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Great isn't it. I've never before in my life bought Guinness and been disappointed.

Rince Cochon Blonde, really only to get a new glass, this one with a pig moulded into the stem. It's OK, better than the 38 on ratebeer suggests. A strong Belgian Blonde, with a back-end light touch of Saaz (my guess anyway). And now, I'm trying my first AG Guinness (Wheeler) side by side with...

Hi Steve. Can you fill us in on your portable RO please? I've been thinking about one, but find information hard to come by. Your water-in looks like it's coming through the window?? What is your unit brand and price? And any idea what the on-cost is likely to be for filter replacements? Thanks.

I resurrect an old thread of mine for it's original purpose. The intent was it be sort of my own "snug", in that I can just ask random questions instead of starting a thread for every question. It threw a few people, who started discussions as if we were in a bar :grin: Anyway, my random...

I've noticed recently that the kegs have a rudimentary pressure gauge. A day after you have kegged, the plastic stopper in the bung recedes back into the bung a bit. Not much, maybe less than a mm, but enough to feel it when you rub your finger over. Then at some point during the carbing...

I recently decided to switch down from 75 minute boil to a 60 minute. My decision was based less on time saving and more on improving my beer. I find my beers have a salty touch and I'm working through a few possible remedies. I'm aware my water is on the upper end of the minerals, and my...

If all goes well, it should knock your socks off. In my case it didn't work out quite like that. Although I'd put a lot of time into the planning, even water treatment, my first few AGs were astringent. And that even after confirming temps, pH, final running SG, etc. It was a bit disappointing...

90 minutes seems a lot, for batch sparging anyway. Speed can be variable, depending on crush, water temp, and other things I don't fully understand yet, as it still seems completely random to me. I've never timed it, but I'm thinking each of my 2 batch run-offs takes roughly 15 minutes. It's...

Batch sparge. The aim is to get 2 even sized wort volumes out of the mash tun (assuming a single batch sparge). Throw water in for the mash, calculated at a predetermined liquor to grist ratio (as I guess fly spargers do). Then at the end of the mash you top up with whatever is necessary to meet...

Going back a year or so, I listened to a pod cast from the creator. He said they advertise it as a 2 minute action, but "insider information" is that it does the job in about a minute. I've heard many talk about almost instant sanitation, but I'm not sure from where that originated. Even if I'm...

Nice one. Well done. Decided last minute... I think I spent one and a half years planning mine :lol:. Still find it surprising when I see new starters choosing fly sparging. Maybe I was corrupted by American Youtube videos.

My extremely well received Westmalle Tripel clone just ran out. Sad day. But not really, as I can produce it all over again. And again.

OK cheers. Don't think they have a Holland & Barrett in France; it's a challenge to get hold of grain to be honest. But point noted, it doesn't need to be a brew store bought extract. I'll keep my eyes open. About over complicating...just asking. Not really figured out yet whether these issues...

Oh bloody hell, why didn't I think of that :doh: My next brew doesn't need me to propagate yeast, but the one after does (I bought the packs expecting I would be up and running by then). So I'll just create X litres more wort than I need in the next brew, then freeze it up. The...

OK, good idea. 66C and left overnight it is. You mention 1.040 as a target. That being a final target, so my idea of making up a concentrated form, then diluting down, is OK? I quite like messing about with my equipment :whistle: and I'm OK to do one single mash that will probably last me...

I think when you've decided to propagate yeast, the time is mostly in that activity, not a mash that will last me through many propagations. Of course I've not done it yet, but the more I formulate the plan, the more simple the mash part seems. For example, I can mash indoors because I don't...

I'm about to do a mash solely for the purpose of creating wort I'll later use to propagate yeast. It's much cheaper than using powdered malt extract. I thought I'd just run my plan by you in case I plan something daft. I believe best gravity for yeast propagation is in the region of 1.020...

I must have misunderstood my CO2 supplier last time, because I just refilled a 5kg tank, and 10kg of CO2 costs twice as much. I was sure they told me the CO2 is near the same price for 5kg vs 10kg, and you just pay the difference in the tank cost, but obviously not. My 5kg tank refill cost 31.75...

Yes. Give it quite a few days in between to be sure. Done? Recently had a brew that stalled at 1.017, same hydrometer reading for a week. But for some reason, once I kegged it, it started up again and fermented out. Someone here suggested perhaps due to a small introduction of oxygen during...

Bloody more expensive in French pubs. Last Guinness I bought cost 7 EUR, that's 6.40 pounds using today's exchange rate. And that's not even a pint! Damn! So I brewed 40 pints of it for almost exactly the same cost as that one single drink.