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I have used a garden shredder for scratting. The shredder I had was very easy to dismantle for cleaning. I used an angle grinder on the blade to remove old rust then coated with vegetable oil to stop rusting again. All the other parts that came into contact with the apples were easily accessible...

I've got some AG ale that I brewed on 21st may and it stopped fermenting sometime over the weekend ( I was away for 4 days). I have not drunk as much of my last brew as hoped and don't have enough bottles and probably won't for a couple of weeks. Should I leave it in the primary, bearing in mind...

Thanks for the advice. There's a good 3/4 inch of yeast settled already but it's very cloudy still. I'll check again Monday with a view to bottling later next week.

I brewed a belgian witbier on Sunday and after an initial vigorous fermentation it has almost come to a halt. It had an SG of 1048 and I just took one at 1010 which was my target for a 5% beer. I have only done two AGs before so am a bit of a novice and they fermented away for a good two weeks...

Update on my mash tun. I tested first with nothing on the bottom, with 5 litres water at 75 degrees. Within half an hour it had dropped to 50 dgeress. Fail. I then stood it on some foil and on a polystyrene plinth. 10 litres of water at 75 degrees, half hour check dropped to 67 degrees, 1 hour...

Will probably attach a bit of foil to the bottom and maybe look at standing it on some polystyrene.

Do you mean insulation? If so, no, I thought the old addage heat rises would mean I wouldn't need to. I have spare foil and bubblewrap but don't want to make it unstable with 5 gallons of hot wort in it.

Just thought I'd let you know about my first attempt at a mash tun. I've done a couple of all grain brews using a friend's set up and have seriously got the bug. Being on a very strict budget I have gone for the cheapest set up I thought I could get away with. I used a 5 gallon FV from Wilkos...

Probably a stupid question but do you mean 10-14 days from the start of fermentation or 10-14 days after signs of fermentation have stopped.

My second attempt at all grain has just finished bubbling in primary after two weeks. Previously I waited 2 days then bottled with priming sugar, as I needed the fermenter for the second attempt. I now have an extra vessel so should I do anything different to improve the final result. Leave it...

I've been given some blackcurrant wine, about 6 gallons of it. It's been sitting in the fruit since it was started last year and I've syphoned it off most of the fruit but still need to strain it a bit more. It tastes ok, lots of the fruit flavours, but not much tannins or body to be honest...

I do have some photos but can't work out how to post them.

Just thought I'd tell you about my first All grain brew that happened at the weekend. I've done a couple of beer kits and a real cider before but thought it was time to progress. A friend helped me alot with both the equipment and knowledge. I wanted to make a beer similar to Badgers Golden...

Thanks for all your great advice. :clap: As it happened the measurements were not too far out and I have bottled it as it is, it was less than a litre under. :D I measured 19 litres exactly in my 2nd FV using a measuring jug and marked it, when I racked it to this it was just under. Now...

I think I'm about 4 litres out. I'd rather it was as close to what it should be as possible as I bought the kit because I love the beer you can buy. So, if I racked into another FV added more water and my priming sugar, gave a gentle stir and then bottled, this would be fine.

I've got a kit of St Peter's IPA in the FV which I thought I'd filled up to 19 litres as per instructions. I now think the measurements on the FV are wrong and I haven't got enough water in there. It's been in there 6 days and I should be bottling tonight. Can I top it up now before bottling, if...

Trust me I'm not worried about addiction, I'm embracing it. I just wanted to get a proper diagnosis :lol:

I've only been doing this for 3 weeks and have already got 20 litres of real cider from apples bottled, 7 litres of brewferm belgian triple 8% kit bottled and 32 pints of St Peters IPA Kit in the fv yesterday. Am I addicted already? I think so. I've only just emptied an fv when I bottled my...

Well, I have bottled the cider tonight. It is still a bit cloudy but I'm not bothered about that too much. I put it in two litre fizzy pop bottles with 3 teaspoons of dextrose. I had a few pints left after i ran out of bottles for drinking tonight whilst watching the football. It tastes really...

I'm currently making my first attempt at cider from apples. I'm a complete newbie so would appreciate some advice. Let me tell you what I've done so far. 4.5 gallons of apple juice, 1060 o.g., which fermented with an airlock for about 10 days before it stopped bubbling I then left it for 5 days...