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so you dont have any clean water running over the top to drain it you litterally just dunk and drain? never done this sparging thing before so looking at other peoples methods

forgive my ignorance its just im starting my first BIAB in a couple of weeks how do you sparge for a full 20 mins do you mean you leave to drain and sparge every now and again to get the volume of wort u need? Also the hop times do you mean your adding orange peel 10 mins in to the boil or 10...

That looks a good setup. Can i ask is there any particular advantage to cooling the wort quickly or is it just the time and risk of infection. Basically is it worth me making a chiller will it make the beer better or can i just leave it to chill by itself

Morning everyone Ive considered all options and decided ill look into buying a buffalo boiler. Ive read the how to first brew but does anyone know of one that i could revise that uses just the boiler and not three vessels. Hope that makes sense or am i making things difficult and should just...

i cant seem to see the massive gains either but than ive never done an AG so i have no place to say

Im quite tempted by this buffalo boiler by the looks of it thats what i want. no worry for gas in garage and one peice kit. I assume it will stay insualted enough aswell ill try and find the how to for the tap and hop stopper thanks everyone so far and i think 40l would be plenty

That’s the problem I don’t want to go half way if I know im going to end up scrapping it after 2 brews because I want more. To narrow my options down lets say I have £200 im not expecting enormous brand new shiny ss ready made kits but do you think im kind of being a bit optimistic to...

im sure youve heard it all before 'what are the next steps for this amazing hobby -BEER' ive made a few kits and want to move to what ive kind of accepted to be the 'next stage' in brewing and fancy doing a BIAB. I was going to use a plastic FV and attach a kettle element however Im not overly...

ill probably make the kit then trial with water but i have an oldish wine kit fv that seems thick enough and a normal newer ale one too any tips on where to get the bag and tap at the bottom on the side for draining and a hop stopper? I take it the hop stopper is for just that -filtering the...

HI everyone thinking of stepping up a gear and trying a BIAB. I don’t want to have to buy a big new shiny pan and start drilling holes in it if it doesn’t suit me and I end up sticking to kits. My assumption is I will enjoy it but trying to be realistic. I have a spare average size FV (are...

I have two standard kegs never had any problems due to less moving parts basically. As a novice I keep it simple. Clean - Brew - Wait - Barrel -Wait -Drink! How have you attached a hand pump to your keg im really interested in doing this and can't find an answer elsewhere. Sorry to thread jump!

Ive done the coopers stout kit and at LHBS bought a chocolate essence bottle only about a shots worth and tipped it in to the pressure barrel before filling it. I’m a novice so didn’t want to try adding actual chocolate or powder its too risky and essence is basically the oils anyway which...

Hi everyone at this stage im not looking into getting a corny really simply due to the cost and im happy enough with plastic kegs never had one split and carbonation, beer clarity has been fine (fingers crossed) is there any way of adding a hand pump to dispense the beer 9Simply for novelty...

I made a Coopers stout and added chocolate essence to my barrel and its gorgeous. Maybe didnt need the full bottle but its real nice. Just wondering has anyone ever tried using ginger essence or actual ginger in a stout. I dont mean loads just a little im kind of tempted to try it. May just...

Drink the Stout and make another to condition. I made coopers irish left in fv for 1 week (it seemed to have finished after four days) transfered to keg and after 3 days im not kidding its better than guiness. I added a chocolate essence to the keg before hand and its absolutely gorgeous...

Firdt time ive done this one but mine was with half brew sugar and half medium spray malt ye really wouldnt know what difference would be or even if youd notice it. Once done ill update on how it is but impression i get is that everyone loves this kit however theyve done it not seen one bad...

ill keep it simple and use sugar then 100gms seem ok?

Didnt use any treacle just enhancer (cant remember exactly but it was light brown colour - im useless with remembering the important things. So just use 100gms of treacle and forget the sugar?

What can I prime my keg with for this stout. The brew shop told me about 100gms of normal sugar is that ok for my normal plastic keg or should I use a tin of treacle as well as or instead of? Any ideas welcome

Ive added about a third bottle of choc and slightly less of orange essence to the FV before missing and adding yeast first brew of this stout though so ill let u know how it goes i didnt fancy boiling it or getting it hot not that im that clued up but i assume they have an oil in them being an...