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When I bought a pump I also bought an inline filter. However I found that it clogged very quickly so I use the pump without it now. If I am using whole hops in the boil I use a mesh "bazooka" filter to avoid clogging the pump. But when using pellets I remove that because the debris is fine...

I feel for you. If someone makes an unbreakable hydrometer they'd make a fortune.

Thanks, looks good. I am thinking of trying this one: 8mm Alloy Inline Fuel Filter See Through Glass CNC Machined Silver Motorsport Offroad https://amzn.eu/d/1kJ5xsS The pick up pipe in my Grainfather conical FV is good but occasionally chunks of yeast get through if it's a larger brew, or hop...

Same... I use camlocks. The annoying part for me is that there's always a bit more wort or water that will drip out and makes a mess.

Looks nice although it says aluminium not stainless steel. Is it food safe?

Nice 🙂 Is the trubtrap a home made thing? You said you sanitise the CFC by circulating through it at the beginning of the boil, right? Presumably not including the hop rocket?

Might need 2 spoons or split between bags with a spoon in each, depending on how many hops you have. It's surprising how buoyant hops can be.

By scrubby do you mean a metal washing up scourer? Any chance of a picture or link to that filter?

I once had a ginger and rhubarb sour. Heavy on the ginger. I generally don't like sour beers and I thought I would not like it but for some reason I did. I am thinking chilli with just a bit of sour might be good.

I have thought about making a chilli sour gose but I am not sure when I will get round to it. Anyone tried this?

I use the cooling water from my CFC for cleaning. Very little wasted.

If that's 4 weeks bottle conditioning then 2 weeks should be enough to have a drinkable brew although it will improve the longer you leave it.

This. It works for particularly stubborn paper still attached to strong glue, or for residual sticky-stuff. Also can remove the codes and/or dates printed directly on the bottle, if you care.

I have never had a problem with these. I use a bench capper now but I don't recall any issue with the 2-handle capper in the past. Of course after removing labels I don't track which bottles were Greene King IPA but I most definitely used some.

I have recently begun using AWS and DWB based on my water report (Anglian water). So far I am happy. But can't help thinking I might be missing or misunderstanding something or many things. My brain stubbornly gets confused every time I try to get into this so I am saving this thread and @peebee...

The Grainfather conical FV works well with a shelf cooler using the Grainfather pump kit. I use it with just water, for ale fermentation temperatures it's fine. The FV is not cheap but after getting caught out by a too-warm ferment in summer 2020 I took the plunge. I think it's pretty...

I prime individually to avoid the o2 and infection risk of another transfer. Also I bottle under gravity from the FV so I would have to lift the bottling bucket up if doing that. Having said that, individual dosing is a pain. But I wanted to ask - do people really measure sugar to the 1/10 of...

I like trying new brews too much to repeat-brew much. I have a golden ale I am evolving but haven't really repeated anything else yet.

The problem with using a barrel and no CO2 is that the remaining beer will probably oxidise after a few days anyway (once you've started drinking it). If you don't want to get into CO2 cylinders then your best option I reckon is bottle-conditioning. As @Jim Brewster said you can add sugar...

I have not tried a low ABV brew yet but the comments here got me searching out of curiosity and I found this: WLP618 NA All Day | White Labs There are a number of links to advice pages on that page too.