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I’ve not used build your own recipe before just order all from the Malts page. Sounds like it will make some decent stout/porter recipes. Adjust your grain bill to get the desired OG/ABV and then take a look at the style guide for porter/stout/imperial stout to give yourself a starter for ibu...

Brew 5 Promised I wasn’t going to do another brew for a couple of weeks on Sunday. had a spare evening on Monday so cracked on with a summer lightning clone recipe adapted to my kit. All went very well, cooled to about 35C again, I seem to struggle to get it below this in the water bath in...

Good going! Once you’ve got over 10kg in the basket the delivery seems more reasonable!

Also should have said, batch number 1 pictured is “Mosaic SMaSH” and batch number 5 is a summer lightning clone

And I can recommend the service and prices from get er brewed

Bare in mind I’m only on my second AG brew but I’ve put these two together from other recipes online, scaled to a final volume in FV of 8L I bought myself 5kg each of Maris, pilsner and Vienna, and a kilo of cara malt and cara wheat, and 6 different hop varieties. Plan is to play with the...

After a week in the bottle I couldn’t help but crack a bottle of brew 1 to see how it’s doing, the coopers brew a ipa. nicely carbonated, a little sweet but not as much as the sample jar at bottling time. A bit of a dryer finish coming through. I’ve gone from thinking this one will be a dud to...

ITC-308 just purchased to go in a fermentation chamber (old fridge). Haven’t bought the heating element yet as it’s “supposed” to be summer but it would be really handy at the moment!!

Brew 4 is AG number 1!! Went for a simple mosaic smash. All went swimmingly, took about an hour to cool to 35C in a water bath, at which point i poured to a Pyrex FV, and then took a further 3 hours to cool to 28C!! Lesson learnt. Target was 1.048 and I hit 1.041 for about 64% BH efficiency...

In terms of coffee beans, I buy a lot from rave, and I like that the packaging is compostable and the little metal clips that they attach the card to are so bloody handy to have on hand, I never seem to have enough of them!

If the gaggia isn’t yo your taste how about a la pavoni lever machine, I believe they go from about £250 second hand

Just an FYI on pre ground vs whole. If you wish to use a machine with an unpressurised basket like the flair then you will need to grind your own, it just won’t work with pre ground.

I’ve got a used gaggia classic, look for a pre 2015 and expect to pay about £150. If you can find one with a pid controller already installed then great. you need to budget for a decent grinder as well, check out the mignon at black cat coffee for about £350 or for a used grinder look for a...

And it should look like a regular store bought cap

Try again, put safety glasses/gloves on if that gives you the confidence to go for it. It took a lot more than I thought it would to cap a bottle first time!

That’s great thanks for the info will give it a few trial runs before serving to the family

Thanks Foxy, so allow it to condition in something else? Or rack straight from FV into it?

Thanks guys for the info. Really hoping to find someone who’s tried serving from one, as apart from treating it like a plastic growler, i.e. basically just for serving pre carbonated beer that goes flat in a day, I can’t see how to use it.

I’ve got the rubber from the plastic tap which doesn’t seem to smell. Will look for a cork one though for maximum authenticity!

Having started brewing recently, I have been gifted my great grandfathers ceramic beer barrel, that he used regularly to serve his beer at home (probably mostly home made from what I know of him) I’m looking for some advice on how to use it. I’m guessing it’s not going to hold pressure. Am I...