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Hi all Been a while (moved house as the country locked down, not good for the blood pressure) but slowly getting back into brewing. Got a problem with my bottles, they've gone a bit mouldy in storage (can't seem to post pictures from my phone for some reason). Got some brew safe sanitizer...

Still at work but been on annual leave after moving house (by the skin of our teeth, just before lock down) so spent most of my time building flat pack furniture and breaking down boxes. Next is clearing and cleaning the workshop in the garden ready to set up my brew gear

FWIW I rinse my bottles after pouting them out with lots of hot water and let them air dry upside down then store them. Then come bottling day I make up a big (10L I think) mix of no-rinse sanitizer and follow the instructions for soaking then just soak and bottle in batches of 10. Never had an...

Hi all Not been on here for a while, life has been very peaks and troughs recently and it's now finding me looking to move to (possibly) Strood, off of Bryant Road. Just wondered if there were any members here with experience with the area and what their thoughts were. The house we're looking...

Hi all Haven't been on for a while, work been mental and baby brewer been quite ill a lot recently as well. Just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and all that jazz Happy brewing acheers.

Bloody hell, I've got 2 lots for the price of one! Can't complain at that. @Chippy_Tea @the_quick what is 'The Range' selection of homebrew stuff like? I've not got one near me but my folks have in Sussex. I only go to the B&M near me at work when I'm bored! Not one where I live

Maybe they've sold the old stock off to B&M. I follow a YouTuber who gets a lot of 'end of line' stuff from them

Are B&M part of the same group then? Never realised. Thought it was a blinding price hence why I grabbed them. Considering wilko charge near the same for just six I couldn't say no

Hi all Just been into B&M store in Charlton and came across these. Crate of 12 500ml swing top bottles for 5.99. Was only 2 left so grabbed them both. Not sure if it's a regional thing or what, never seen any other brew stuff in there but thought to post it here for everyone

When I pitched it I kicked off relatively quickly (I nearly had a blow out due to a dodgy airlock). Had a decent krausen form too. Would it be worth pitching more yeast or shod I give it time to settle and try cold crashing / conditioning?

I might not yet. Gonna give it another week and see what occurs

Not daft at all, no I didn't. With my track record it seems like something g I'd do!! :laugh8: Gonna give it another week as is then cold condition and fine it and see where I am before bottling

IT ARRIVED!!! Think I've put it together correctly... Only things I can see that would make it B-Stock are in the next 2 photos Looks like seams on both the inside and outside have either come apart and been fixed or there was an error in manufacturing and correcting it made it...

Extra dark dried malt extract, spot on Muntons beer kit enhancer (I must read up on the abbreviations!!) Could it be the temp I took the OG at? Being the numpty that I am when I added the 'cold' water to make the brew up to 20L (after adding the can and fermentables) I realised near the 18L...

Yeah, that would help wouldn't it... Doh! :tinhat: 18/08/19 Wilko dark velvet stout 500g EDME 1kg BKE 250g Maltodextrin 125g dark brown sugar 125g golden syrup 4 shots very strong filter coffee Brewed short to 20 litres Pitch kit yeast at / fermented at 20°C OG: 1.072/1.074 /1.076 (probably...

Hi all 2 weeks into my brew I've taken a gravity sample which was around the 1.022 / 24 mark from 1.072 / 76ish mark. Need to take another sample to see if it's holding steady. Having never done a stout before I was a bit concerned with how it's looking after 2 weeks. Very cloudy and gravy...

I wish my credit card would stretch that far!! Still as beginner it at least gives me a chance to learn before upgrading In the future.

But naughty not sending an adapter, even some of the questionable electronics I've got from China always bung one in. But at least they saw sense and gave you a fiver back

Think that's the kiddy I've got coming, thanks for the tip athumb.. Now just got to decide what my maiden brew with it will be!

That's good to know! I didn't even think about the plug!! :tinhat: Cheers for that, how are you finding it so far?