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The blowtie would be set to relieve at basically atmospheric, making it a one way valve. I see there is potential for CO2 to dissolve into the wine but I don't see how that's any different from an airlock that's been appropriately filled with sanitising solution, the pressure build up in a...

No offense taken Mash, you've been incredibly helpful on previous posts of my own so I do appreciate your advice and input. As with yourselves also Nick and Ankoú. I'm a newcomer to this side of things so I appreciate you both also have the experience and knowledge in this process. It really is...

Hello Mash! I've made a 6 bottle beaverdale kit and a mead before and both came out well but curiosity is nipping at me surrounding this one. Have some Na-Meta and K-Sorbate on hand I do very often see this type of response but I've not actually seen or come across anybody doing it so I'm...

So done a bit more digging and came across the SDS for the product. Used the CAS-no from that to compare it against BOC to see what applications they use the same product for and it appears that it should be suitable for what I want to use it for... Guess I'll come back with an update once I...

Hello all One of the things I'm keen on getting into on my homebrew journey is wine making. Specifically using a closed system such as a pressure fermenter to do so. I've seen several posts about and pretty much all of them are saying that it isn't overly practical and CO2 is something that...

When you say silicone in the probe, do you mean to coat the entire probe in silicone and slide it down until it bottoms out? This way the silicone will act as the medium to transfer the readings to the probe?

My issue with doing it dry is that the fluctuations in temp when dry cause the heater to come on and the cooling to come on too which means that the true temp may start to drift or vary. With it being two different conditions I'm unsure how much I could continue to trust a dry well now I've seen...

Hello all Recently installed a thermowell to my 30L allrounder after I finished a temp chamber build. Doing a water test in it and noticed that I was getting around a +/-0.5°C sway on my temp readings. I have a RAPT Temp Controller. After some discussion with the ones in work they asked what...

Awesome thank you very much!

That is bloody cracking that!! If you don't mine my asking, what is the height of the T piece when it is attached and in use compared to that of a Ball lock post?

No worries! that would really be dependent on the size of the fridge I suppose... in my case, only the 4L Wouldn't really be something I could imagine doing though unless I had a specific purpose for doing so. Would it be for storage purposes? A 2kg cannister of CO2...

This is currently how I'm running with it. (See attached) Waiting on some Blowtie diaphragm spunds to arrive as this spring one has shown to be incredibly unreliable. Good shout about the float hose, I hadn't thought about that.

I thought it worthwhile giving another update as this fermentation temp chamber has been a bit of time in the making. I believe I have finally finished it and will be doing a test with water to get my temp controller settings down to a fine art while I wait for my other items to arrive from...

I have a bit of a strange setup with mine. Im using a sodastream on the Kegland MK4 Reg with the ***deluxe*** sodastream adapter. Please note the emphasis I am putting on the deluxe adapter. I tried the normal adapter that arrived with the reg from BKT not thinking much of it when I ordered it...

Yeah I cleaned up and finished the transfer anyway. Got about 6L of the beer into the 8L keg. Done a bit of a force carbonation and actually over carbed the beer to my dismay so wasted a bit more trying to get it back out of solution. Once I found the middle ground though it ended up working out...

This is more of a vent than a discussion but feel free to jump in if you wish to discuss or jest Boy oh boy did I only go and do it. The first ever all grain lager I brewed was packaged lovely in a 20L oxebar keg with a constant 15psi on it for carbonation. Every once in a while giving it a...

Back again after a small hiatus. I'm finishing up my fermentation chamber (finally) and the small fan I have is not going to be suitable. It was just a usb fan that was either on or off and I think I'd prefer a PWM fan. Bit stuck for what to get though. Thinking about this group of options...

To keep everything on the one place I thought I'd give a quick update. Have built a fermentation chamber. Got a Kenwood KUL55X23 new from Curry's for £149. Using a tubular space heater and a RAPT Temperature controller. I have a small fan somewhere around the house so will incorporate this in...

I'm with you now, I had a feeling that's what you meant but couldn't really be 100% sure. Appreciate the advice!

No access to running water and waste so water and waste will be transported in and out via jerry cans. Don't see any way round it as I'm in the top room of a terraced house. It's just a bedroom that I've turned into an office/work space. For the wine making I'll definitely be getting the 23L PET...