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Prosecco is made with a specific process, carbonated and then bottled. I've never tried it but you should be able to do the same with a beer gun. If you're not bothered about sediment then bottle priming will give you fizzy wine but as you say, it will finish dry. Killing off the yeast, pressure...

So nearer 50% than 25%? Tbh, that sounds like too much inaccuracy, with everything disconected is the needle going back to zero or its stop if it has one? 10% inaccuracy would be fairly common, 20% excessive but not unheard of but 50% isn't really possible with a gauge that appears to be working...

Interested! You struck gold with those kettles and the fermenter looks really impressive.

If it's still under guarantee then I'd definitely try to get it replaced under warranty, a manufacturer will probably only be paying about 2 quid for a gauge so it's no big deal to them and 3 psi is over 25% inaccuracy if charging to 11psi. The may argue it got a knock at some point, shocks can...

Yes, gauges are often out by quite a lot and can drift quite a bit as they get older, a good quality replacement should cost less than a tenner. Personally I wouldn't bother changing it as it sounds like you have an easy way to double check the reading and if it's consistantly out by 3psi then...

Bit of a backlog for this list: 3x 12l batches of stouts, 36l 4x 12l batches of red and 1x 17l, 65l 4x 12l of blond and 1x 17l, 65l 2x 12l batches of redish beer to use up old malt, 24l 190l total, plus 13083 is... 13,273l

17L of red beer. Not sure what style it fits with, the aim was to make something suiting red crystal malt for the home brew company (Red Crystal 340 EBC WHOLE 500g (Fawcett)). First attempt used 90% minch pale, 7% red crystal and 3% rolled oats, the oats and red crystal worked really well...

You can also post-dilute. I mostly use a 15L pot too, usually 12L batches but for the last brew I increased my grain bill and hops by about 50% (not exact, mash efficiency and hop utilisation drops so some tweaking is needed). That gave me an 18L batch from a 15L pot and some folks go much...

I just run my leads between the door seal too, taped them to the fridge so they don't fall down into the hinge when the door is opened and they never give any trouble. It's easy to drill a hole in the side and pass the wires through instead, unplug it first just in case there are wires...

I think a lot of folks use a sugar solution and a Calpol dosing syringe, never tried it but sounds like a good method. If you've access to a 3d printer it's easy enough to print scoops of different sizes, a printed funnel made for the shape of the bottle neck comes in very useful here too. (ABS...

Maybe, but probably not so consistently chronic.

Yes, or a bottle of water, bit of copper, anything to act as a thermal mass and smooth out any erratic readings. 1 deg C range should be easy to get, 0.6 deg would be the minimum possible in the settings and I think that works for most folks.

Sample temperature, hydrometers are calibrated to a certain temperature (20 deg C in my experience) and won't read correctly when the sample is hotter/colder, the reading needs to be adjusted (plenty of calculators online) if the sample temperature was different to the calibration temperature...

Accurate fermentation temperature control is a big step in the right direction. A quality fermentation vessel is a step up but accurate mash temperature control would be next imho. EDIT: Don't hesitate to get an Inkbird or even a few of them, they're one of those really useful things that you...

Are you sure about those ABVs? Did you correct for temperature and/or take a sample when it was well stirred? They seem awfully low, I'd be very surprised at a kit having an SV of only 1.022 and your true SV should be very close to what the kit specifies.

Try some local hydraulic suppliers, they probably wont have exactly what you're looking for but most good ones will be able to make it up and charge you about the same as they would for an off the shelf fitting (takes less than 5 minutes to make with a standard size pipe and a bsp tap).

Lol, keep upping that gravity and your fermenter's going to turn into a black hole! Looking forward to hearing how this turns out, if it's undrinkable then maybe add some stone chips and pave the driveway with it ;) Fwiw, I'd almost totally ballsed up a blacker than black stout recently (but...

It's their Hooks Head Pale malt, branded 25kg bag so I'm fairly sure there was no mixup at the HBS. I'd expected a bit better efficiency after reading through a thread on it here but the 14% jump took me totally by surprise. My previous batch was BEST Pale and I'd had it more than a year by the...

Probably totally unsuitable but the last time I was in Lidl they some garden hose flow meters that looked like they could come in useful. Solid plastic with quicklock hose fittings and I'd be surprised if the body wasn't food grade but no idea on the internals, accuracy, etc.

It should be fine, 2 days to get going isn't unusual but imo it's probably already started but the lid is leaking. You've got a tap on the bin? A hydrometer will tell you more than the airlock, if you want to be sure take a reading and see if the gravity is dropping. Not sure about using the bin...