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That's great! Thanks for your suggestions. The issue of adding oxygen hadn't occurred to me - I thought that only became a problem if oxygen was introduced prior to bottling. I presumed if it was introduced while in the FV it would simply 'float out'.

Strongly recommend this group - I started brewing back in September and have been to their meetings 3-4 times since. They're absolutely great, loads of inspiration, tastings and practical lectures. I even plan my holidays to avoid clashing with their meetings now :)

Having recently gone all grain I'm wanting to experiment as much as possible. For my next batch the GF will be joining in and we want to experiment with a few additions post-fermentation to add some flavour. Our thoughts at the minute are to split the 23L of Saison we're planning into 5...

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The Deluxe Sparkler Tap appears to be for dispensing the beer rather than for transferring between vessels. The only thing I can think of is that this offers some sort of aeration that could be unwanted if you're say going from primary to secondary fermentation. The Inline Syphon Tap is for...

Hi all, so far I've been doing my fermentation in 1 gallon glass demijohns. I'm a little tired of cleaning the things out and the floorspace that loads of demijohns take up so I bought a Wilko's 25L FV. For my next brew I'm hoping to do a half batch (11-12 litres) of porter circa 6-7% ABV...

Citra IPA and London Porter both excellent!

I can recommend this book. I was somewhat blind to craft type beers and this gave me a good grounding of the types, flavours, science and ways of tasting. It's a little basic perhaps but a good stepping stone onto more detailed books which I'm sure others can recommend.

With my surveyor's hat on (postgrad educated, 12 years' UK experience) I'd personally stay clear of these things. There are just too many unknowns most of the time and if people were looking to buy one of two identical houses, one shared ownership, one standard, I know which one most would go...

Yeah, they sit in Star-San for a good 30-60min before use. They're probably the only part I'm happy aren't causing the taste!

Central London drinking water - I read a few threads on it and it's not terrible for brewing with. I use Campden to kill off the chlorine. I figure if the water was the problem it'd affect all the bottles whereas only about half are affected. I'm guessing it's something post-FV that's causing...

Don't worry - I'm not talking neat sanitiser or anything - I just suspect I'm always a little on the light side as the stuff is so bloody expensive.

A minimum of 3-4 times, plus a soak in Star San. I'm beginning to suspect there's something up with my sanitisation as I can't see any other way that some bottles are affected but not others. Going to give them a really good soak in some hot HOT water, a proper rinse then a strong star-san...

I'm using brown bottles - the demijohns are clear glass and left in a room with no windows (though there is artificial lighting). If the artificial lighting was causing it I'd expect all bottles would taste this way. Possibly - I bottled after 12-13 days in the primary though it had stopped...

They were given a very good soaking for maybe 20min in 1/2oz of Star San diluted in 2-3 gallons of warm water then dried over a radiator for an hour before bottling.

It's really difficult to as it's not a flavour I'm that familiar with. The closest I can describe it as is like a couple of drops of washing up liquid made it into some bottles. I know this can't be the case though as the first batch had no washing up liquid near them at all and they were...

I've just completed my second batch of beer - first was a Coopers IPA (a one can extract kit), second was The Homebrew Company's 'Discover American IPA' (a two can with hops and malt grain additions). As I'm just about to start an all grain batch I'd really appreciate some help figuring out...

Throw a blanket over it or surround it in polystyrene and I'd expect the temperature around the beer wouldn't drop below freezing.

Most of my stuff is DIY but I think building my own wort chiller could be a step too far (I'm a bit of a perfectionist and would like something neat looking). Has anyone bought a wort chiller from grayone2013 on eBay? The prices are good (only £10 or so more than I could make one for myself)...