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Does anyone know if diluted StarSan is safe to breathe in (in accidental, small amounts in spray form)? If I create a mist of it having sprayed a surface or a vessel and it ends up in the air, even in small amounts, it tickles my lungs and makes me cough. That's not a problem really as long as...

OK it looks like OP has an identical tap to me and I use one of these adaptors. What I found is that the hozelock adaptor was slightly too small and wouldn't stay on the tap. My suggestion, should you have the same problem, is that if you look inside the adaptor you will see it is ribbed...

All very true, it all comes down to your definition of efficiency. Gas could well be cheaper, although it certainly brings its own ventilation issues :)

I'm not sure gas is more efficient, are you sure about this? Gas is definitely less efficient than submerged elements because all the heat from the element is transferred to the wort/water, whereas gas always loses heat to the air before hitting the bottom of the vessel and and then licking...

Thanks everyone for the really helpful advice. It looks as if a low wattage tube heater is probably the safest bet, just to take the edge off the chill during really cold spells with minimum fire risk. I appreciate the warnings about electrical and fire safety, and I err this way anyway - I'm...

Hmm, worth a try for sure! I particularly like the look of the second one. Thanks

I hope this is the right place to post this. It is I think technically about equipment. My brewery is a modified garden office with a cold water supply and electrics. It has double glazing and insulated walls and it has, so far, managed to maintain about 2oC even when it has been -6 outside. I...

As a matter of fact I have been having exactly the same concerns as the OP in recent months. I bought a couple of hop spiders for boil kettle additions and for dry hopping and my hop character has taken an absolute nosedive compared to muslin bags. I have particularly noticed that the...

I seem to recall hearing that it was the Ringwood strain but I might be wrong.

I'd say make sure that your brewstand can take all of the combined weight you intend to put on it. I did a load of research and now have a stainless stand which is supposed to be able to take 500kg, but I still worry that a fault might cause hundreds of kilos of water, grain and stainless to...

Hello! Sorry for reviving an old post but I was wondering if I could ask if the exchilerator fits the standard UK garden tap fitting (3/4 BSP I think?) without any adaptation? I currently have a dedicated copper pipe in my brewery which is earmarked for chilling only, so I can do what I like...

Maybe our homebrew has more fusel alcohols etc? Less of a "clean" high than commercially produced drinks?

Morning, brewing brothers and sisters, I know this isn't technically an equipment question, but I couldn't find a more suitable board to post it on. I was hoping that someone with a little more DIY expertise than me might be able to help out, please! I've had a garden unit installed for use as...

One thing to remember is that the movement of the liquid, aided by the stirring effect of clumps of yeast within the fermenter, means that the heat gets dispersed very quickly and evenly. So it's not much cooler at the edge than the centre during active fermentation. This is another reason why...

Palmer says you don't need to stir but I get too much variation sometimes from bottle to bottle, particularly if I cold (or at least cool) crash first. I now put the sugar solution into the bottling bucket, pour the beer on top, and give it the gentlest and quickest of stirs with a long paddle...

It might be the first sign of the formation of one of these: https://beerandbrewing.com/what-is-a-pellicle/ Synonymous with wild sours, so it kind of fits the bill.

We used to have to get up out of the shoebox at twelve o'clock at night, and LICK the road clean with our tongues. We had half a handful of freezing cold gravel, worked twenty-four hours a day at the mill for fourpence every six years, and when we got home, our Dad would slice us in two with a...

You probably don't live on the same stretch of the Thames as me but you will be pleased to know that I recently did a Murphy's water report and it came in really, really close the the TW report figures, so I think that you can a.) trust them and b.) rely on there not being too much variation...

Ha, no probs! It is probably worth investing in a refractometer at some point. Instead of having to draw off a column of liquid you just put a spot on a plate and hold it up to the light. Quicker and less waste. For an 'absolute' reading you need to calibrate it against the hydrometer which...

Three weeks in the FV isn't a problem at all. If you leave your beer on the yeast for ages, like six weeks or more, there is a potential risk of a marmitey flavour which comes from autolysis, i.e. the yeast cells, no longer having anything to eat, breaking their own cells down and releasing a...