time I would add a decent steep addition or dry hop in the keg for more aroma (prolly still could). It's malty and bisuity, i'm guessing from the brown malt with a slight butterscoth taste (prolly diacytl? I kegged this on day 7 with...

down to 1010 today and tasting nice, where can I get a straw to fit a 60L FV?

hope it is going/went well mate :cheers:

rescue attempt today............. Checked and the tap seal on the fv was leaking, and the hydro reading stated it had dropped 1 point in 20 hours. Fixed leak, gently...... oh so gently.... after SWMBO helped me move the FV back into the house (when I noticed the leak) I think the temp drooped...

Got 45L @ 1035 efficiency is up a tad (recircing the mash for 5 mins?) and tun deadspace seems to be nonexistant now due to the pump, which is where I reckon the extra 3 litres came from Hope this one ferments out without any off tastes, at this point it smells lovely and tastes bitter sweet...

has been in the boiler for half an hour now. Pump worked this time and was used to recirc a bit at the end of each batch, so much easier!. No leaks from the boiler on it's 2nd outing. Now to get the FV ready. :)

Mash On! due to lack of crystal I had to jig the grist a bit so am brewing 'cupboard style' 42L 6kg pale malt 200g Brown 200g carapils about 100g of crystal I had left hops will be (90 min boil) 30g fuggles FWH 30g goldings 60min 25g goldings 15min 30g fuggle 80c steep

Not happening today :-( First frozen hose pipe, then broke a filling the effin dentist put on just before xmas, he said it didn't need a crown, apparently it does so now i'm waiting for them to ring with an emergency slot. hence can't get a brew on in the mean time. Why does this always...

Not be to be geeky, but try an atomiser with some water and spray some on your corny. I believe that the water should globule in larger globs (tm) on the filled portion ;) I've seen it happen outside in the summer so p'raps it'd work.

First time brewing this particular recipe, but hoping it'll become a staple. Not yet got a house bitter. I bought the Nordic pot for the tun back in Nov last year. It was the first upgrade to my H&G placcy setup. You tried emailing Nordic direct? thats how I got both the Tun and the pot.