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2.4KW will be fine for a rolling boil just plugged in to the mains, you may find the controller useful for heating water in an HLT for mash and sparge water, that’s what I use my Inkbird for.

Do they seal nicely, as I will primarily want to fill with beer that has already been primed/carbonated?

I do like the idea of Mini Kegs, and have thought about ditching the PBs and getting at least 4 Mini Kegs in as that would be manageable for my set up in the garage, it is on my radar as with a lot of other stuff. Just mulling over ideas for portability now the so called party season is upon...

Good to know that if I fill one up it should retain at least a reasonable level of carbonation.

I use pressure barrels for my beers at the moment, which is great when I am at home and can pop to the garage for a pint, but very annoying if I am travelling out and fancy taking any of my own beer with me. After looking at a possible travelling solution I came across the idea of using...

I wouldn't stress over the sample, I use a cheap turkey baster that is sanitised like anything else, it slurps up about 30ml at a time so three dips is usually enough to fill the trial jar to around 90-100ml for a test. I test after a week and if it looks pretty much fermented the following...

Ooh yes, tickets bought for me and the two older kids to see it the Saturday morning after release, getting a bit long in the tooth these days for midnight showings.

Yes, I use mine like this, although both cooling and heating are wired I only use the heat side and ambient temperature for cooling at the moment. So cooling switches on when required but there is no device attached. I would have thought though that if you do have a fridge you would still...

Now I may be heading down a world of pain here but is there a pressure regulator set up out there I could use to attach between a S30 bottle and valve on a Pressure Barrel to hold the PB at a constant pressure rather than topping up when I think it needs it. Kind of a poor mans corny set up...

Guess that depends on where the electrical connection is and whether it gets wet from condensation or not, my freezer in the garage always seems to have a wet top. Nothing to be lost by adding a layer between fridge top and heat pad, and maybe make sure the lead droops in such a way that any...

That's what I do in the garage, Brew Belt around both FVs and the ambient for cooling, works well at this time of year. I have one on an Inkbird and one on a home built STC

Run it through BeerSmith with a couple of tweaks, dropped the Fuggles to two additions of 6g and it seems to look like a decent Mild at about 3.1% I may also try and do this one as a short mash\boil experiment and only do 30 minutes for each. Style: Mild TYPE: All Grain Taste: (30.0)...

Well I had a free evening of sorts this evening so I thought I'd have a peak and gravity check a bit early, 5 days into fermentation. Well first up, I need a new trial jar, I bought a large scale hydrometer off the beerhawk sale, yup my jar isn't tall enough. Anyway, old hydrometer in hand...

The figures are punted out of Brewers Friend as I can get to that from this laptop at work, I'll stick it into BeerSmith later and see what I get out.

Thanks any recommendations for a suitable hop for a mild, any amounts, as it looks with what is available for a traditional British Hop that getting the IBUs down I would be adding just a dusting and not much more.

Mine are the pretty much the same as above, I have two FVs in the garage suitable wrapped up but with a Brew Belt around the base of each, individually controlled, one with a home built STC and one using a Inkbird, both holding close to 20C in an ambient of between 7 - 11 at the moment. I don't...

I Have a couple of 20L FVs on the go at the moment, but fancy having a bit of an experiment on the run up to Christmas whilst they are fermenting. How does this sound as a little 5L Stove Top Brew. Title: Stove Topper Mild Brew Method: All Grain Style Name: No Profile Selected Boil...

Home made HLT, Mash Tun & Boiler, not hard stuff but satisfying, STC based temp controller, cheap stir plate, think that's about it so far, but the brain is always ticking over what's next :-)

I only went for some basic supplies at great prices, especially the StarSan, but that keg set up is a bargain, wish I had the money but i imagine it'll be on sale again when I'm closer to running that kind of set up.

A few items off of BeerHawk, thanks for the heads up.