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Just the once yes, I wouldn't want to do it more than that as you're going to start smashing the husks. You won't need to anyway, once is plenty unless you are trying to make flour. If you are milling for BIAB by the way, you might not have as much trouble with it not grabbing. I have the...

I don't have a hopcat (I have a Klarstein), but if your spider is the same mesh size as mine (300 mesh) be very very careful recirculating through it whilst cooling. I'm not the only one who has noticed this happen either, but as you cool the spider will start to clog more, and eventually will...

It's a decent mill, just a shame it doesn't have a 3rd roller, then it'd be perfect. Oh and the plastic thing around the top of the hopper kept coming off...

Yeah, used it a couple of times. It'll fit on a fermenting bin fine, the base will fit a variety of diameters. I use a smaller one on inner notches. I tried it with a cordless drill first, but found I got a really uneven grind, although it was faster. I got a much more even grind using the...

Uhm, I don't actually like Crisp MO... lol I didn't find it that good. Minch Hookhead (not MO, but still...) was a lot better even, both in flavour and beer clarity, as was IREKS. That said I just used a batch of unnamed Maris Otter (as in, no idea who the maltster was...) and the wort was...

Ok, well I have a gen 1 Fermentasaurus. At first, I was on the fence with it, I found it a bit of a pain in the rear to use to be honest, and fiddly to assemble... However, it's like many things though, it was just a learning curve. Full disclosure though, I don't ferment under pressure, I...

Same, I use Beersmith 3 with 2 profiles, 1 for the full size recipe, 1 for the volume I actually want. Type the recipe in full size, then use the scale recipe tool to adjust it to the smaller volume (14 litres in my case) profile. 14/15 litres is roughly enough to fill about the right number...

If I remember correctly, my first ever stab at AG was a stab at the DIY Dog clone of Electric India, and it was rather tasty (even though the CML Saison yeast I used under attenuated...). Only other Brewdog one I've done was a few weeks back, where I had a go at Elvis Juice, but forgot to add...

Poured a bottle of the PatterPale (Galaxy, Citra, Simcoe) to see how it was progressing (as you do). The answer been, quite nicely. I know a few people who would like it at the level of carbonation it's at right now, for me I'd like a little more though. Flavour is good though, and the...

I just wanted to update this thread to show how well the jacket on my FV works. Room temperature is about 18 degrees C. Cooling consists of 3 freezer packs, which I switch each night then each morning for fresh ones. I only started using the freezer packs once fermentation was pretty much...

If you like porters, do yourself a favour and buy a copy of Brewing Porters and Stouts by Terry Foster, so much good advice, and recipes, in that little book. For example, I switched to using some brown malt in my recipes after reading it, and they tasted so much nicer. athumb..

Looks like another variant of the Guten/Brewdevil/Hopcat/Klarstein/Brewmonk machines bud. They're all pretty similar, with just slight tweaks (that one has that flexible metal recirc pipe for example) but are the same machine at the core. You pay your money and make your choice with them, the...

Yeah, I've had to whip the recirc pipe out of the spider fast before it overflows hop matter into the boiler, defeating it's purpose completely, twice now... lol Last brew day though, the wort into my FV was crystal clear.

Or pretend you're in the US, and get a glass carboy (ahhh, so many stories on US sites of people dropping them.... lol) as heh, they're bleach proof... lol I kind of went the compromise route, as hated buckets. Tried a Speidel plastic FV first (they also make more expensive FVs, including...

Looks similar to Omega Lutra then, a pouch of which is waiting in my fridge.... Not used it yet, I'll let you know how it goes. lol

Ok, well most replies to your question are going to be subjective, my own included. Now that's out of the way.... lol They're mostly just buckets, made of steel, especially the "cheaper" ones. When I looked into investing in a better FV, the main pro just seemed to be longevity vs buckets...

I just can't imagine it's going to taste great now, and would be inclined to dump it rather than use my bottles on any of it to be honest. lol As to the off topic, you not got any walk in test centers in your area? They opened a few up to walk ins around here, you don't even need an...

Well, I had been thinking about a Jr. My wife just pretty much vetoed fermenting under pressure though..... I think she still remembers my foray into high tech planted aquaria (I still have the CO2 regulator, needle valve and solenoid valve from back then. lol). We sorted the jacket piercing...

I tried Jester once, all I got from it was onions and copper pennies, it was horrid, ended up pouring the beer down the drain. Endeavour on the other hand, what a lovely hop! Just nice hints of citrus, goes lovely with Goldings in a pale ale. Fuggles, well, no. I tried and tried, but I hate...

Not recent no, had a false bottom from them a while back. Never had to contact them or anything, it just came, and was well made.