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Thanks all for the comments, really appreciate it. Why cherries in a stout @Slid - why not?? :-) I love cherries, and think it should go nicely with the chocolate flavour of a nice stout, but absolutely take on board the comments from @Ajhutch and @Oneflewover to make it a bit more beefy, so...

Nobody have any words of wisdom for me? 😭

Evening all! Hope you're all doing fine and have plenty of homebrew in the fridge/keezer/keg :) I'm planning a choco cherry stout something or other this weekend. I've got a 1kg of tart dried cherries from a home food shop and some cocoa nibs. I've been reading around a bit but wanted to get...

Ya man! yes please :)

Lost mine temporarily (since found it again, woop! But during the period of mourning, I used a tap cover similar to that shown by @SteveH - fit perfectly.

I generally try to let the wort come up to near the top of the overflow pipe, but not down it. Why? because if the wort is flowing down the overflow then it's not flowing through the grain bed, therefore likely to get less of the goodness out of it. I try to get the optimum flow rate that...

Posted my peat smoked porter today - looking forward to feedback athumb..

Interesting! One of the first brews I did after getting a grain mill I found my sparge was super fast - almost like there was no sparge at all. I thought this might have been down to the mill setting (which I've now adjusted), but looks like it might also be due to speed. Top tip :)

Out of interest, why low speed?

Woo hoo! Freebies, I'm in! :)

Am I right in saying that if you mash at a lower temperature you could also increase your efficiency as you'll have more fermentable sugars versus the long chained ones? You could always mash for longer as well, that might help.

I had the same problem yesterday @ChrisD123 - took me about 20 mins to unfreeze my tap/hose that goes to the garage. A combination of jugs of hot water and a blow torch eventually solved the problem. My gear was literally freezing over as I was washing it down. Good time to be doing a lager...

Halkirk, KW12 - Thanks!

Hey @chris-s - that's all really useful info, thanks. Corresponds roughly to what I've read elsewhere (another thread on this forum I think) - that although a lot of the Vineco wines are great they don't always match flavour-wise with the style of wine you are making. I'm not too fussed about...

Thanks @LED_ZEP - that seems to be what I've read as well, I'll probably give it a go and report back (although planning to age mine for at least 3 months as the Kenridge definitely tasted miles better after a couple of months in the bottle.

Resurrecting an old thread here sorry, but for those that have tried the new 8L Vine Co Original series, what's the feedback on them? I've done a Kenridge Classic Shiraz which was amazing, and just wondering whether the reduce 8L kits are as good as the original Kenridge Classic? Planning a...

Going to give my own channel a wee plug here :-) I've done a few using my Robobrew (the name of the Brewzilla originally). Have a few sitting waiting editing but take a look at the one from December last year - it's pretty much a start to finish. Would welcome any suggestions for what's...

I’ve got the Sage barista machine. Cost about 500 quid a few years back but honestly would not be without it. I managed to ‘finance’ it by having a huge clear out in the house - old mobiles, tablets, stuff I didn’t use - all on eBay. Made 550 quid - bonus!! It is highly reliable, the grinder is...

Glad I read this thread. In a very similar position to @kelper - had an order from brew2bottle, went to checkout then saw the high(er) shipping costs. Stopped in my tracks, shopped around but then eventually came back and completed the purchase, albeit grudgingly due to the £15 postage. As it...

I got most of mine from thehomebrewcompany, but they seemed to be more expensive on there than I've seen before (think mine were about 40 quid each delivered). I think there is a discount code on the cheat page though which might bring the price down a bit, and if you get 3 of them you save a...