Search results

In the process of Building a fermentation temperature control system using the salus iT500 wireless heating controller (for residential boilers, etc). logger: Salus offer a http web interface to the device (zigbee) so I’ve just used a php script on a free web hosting to scrape temperature...

I have a few beers brewed from the hot summer period (allgrain but fermenter at start very warm close to 30C). The beers have a loverly fruitiness but the whole batch has a white film on every bottle. I’m unsure whether the fruitiness is from the heat and or whatever got in there. Do any...

I forget what the maths for sugar and boiling water was. I just dispensed with the sugar solution in sterilised calpol syringe because it’s graduated and it was to hand. I’m Off to post about bottle bombs.

According to their website they are also Klarstein?

I’ve had a mixed / inconsistent batches - some carbonated some not. I’ve put it down to either inaccurate priming sugar calculation (used 1/2 teaspoon per 500ml bottle suspect on lazy filling some got 1/4) and possible leaky seals.

Thanks. I understand it’s Nottingham yeast. The inkbird temperature readings have dropped now - hoping it’s calmed down overnight.

Ok I’ve not brewed before at this date in the year. I put a kit together this morning, boiled water and then chilled to 30C then re-oxygenated the water and added kit malt then left for s while but the temperature was slow to drop . Pitched Wilko ale yeast anyway quite high on the temperature...

Funny I was looking at the Keter Cool stool (hoping the drainage hole there already would by threaded 1/2 bsp and the thing stuffed full of insulation ). It’s not. When I looked at it I couldn’t see the insulation function. The manual was 2 pages. The sides possibly insulated but looked like...

Reduced to 50p ( I picked it up at £2.50)

I’ve ordered the device as the price dropped online (atleast the price I was presented with). Although I only have heat side (old lizard enclosure with a heat bulb). I have a Salus iT500 heating controller which I can query to get Json data to readout ambient temp data so I think i’ll attach...

Cheers. Someone asked the question I wanted. Im not sure if the data is only available through the app? Eg. Could I run a script to skim off the data and chuck in another database. I can always ask.Still I’m less worried about data privacy - though I do not understand in the manual why the app...

Apologies if this was you but I went to a fete yesterday and there was a chap who was selling pints pulled from the boot of a converted glitzy 4x4 type vehicle. The kegs were I think stamped Shepherd Neame - I think commercial type. The only problem was he was pulling pint after pint that was...

I brew in the garage. I’ve noticed my syphon line tubing from last cleanup has signs of mould. I think my best bet is to bin it and replace for bottling. However, what’s the best way to store the tubing? I know I sterilised the tube as part of cleanup but almost certainly chucked it back wet...

I tried the 5.30am brewday but wasn’t done until 10.30am. The wife was not best pleased as she wanted to go out and leave the little one with me at 9am (I got my time calc a little off). Maybe an overnight mash and a 5am start would have been better.

I transfer it all over ending up with a lot of trub. This was less than ideal without the wort chiller (got cloudy beer) but using that chiller seems to dramatically increase the clarity of both the wort and final beer. It almost seems to clear pre fermentation so I end up with crystal clear...

I used Bramling Cross pellets from Young’s and loosely followed the single hop brewdog recipe (apart from going for 100% pale malt and dry hopping). The beer came out crystal clear and bitter (expected) but no real fruity / black currant just grassy. https://brewdogrecipes.com/recipes/bramling-x

I’ve experimented with dry hopping homebrew and they have always had a grassy taste to them. In addition a few (not all) commercial dry hopped beers I had recently also had the grassy taste. I remember reading that Brewdog had special equipment for dry hopping. Any tips for avoiding it?

That’s a beast. Thanks for the inspiration. I’m only working with a small pot but will scale it up.

I sourced some 10mm to 1/2 bsp male parallel compression fittings to build an immersion chiller. Really easy build with Output 1/2” is shower hose and input 3/4” washing machine hose. it’s also easy to get from 1/2” to the 3/4” for outside tap or to the kitchen tap adaptor. Anyway I sourced a...

I couldn’t find sparging in the book. Was the target gravity easy to achieve?