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Well that went pretty damn well. I prefer the result over beer kits. This becomes a norm for me now; filling the gaps between AG. It's right to say it's quite dry; a sharp bite. But I do prefer dry white wines over sweet, so the bite is OK. I did some practice on back sweetening (in the glass...

I thought of one piece of advice. Don't cut the seal on the vertical side like I did, cut through the bottom horizontal instead, like Martin did. Why? Because the inner magnetic strip wants to fall out if you do it my way. I solved it by shoving some glue up, but not ideal. One advantage of my...

Yeh, I worried about that comment after I had screwed the heater into the base. I guess the screw holes are so small and tight that it won't attract anything bad. But eye on it, and will seal it up hard if anything starts to smell. More to do with lazyness than anything, I decided to be your...

If it makes a difference to the advice, those shelf supports are molded, as foxbat says. There is no screwing or gluing there. If they were going to fail, then the side of the fridge would have to shear apart. They seem pretty rigid to me; no give whatsoever. But you know, you've got me worried...

Thanks Chippy. I showed my dad yesterday and he said the same thing. I thought they'd be OK, but now 2 people have said the same thing. Looks like I should add some support there then. Shouldn't be too hard, just a plank screwed vertically either side. Thanks.

I use mine for circulation of ice water, from a bucket where it sits, through my immersion chiller. I just had to buy a new one and immediately set to work to prevent what killed the first. You'll see a small nick in the cable, just as it comes out of the body. As this sits in water, I won't be...

And we are away. Turbo cider in for a cold crash (19l secondary). I'm really not a handyman, but I managed to cobble something together from a pallet I had in the garage. I was a bit worried about using only 1 plank, so I glued and screwed 2 together. The lower one is only adding rigidity, as...

Thanks everyone. That was pretty conclusive. And it never occurred to me that one day I might increase my brew volume. So naturally I took your advice. 35 quid. Just a few small adjustments and we are away.

Hi guys. I'm about to buy a second hand fridge to convert into a fermentation chamber. I already have a 45W tube heater and an Inkbird. There aren't too many good looking local options, but I did see some on offer just a few minutes drive away. The only thing is, they are quite large; 1.8m...

Sample tried. Sits at 1.006, which is a bit of a surprise, as the mash temp was 67. With the wort alone, that would make it a 5.4% ABV. I guess it's about 6% then; difficult to know exactly what the cherries brought. The alcohol comes through too clearly in the sample. I'm no expert on wheat...

Ah I see, clarity. Yes I have noticed some protein carry over in my starters (to date I mashed specific to create starter wort). Hadn't worried about it, but I should keep an eye on clarity. I'm resistant to pay a super high price for spray malt when I'm cheaply creating oodles of wort in any...

Reduction &/or higher SG creation and later watering down is an interesting concept. The amount of reduction we are talking about here is nothing like they do for kits, plus we'll have real hop profile. I doubt reducing from 30 to 24, then watering back, would hurt an AG. But I'm no expert, just...

A bit of a blog. Maybe I pass on some motivation; maybe you can give me more ideas. I have a 36 quart or 34 litre mash tun in which I batch sparge (normal batch sparge, so double water load passed through). I have a 40 litre to the brim boiler, but 38 litre to the handle screws (practical limit...

OK, so finally it seem like I was on the right track after all. So a higher mash temp in the same recipe, all else equal, should in theory leave more residual unfermentable sweetness and thus higher FG. As it turns out, I have a brew on which is an almost identical copy of the same I've done...

1 week in secondary.

Westmalle Tripel #2 in progress. #1 was a HUGE success with everyone who tried it, most importantly, me. Last time I substituted some hops from the recipe I'd found, so this time round I'm following the recipe. I have a feeling it won't be as good this time round, as trying to top the last one...

I just found a link... https://www.balliihoo.co.uk/clear-plastic-fermenter-with-tap-275-litres-p-1162.html

That's a very interesting comment, and probably set me off on a whole new adventure.

No not a fermonster. I was about to say same sort of thing, but I guess that depends on the material. I just picked them up from the local store. I've been in a few shops and they often seem to have this type. I have a feeling that they are primarily intended for wine, but I always wanted a...

Wheat beer, soon to be cherry wheat, and cider...