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Thanks for the help guys So many different videos online and most of then are for force carbing at very fast rates I had just set it up at 12psi and left the tap open 10 mins ago - have just gone back and dropped it down to 3psi and turned the tap off so im guessing this will be ok? Cheers...

Hi Guys Just about attempt my first keg carbonation and have a couple of stupid newbie questions First really stupid question - Am i correct in thinking the gas bottle needs to be turned on at all times when carbonating the beer - IE set to correct pressure and leave on until beer is...

As far as my list of stupid ideas go this one is probably up the top so bare with me on this one I have a batch of imperial stout that has been in the bottle for over 2 years now and tastes pretty damn good apart from one small thing - No carbonation TBH I just left it and forgot about it...

Has anyone got any tips for this - I make some prety high ABV beers and want to start looking at giving a dose of oxygen a day into fermentation I am wondering if a hand held can of oxygen purchased from Ebay and a carbonation stone attached via a length of tubing is all ill need rather than...

From what I have been told a thinner line to the beer gun helps and also having a second regulator feeding the gas line is supposed to help. also the lower psi in the keg can be a cause of the foaming and fobbing

Would anyone be able to give me some pointers on a keg set up to carb and bottle beer only - no dispense at all it will just be for bottling or canning beer I have watched a multitude of videos on the subject and are well versed on the ins and outs of getting the beer carbonated I just want to...

Its an odd one as we used to frequent our local Brewdog bar quite heavily as always a good choice of our chosen poison (imperial stouts) and even purchased 1 Brewdog share to take advantage of the heavy discount that offers which has paid for itself many times over. Over the past 12 months they...

I drew another sample of mine a couple of days ago as its been in the barrel for somewhere over 3 months now The taste has changed ALOT since I checked it last time and the Bourbon is coming through a lot better now - The taste before it was barely noticeable Heavy vanilla and a nice woody...

Im cooling via heat exchange plate with a chugger pump - I have the hose that feedsback into the kettle up high so it splashes back into the pan. I also gravity transfer into the fermenter and again set it so it splashes heavily. TBH I used to go at it for 10 mins with the electric whisk ages...

Gave mine its 4 weeks since going into the barrel taste test on Sunday and it was tasting great - Am leaving for at least another month though

Hi guys Wondering if anyone can help as this is driving me mad I have had multiple brews stall out when fermenting recently, This never used to happen and it seems to be happening regulary but not on every brew which is making it more confusing I am using different yeasts and it seems to be...

I have a Maxi 110 with a STC 1000 fitted that also controls a IEC connection plug for heating pad I bought it second hand ready built but it is using the standard factory pump to pump fluid around a coil in my 100L fermenter Only issue I have found with it is that the output of the standard...

I put mine in the barrel 2 days ago :) Manged to get the bung to fit in the end as well after a bit of sanding Interesting that you think the flavour has not moved too much - Im thinking what I can put in mine next now lol although ill leave four weeks until i test it i reckon

Did you find the bung for the barrel was too big by a few MM or so as mine is not wanting to go into the hole - will probably go in if i smacked it with a hammer but thought I would ask what yours was like first Debating shaving a bit off it rather than trying to force it in

Thanks for starting this thread I have been looking at getting a barrel to age some stout in and had come accross that site before but noticed the following - "The insides of the barrels have been resaved back to fresh oak and then the barrels have had a medium char/toast inside for...

Hey thanks for getting back to me the side of the pump shows the following - The front of the unit has 4 outlets - the top two point upwards and are what the pipes were connected to when I bought it from previous owner On top of the pump unit there is a round pieces that spins when the...

Hey everyone does anyone know if the recirc pump would be running at all times or just when cooling it required - Have a second hand unit that has been set up for fermentation cooling via a coil in the middle of the ferm tank fed from the top tweo ports on the maxi unit Unit fires up and the...

Just to add a bit more info Have connected all the pipes back up to the fermenter coil and turned the unit on - have taken temp measurements of the water in the tank and set the STC to 8c to see if it cools The compressor has kicked on but nothing is being pumped yet Checked the pipes by...

Wondering if anyone can advise on a MAxi 110 cooler that I have before i start trying to pull it apart I purchased it second hand as part of a package and it was already set up and working as fermentation cooler (although with a rather weird heating system set up with it which i have removed -...

Just to update as it seems I was barking up completely the wrong tree here: I also had another beer in the fermentor BUT used champagne yeast on it - This also stalled (after i posted this thread) at around 8.6% (was supposed to be 15%) So I started to have a bit of a think as obviously...