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Cheers mate 😀

No, unfortunately

Bearing in mind that you would have to step up your starter at least twice, I would say 1.5 to 2 litres. So you would start with a say 20ml starter of 1.020 wort and then step it up to 150 to 200 ml starter of 1.040 wort and then step that up to 1.5-2 litre of 1.040 wort. That should give you...

Those figures are generic and are based upon a 3 vessel system and there is usually a lot more wastage in terms of water in a 3 vessel system than a BIAB one, due to dead spaces in the mash tun etc. The chances are you will probably over shoot your volumes with that amount, but to be honest you...

I usually mash for 60 mins, but it's not gonna cause any much harm if you were to leave it for 90. It's usually the mash temp that drives body of your wort and length of mash doesn't have as much of an impact in that area as mash temp does. Or at least that's my understanding of it. Dont...

I've just had to replace all my beer lines in my in my kegerator. Even though I always cleaned my beer lines in between each brew, as I got into the habit of cleaning them when I cleaned my keg. However, I found that no matter how regularly I did it I still had a build up a residue inside the...

Hi All I recently bought a 24kw heating element for my kettle, from a home brew website and after only a few brews I have noticed a black reside has appeared by the around the element and the solder on the element appears to have blackend. I have taken the element out of my kettle to have a...

64 bags, wow I was not expecting that as a answer, best start saving my pennies :)

Loving your work guys, looking to do something similar myself, but slightly smaller, around 12x8ft. Do you mind updating how many bags of concrete you needed to complete your foundation. Cheers

On occasion when I've clogged up my tap with hops I use a large sieve, that I have soaked in sanitizer, to separate the wort from the hops. I have to do a couple of passes as the sieve fills up, but I've never had any issues with infections doing it this way.

It's my understanding that it is cheaper to use electric, as you are directly heating the water as opposed to heating the container which in turn heats the water. I don't know the maths behind it though so cant confirm if that is true. But to be honest I think it may be a culture thing. When...

You can but it's a pain, as Clibit has pointed out you can try and minimize the amount of sediment that accumulates at the bottom of you bottle by tweaking your process. You can by tops for your bottles whereby you store you bottles upside down as it conditions and the sediment collects in the...

Fantastic, at least it's a start. Lets give it a couple of weeks and take it from there :)

When in doubt get rid, How much does a new FV cost you against the total cost of a lost batch? What type of FV is it, the standard bucket?

To all those in and around the area of Ormskirk Is anyone interested in setting up a homebrew club or even something as simple as monthly pub meeting to discuss any topics relating to beer, wine or mead. Absolutely no idea on what needs doing or any other finer elements of getting this off the...

I've finally got my trellis up and my hops in the ground, still have a bit of work to do in terms of weeding and removing the bushes and possibly even planting some companion plants to help with the pests. But at least I have my hop garden up and running. Hop Garden EKG [/URL][/IMG]...

Hi Mate I use this link, which makes it easy. Only issue is it limited to 6 types of grain. http://www.brewersfriend.com/brewhouse-efficiency/ Also John Palmer talks about it here much better than I ever could. http://www.howtobrew.com/section2/chapter12-5.html Good luck Neil

The problem is your guessing your efficiency, so you are never gonna know until you've done a couple of brews and calculated your true efficiency. Personally I would start lower at 70% and take it from there, but that's me in my brew house. Just out of interest a friend once told me that you...

Hop and grape, good choice, I've also emailed Norma Felton, thanks guys :)

Thanks Mate, but Malt Miller is the same, it only has limited stock when it comes to range :(