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I have been following the recipe by Clibit elsewhere on this forum and I have a question that I can't seem to find an answer for. I have had a couple of go's at this and the result is just so different to the kit beer that I have decided to go down the AG route now. After boiling the wort for...

Hi folks, I've done quite a bit of reading since starting this thread on the basis that a visit to our local brewery got me thinking. And after seeing their fermenters which were open-topped stainless steel bins. I'm going to start a side-by-side comparison test, I have two 5 gallon FV's now...

Hi Herman, FWIW I have brewed using the Clibit all-grain recipe mentioned by Pavros above, I can manage 10 litres final brew, so simply stepped the quantities up to 10 L of beer. If you can, do try it because the difference between all-grain and the kits is amazing - and more importantly if you...

Hi all, sorry I have not bee about to read all the replies, but finally got round to it (or a round tuit!) tonight. Perils of long-haul truck driving I guess. Well, after posting this thread I know now where the missing litre went. My boil-off rate is close to 3.2 litres per hour, where I had...

I was thinking of have some reserve water available, just a couple of litres, so if I was a bit short I just just bring 'er up to volume. @chthon athumb.. thanks for that, you saved me some research, 'cos my next thought was hunting down the physics behind adding water to a solution of water...

... All makes perfect sense. The open FV idea was simply to see if - like the Bateman's open tanks (Yorkshire Squares) - it had any significant effect on the beer in a home-brew situation. I think I feel an experiment coming on here (and risk 5 gallons of beer asad1 ).

Thanks for all your ideas, I'm still reading through your thoughts on this and contemplating possibilities. I'm currently using a sealed container, but I plan on doing a sort of half-way house thing and covering the bin with muslin tied tightly around the lip. This will give access to the...

This thread started out by suggesting using supermarket orange juice to create orange wine. Some few years ago, a small Middle Eastern country got invaded, and the Americans, and the RAF got invited to help out. The base was just outside Riyadh! This being a 'dry' country, a few A-Fits and...

Hi folks, Yesterday was my first go at an all grain brew. I followed the simple recipe I found on here for a SMaSH brew, but doubled the recipe for 10L. Everything went fine until I got right to the end and wondered if anyone can shed a bit of light on this and suggest my next step. I'll explain...

Yorkshire tea, squeeze the bag, no sugar, mere splash of milk! about 30 times a day. It's about 9am and I'm on my third since 8am.

Hiya Clint, Covrich. Thanks for the info. I wondered about boosting flavour and can see that by reducing the volume of water, it will also increase the OG. Eventually I do want to get into all grain, but happy to experiment for now. And thanks for the offer, I'll be back with questions no doubt...

Hi Folks, I'm brewing a "Coopers - Real Ale" and it is now in the barrel. A quick taste as it went in suggested it was quite hoppy and rather bitter and a little on the watery side, perhaps lacking body. I followed the recipe on the Coopers site and did as they suggested with 1Kg enhancer. OG...

Hi all, Thanks for all the replies. Yes, understood Dutto, I wondered about that, 97 DegC. is not a rolling boil. I been talking to an electrician buddy today and he reckons he could add an extra ring from an electric kettle (3Kw) in this boiler to boost things up to a full boil. Obviously...

Hi Guys, This all sounds okay to me. jjsh - Yorkshire squares sounds right, bl**dy great stainless steel square bins 15' deep with a walkway along one side for the curious to ogle at 3 feet depth of yeast krausen (covered in flies during the summer, you should take the tour sometime). And I can...

Hi folks, I have been reading a lot about AG brewing, I have a couple of questions that I can't seem to find threads for on any of the popular fora and you folks seem to be the most competent brewers around on this forum, so here goes. Has anyone on here tried, or regularly use open fermenters...

If it's of any use, I have just made bread using harvested yeast from a Munton's LME kit sludge. I simply mixed 100 ml of settled sludge (the pale yeast bit after settling) with 100 ml warm water, 1/2 teaspoon sugar, 1 teaspoon flour and in about 1/2 hour it should start to foam up. To that...

It's all a case of the liberal society - famed for its ... erm ... liberality? stifling free speech! :rolleyes:

Thanks for the welcome everyone. The Munton's NBA is well on its way and burbling nicely - bit like a kid in an 'Olde sweete shoppe' - is it ready yet? Nice guitar Dunkocaster, gotta assume it's a 'strat'?

Hi everyone, JB here, a retiring truck driver from Lincoln (UK). Complete newbie to brewing, but loads of enthusiasm to drink beer. Anyway, I had some old brewing stuff kicking about in the shed, an FV and a pressure barrel (mis-spent youth experimenting with lager); and a coil of copper pipe...