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YOU have your answrs above.. just my 2ps worth .. No1.. pop out and buy an opaque quaffing mug, as without the kettle finnings your unlikely to get a crystal clear pint from this batch.. its just a visual thing and if in an opaque mug - who knows ;) First brews are a rite of passage and a...

Turn the fridge stat to its lowest setting . that should give you a minimum temp of circa 4c perhaps lower .. but if you find you want to go lower than this limit allows you can look at bypassing the internal thermostat too.

Perhaps measuring the temp of the beer would be a better. As for the direction of any input to change the temp that will be seasonal to a degree and also dependent on the ambient conditions.

er have you checked your hydrometer is reading OK? drop it in room temp tap water (check what temp yur hydrometer is callibrrated for) and it should read 1.000 or there abouts. its not that uncommon for the paper tube gradient in the hydrometer to become unstuck and able to move up and down...

i agree a hint of tcp or 'hospital ' is indicitive of a chlorine/chloromide taint. If your local water authority employs chloromides then they do not always dissipate with an overnight stand of your liquor and a campden tab treatment can be used. iirc 1 campden tab is sufficient t treat upto...

you might want to look at using some sort of control over the element. either a pid controller which will switch the power on and off rapidly and minimise the heat inpu t that requiered to provide the target boil temp(107-111c, tune on the fly). Or a simple power controller the most basic of...

fwiw my beer cellar: with a flat floor poured the washing machine went back in and the gap to the side was checked... insulation.. i used a diy composite of bubblewrap and mylar to insulate the side walls, as i had 11mm to insulate and clad due to the width restiction.. i dont want the kegs...

Its a bit of a faf when setting up, and involves 2 more jg fittings (2 x 3/8" to 3/16" adaptors) and a length of upto about 2m of 3.16" mircobore line. Not all flow control taps are equal, and most are fine at lower pressures - upto 6-8psi in the keg (Mine @ 8psi(by my reg) and higher are...

fwiw i bought a delux kegging kit from brew-uk which included 2x corny kegs a basic regulator a few meters of 3/8" ldpe beer/gas line and an attach to disconnect tap. all pretty good vfm compared to the cost of the seperates, But the blurb indicating "ALL YOU NEED" was a bit of an...

fwiw ive read a LOT of brewfridge posts since contemplating and building my own almost a decade back. And i have yet to read about any moulded shelf supports failing, ever.. avoid breaching the inner shell if you can, the foam insulation filling the void providing insulation behind the shell...

If you dont use the headspace just fill it with a binbag of packing or anything that occupies the volume ;)

As said above a permanent connection (threaded and sealed) is probably not the best idea just in case of a blockage etc.. camlocks @ circa £5 a termination are expensive but a handy and easy option.. cheaper quick disconnect options are out there terminatng each tube with 2-3" of 15mm copper...

RE lil brown solar pumps, a pipe cleaner or other thin stiff wire impliment can with some luck be used to nudge the impeller through the out port without pulling the head when its failing to start.. to help reduce the sticking caused i believe by micro particles finding their way into the...

submersible pump? the lil brown solar pumps are submersible.. but my limited understanding is that when submersed the pumps rely on the liquid to provide cooling so a lil more googling on that subject may be prudent? And as long as you dont apply any active heat post striking the mash...

The simple way to hit volume targets with batch sparging ;) by not measuring any volumes till your drawing your first batch of liquor from the tun 1) make a dipstick (there is a brewers term ulling stick??) for your kettle. OR 2) calibrate volume markings in a FV 3) fill up your hlt/kettle and...

Yes, but boiling water might remain too warm for the sparge if you bear in mind that over a 90 minute mash most budget cold boxes will maintain a mash temp within 5c without any extra insulation upgradeing. so a little testing in advance may be wise ;) tho fwiw my old budget cold box tun was...

a G/f or Karlstein machine would be grand, fwiw i have brewed with both a diy 3 vessel brewery and a grainfather.. both produce great beers so go with your gut and get what works for you, you can always add to a single vessel brewery with a small sparge tank/hlt. its one of the great aspects...

the sodium metabisulphate in the campden tab acts instantly in neutralising the chorine/chloromides so there is no need to let the liquor stand too.. the next simple treatment option you may want to consider depending on the beer your brewing and your local water supply is to perform a...

If you let your beer stand too long in the jug, a 10-20ml plastic syringe aka 'the pocket beer engine' can be used to revive the head, simply pull up a syringe full of beer and squirt it back in full force, Voila an instant head that would please any yorkshireman replacing beer with air at the...

Its do-able sure, the big boys get the casks out quickly.. However a lot depends on the brew, in my limited experience i had one brew that was quaffable from the keg within just about 3 weeks, and oh boy did i shout about it too !! I will sample early n often but generally find 4weeks or...