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That's sounds good, how did you do the infusion? :cheers:

I clean my FV's with diluted bleach and a nylon brush, no scourers it's the area where the Krausen sits, kinda like a rough matt finish to the plastic as apposed to a "Deep" scoring.

Too true :D couldn't help thinking " well Jamil you probably get yours free!!!" :tongue:

Not on call this weekend so the 1st beer is going down well, Tonight's brew is 1/2 pint Citra gold 7.3% topped up with Galaxian smash 4.3% have a good weekend all, :cheers: :thumb:

Hi all, After listening to a brew network episode about fermenters, they said they change their FV buckets every 5 brews, now I'm still using my originals from last year roughly FV #1=10 brews & FV#2= 5 brews. I'm fastidious with my cleaning regime but now I've looked FV#1 is looking a little...

Also you want it a bit warmer so the Co2 pressurises your barrel , personally I would go for the cellar if the temp isn't too high, what temp is your cellar? You could then transfer to a cooler place for serving at Chrimbo :thumb:

Ah I see, my wife uses adobe CS suite for her job as a DTP, not allowed to touch her Mac at home :?

Bit of a tardis this log store, it managed to swallow 1.75M3 of logs! Well chuffed should last a week or too! :cheers:

Monte-Cristo , what software do you use to create your labels? :cheers:

Just leave it on the surface , put your autosyphon or what ever you use into the brew and get it transferred. The less you interfere with a fermented beer the less chance of introducing unwanted bacteria. :cheers:

+1 to following Stu's guide , I printed it out and had it next to me during 1st AG brew although I did change the recipe to a HopBack Summer lightening clone :cheers:

All kits can be dry hopped,as it is done after primary fermentation. It's a good idea to use 20g of your hop in a pre sterilised muslin bag, you can buy these from most suppliers, I sterilise it by boiling in some water with a couple of stainless steel nuts to weight the hops down. If you don't...

+1 to PD's comment , you really don't want an airtight FV :cheers:

+1 to water bath with aquarium heater, Buy a plastic trug from a hardware store and use an aquarium heater 100w and buy a thermometer with a probe About £5ish. Make a very weak bleach water solution and use this in your trug to prevent bug growth. Put your FV in the trug surrounded by the...

:shock: wow, life flash before his eyes I bet!

Just seen this :clap: :clap: fantastic what a great story to be able to tell people! :cheers:

Try removing the flexible white washer/ ring from your pressure cap and soaking it in just boiled water, it's should reshape and remove any indents from previous use, refit with just a thin smear of Vaseline. It should seal nicely then :thumb:

+1 to rice hulls comment, no need if not using wheat as I understand. I bought oat husks before my 1st wheat beer last year, finally chucked them away out of date this week as they were still unopened! ;)

Try this on Jims: http://www.jimsbeerkit.co.uk/forum/view ... =3&t=50442 :cheers:

That beer is great on its own, I was lucky enough to be given some last week. Very nice malty brew :cheers: