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Ok here we go. I package most of my beer in plastic pins, so bear that in mind. 1. After secondaty fermentation has completed I cold crash my beer to 5°C and (usually) add auxillary finings. I leave the beer for 1-2 days at this temperature. 2. When I prepare the cask for filling I hammer in...

I am changing the way that I work. I will try and take a picture tonight.

I hadn't thought of using LGP regulators. I normally use a cask breather and find that works just fine but occasionally, near the end of the cask the beer runs out of condition (a lot of head space, a little beer). A LPG regulator might be just the job. Also blood pressure guages could be...

The advice given above seems sound to me but... I cask most of my beer and I usually find that priming is not needed. My last beer had aparrently fermented fully out (according to my iSpindel anyway) and I expected to prime it. After casking and fitting a spunding valve (with pressure guage) I...

I have had a similat problem with cask breathers. I normal disconnect the CO2 when not intending to dispense beer. I discovered the other day that the valves on CO2 cylinders have a double seal. In other works the valve shouldn't leak if fully closed or fully open. If partially open the valve...

I have used Bru'n Water for years. As commented above it is "fiddly" to use but it gives "trusty" results. I was a bit confused about it being very "American" but I assume that is related to the preset water profiles, which I don't use. What it does do well is control the alkalinity of your...

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I wonder how effective a pressure cooker is at sterilizing a plate chiller. A pressure cooker is a similar to displacement autoclave (in other words the air is displaced by the steam). Displacement autoclaves are fine for sterilizing solid objects but much less effective for complex ones with...

I used to recirculate through my insulated mash tun (which would lost about 1C in an hour otherwise) and got a surprisingly large and unacceptable temperature drop. In the end I overcame this by going down the RIMS route. If you find this a problem I would suggest recirculating sparge water...

No and no. How can you question my integrity so??? :twisted: :cheers:

The nice man over at http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/ has published a new book about Edwardian Beer Styles called 1909 You should buy this book because: 1. If he earns lots of money he may buy the beer when I see him next month :wink: . 2. It's pretty good book with loads of data about old...