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Loads cheaper, my beers for AG 500 ml bottle cost 15-25p to make, cheapest beer is probably carling or similar at 50p a can, more expensive beer can be £4-£5. One of my favourite beers is la chouffe, for a 330ml bottle you won’t get much change from £4, I can replicate that at home for maybe 30-40p

Did you pour it all away? You say it didn’t taste too bad. Could you leave it in the fridge to drop everything to the bottom and be careful when pouring to leave the crap in the bottom

I live north east and we get Northumbrian water. Where do you live? I sent my water off about a year ago for a report. Happy to send this on to your if or any use. I’m assuming there won’t be much change to the water profile since the report was done

that’s a great idea, I once asked a pub to save their bottles for me which they agreed, it was surprising how little bottles they went through though, so got some from them but not loads

Is there a benefit to having dead space? The false bottom sits directly over the hole in the base, the diameter of the false bottom is about 30cm and the mash tun is 50cm, with it been slightly conical it creates a seal, if I put it on bolts it will allow the grain to get under it. Don’t have...

Yes it was really good, quite a bit different to his other stuff. One of the few things me and the wife agree on watching together

That’s cool, although why do you need to use the marbles if you have a grain bag? I’m probably missing something!

Will this work? I have a 100L stainless steel tank, it has a very slight conical on the bottom. I used it previously as a fermenter, but decided to see if it will work as a mash tun. It Has a centre hole in the base with a 1” ball valve with a reducer on to 1/2” hose tail, and a sample tap on...

Well me and the wife have got quite into this been making a loaf everyday since I started some days 2, the starter is definitely active, big difference between one week and now. Many thanks for posting this it’s been very useful. my wife is of the opinion that after we have taken out 50-60g of...

One thing that would speed the process up is a quicker flow rate from the plastic fermenters. If there was a big tap on reckon this would speed the whole process up. Does anyone know if you can get bigger taps?

Anyone used one of these or similar and would it be any good? https://www.brouwland.com/en/our-products/winemaking/bottling/bottling-machinery/linear-bottle-fillers/without-pump/d/hobby-bottle-filler-autom-3-heads?gaCategory=search

I’d like to prime with CO2, is the blichman gun quicker how many could you fill in a minute. Would you need to cap quickly to stop Co2, escaping? This may be obvious but never looked into doing it this way

I want to look at conical fermenters in the future but they are quite expensive. Is it a stainless steel one you have? Do you batch prime under pressure? Do you use priming sugar or Co2?

my friends dad used to drink a lot of bottled beer, so I would get a lot from them, however they would be left in the recycle box, un-rinsed some with mould! I’m not ungrateful without his bottles I wouldnt of been able to bottle so much

ive been practising with some recipes, my mash tun is too big, I can get a lot of grain in there, so I did a big batch and separate boils. It was far too much work and effort so don’t think I will be doing it again in a rush, I had 2 boil kettles in the go and ran them each 3 times. I will...

Bench cappers are great, my bottles are different sizes so put them in order of the same size, did them adjusted the height of the capper and continued. I timed I could do about 5-6 a minute. ive got a bottling wand but found it took slightly longer that having a small tap on the end of the...

I only ever rinse after use, or day after. Rarely use a brush on them, then put them on a shelf in the garage until I come to use. I then rinse them with steriliser using a bottle rinsed and putting them on a bottle tree, I can do about 80 bottles this way in less than 15 minutes. Definitely a...

How long does it take you to bottle, and how can I speed it up 2 days ago I bottled 120 litres, from 6 batches, I didn’t start until 10pm,did priming sugar, sanitised bottles, transferred into bottling bucket, capped with bench capper. Finished at 5am. I know I could of done some of it the next...

It’s going to be a long night! I’m only halfway through my first batch. But I’ve got a beer to take away the pain