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And if you had the cash and a life that made a virtual nomad (6 months+ each year) would you live here? You will say yes but for how long?

I did a little test unplanned but still relevant. I found two bottles of the same batch of beer that had been stored together in a filling cabinet one was in a Coopers bottle, one in Glass and both over 8 months old. The beer in glass was significantly better in terms of head retention and...

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Pick up a "manual water boiler" 40l is best 30is a bit tight but usable, Buffalo/Burco/Swan lots of makes buy second-hand if you can. There is no advantage to buying new, it it's cheap enough not working is an option then even fitting a low watt density element is worth it. Rip out all the...

A DA valve would save the day or put a bit of silicon tube in the assembly, the tube needs to be cut through on one side in the direction of its long axis. Pressure will open the split to let gas out but if you have done it right the springines of the tube will cause it to close. You would...

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I use Star San so I buy Ashbeck to make it up in (it's good in the wife's steam iron to) but nearly always I just treat tap water. I have 70 odd ppm Ca and Alkalinity of about 210 but it still makes perfectly good beer even lagers. Aamcle

Think about the hops/bitterness if you use the whole can with 1/2 the water the bitterness will be doubled.

Of course you can. Aamcle

I use one, food grade silicon mastic to seal it, it's better than rubber that gets squeezed out.

John, My taste runs to Red wines, Fleurie, Merlot, Primitivo and the like, I didn't really expect carton wine to to be like them. I used the appropriate amount of tannin but I could still sharpen it up a little with more acid but the depth of flavour sill wouldn't be there. I'm told that it...

It's been in the bottle for some time now, there are no particular faults arising from my process that I have noticed but it's insipid. I wasn't expecting much after all it's just a carton wine but I had hoped for something more flavoursome. If I bother with wine again I'll buy a quality kit ...

Evil Twin Dark Oaked Porter Please. aamcle

Nice, very nice I don't know that I have ever seen a better one. You may find that pellet hop sludge goes through, it certainly would through a 2mm opening. Aamcle

For the amount of effort and probably cash you have put in you'll have covered the cost of a steel keg! I have 2 1/2 size kegs the smaller opening makes for easier sealing :)

https://www.nisbets.co.uk/buffalo-manual-fill-water-boiler/gl349 try that at 40litres it has the space you need. Use a little cash for a proper controler PT100/SSR/PID you should be under 2hundred and be properly equiped.

Depends on what you need and if you have a good fast internet connection always available. In the end Chromebooks are dependent on the net. Do you need any Windows or for that matter Linux programs? Check carefully that they are available on a CB. I had one on loan for a couple of months I...

I move on to a GF when my DIY recirculating Biab leaked once too often and I haven't NoChilled since. I to wasn't that convinced I could get the hope right, now I'd probably only use NoChill for beers with few late hops. Atb Atb.

Thanks Phi.

Foxy, have you moved on from No Chill if so why? Somebody commented on literature and what the pros do, things that may or may not apply completely to low volume home brew. Two points the Ausi's manage very well with no chill It wasn't many years ago when BIAB wasn't supported by the...