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I went to a "meet the brewer" evening at a local pub a couple of years ago with the head brewer from Bateman's. He said they drew "water" from the well but after they had added their salts and minerals prior to adding to the mash it became "liquor".

Interesting, thanks.

1. Check out this post and this one. 2. Because the sediment consists largely of yeast it will continue to condition and mature your beer and make it taste nicer over time. When you pour the beer, pour it slow and steady (no glugging) and leave about 1cm behind in the bottle for the sediment or...

I liked Labelizer so much I even paid for it! $8 for lifetime membership seemed kinda reasonable ;) I used to use milk but I found I got mould covering all the bottles and the inside of my brew fridges after a couple of months. I wasn't 100% sure it was down to the milk but I've replaced it...

Has anyone thought of using a bag in their fermenter to help filter out the trub before bottling (if you have a tap at the bottom)? Don't know why I hadn't thought of this before.

Hope you give us step by step progress!

Yes, I agree. I think a constant 25C wouldn't do it any good, I was thinking about peak temperature.

BUGG3R indeed! I managed to get through to the Parcel Force MK depot this morning and they have lost the 25kg box, they suggested I contact the seller and ask for a refund. Just sent my second email to them hopefully they will get back to me as they are not answering the phone :( On a happier...

Thanks for the heads up! I broke our one last autumn because I tightened it too tight and the thread broke so I've been on the look out for another.

Don't know what you mean. The point I was making is that after carbonation it doesn't seem to matter too much about the temperature as long as you keep it below circa 25C. I have had boxes of homebrew in my warm garage throughout the summer and the beer doesn't spoil.

In my experience, after bottling and the carbonation (second fermentation) has been completed (assuming you are not force carbonating) as long as the beer remains below circa 25C it will last quite well for six to eight months though the flavour profile does change over time. Only beers > 7%...

Virgin Mobile use EE for their mobile phone infrastructure so how that will work will be interesting.

So the saga of my BrewUK order from the 6th April continues. The parcel was finally received by the Milton Kenyes depot on the 30th April and now they've lost it:( Who knows what will happen now...

This is certainly a quirk of the system. When it starts boiling you have to hold in the left and right buttons at the bottom of the controller for a couple of secs until the display flashes, then press + a couple of times and leave it. You don't have to press Start or anything. If you don't do...

Ah, thanks for the link:) However, after reading all the posts I am still none the wiser!

For years the canned kits have had the "homebrew" taste to me. I was never able to pin down whether it was the yeast that came with them or the extract. However, a friend has just started extract brewing and the that taste is hardly noticeable, if at all. Maybe they have improved them or maybe...

But doesn't the ambient temperature vary quite a lot? I had to build some brew fridges because there was nowhere in the house, shed or garage where the temp didn't wildly fluctuate througout the day.

Just got an email from BrewUK. Gotta feel for them, shame it didn't come out earlier. "Sorry for the delays in despatch and the lack of customer service response in recent weeks. We've tried to continue to operate as best we could so that customers could continue to place orders albeit with...

As someone mentioned your local Heart Foundation shop will be good as you get a guarantee. I picked up one for £40. The other three I have I got from my local Freecyle. Add a tube heater such as this one and an STC or Inkbird. The STC is cheaper but by the time you've added the sockets, cables...