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I use a Burco boiler ( 3kW kettle type element not in contact with liquid). Ages ago I put a TRIAC voltage controller in series with the heating element. I get a tiny amount of colouring on the base, but it is not burnt on and wipes of with a sponge. Easy to control both mash temperaure and boil...

talk to your local microbrewery

ok I have a friend, a BSc chemist, who works for anglia Water. I will ask said friend what they mean by Ca 42 ppm

if I analyse a metal for tin, I do not want the copper level must be a spectroscope that measures only calcium thanks

If a chemist analyses water for calcium content, how can that figure be incorrect ?

Hi all, at the end of fermentation I get a layer of very fine T90 hop pellet debris approx 1 cm below the surface maybe 1 cm thick. Beer is very clear at this stage. Beer is 3.8% and I use finely chopped irish moss for the last 15 minutes of the boil. I sieve out this debris using kitchen paper...

If the boiler is cylidrical with constant diameter then volume equals 3.14159 times diameter squared divided by 4 times height of water, and height can be measured from the top (say height is 2 ft 6 ins, and top to water surface is 9 inches giving depth of water = 1 foot 9 ins). Make a table of...

MANY THANKS, ALL !

I am thinking along the lines........2 gm for 10 mins, 5 gm for 2 mins, 10 gms at 90 deg c and 83 gm at 70 deg c for a hop that is around 10 % AA - I welcome any hop addition examples from readers / listeners.........

thanks Baron - I have innovative ideas for my next brew so watch this space.....

I let it cool with hops in for 2 hours, before cooling to 21 deg C over around 30 minutes I use the term pale bitter a bit generically ofter pale malt only, no other grains

Hello all, the beer in question is a 3.5% pale bitter, 22 litres. hops were citra and cascade added as shown below 15 mins 5 citra 2 cascade 10 mins 10 citra 5 cascade 5 mins 25 citra 10 cascade 2 mins 60 citra 20 cascade adding 4.4, 6.7, 8.7 and 8.6 IBU (citra 12.4 AA and...

Hello MashBag, I have my own crude excel sheet, could I please have a squint at yours, although I don't now how if I am not allowed to publish Email address - CHIPPY - can you help at all ?

I have tried pH papers in the past - they do not work. I am adding AMS which is HCl and H2SO4, this is dropping the pH, I have to hope into the right range.

CHALLENGE - my water is 226 ppm hardness as CaCO3, alkalinity 115, Ca 75 Mg 9 chloride 68 SO4 117 Na 39 I currently treat 32 litres of water with 15 gm AMS solution and 1/3 campden tablet Am I in the right ballpark for 3.8% pale SMASH beers I am a BIAB man thanks

Hi all, our American friends often use rice hulls to prevent stuck mashes, here in the UK could we substitute with wheat bran ? Thanks.

You need to make the dosing syrup more runny, and your beer a bit stronger, which will give you around an extra 2 litres of product. But... I have always used a small plastic funnel and brewing sugar, with no problems at all, no clogging on the spout of the funnel.........

I bought a hop spider years ago, filled it one third full of T90 pellets, they expanded and formed a solid mass. Never use it now. I boil in an extended Burco and transfer via a 1 mm sieve to 13 and 9 litre stainless steel pans with lids. Any remaining hop debris is buried in the yeast pancake...

I would advise coeliacs to drink only 5 ml initially and if no symptoms increase gradually,,,,,,,,,

thanks all i hereby close this thread..lol