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  1. MartinF

    Hello from Dusseldorf

    Grüß dich Christoph. Wilkommen an bord. Im Gegenteil, I often brew Hefeweizen, oder Hefedunkelen beers.
  2. MartinF

    Demijohn unable to clean.

    The good old fashioned method that was recommended and that I used to use in my winemaking days, was to swirl a length of lamp chain around with some water or cleaning solution. So you have both mechanical and chemical cleaning methods. It's also good for the arm muscles. For the younger people...
  3. MartinF

    The Wine Loft, St Helens.

    ...and Hi from another ex-Wiganer - in Bristol for the last 35 years. I started my brewing by buying kits from A&B Temple at age 17 in 1971. The kits comprised a bag containing some anonymous kind of grain, a bottle of malt extract, a packet of ancient dried-out, anonymous hops, and a sachet of...
  4. MartinF

    Grainfather G30 - safety valve

    At the risk of going further off-topic (actually, not a risk but a certainty - sorry), the german V is pronounced as the English F, so "Volk" is almost the same pronunciation as English "Folk", but with more emphasis on the "l", whereas the English swallow the "l". Here endeth the lesson.
  5. MartinF

    Grainfather G30 - safety valve

    The german for the English "folk" is "Volk". Not Nazi, just german.
  6. MartinF

    Grainfather G30 - safety valve

    I also removed the ball & spring from my V2 G30 and fitted a quick release recirculation arm. No more blockages at that point, though the pump has blocked up once or twice. However, I have switched on the pump on occasion without the arm attached and without turning the tap off: fortunately...
  7. MartinF

    Live on a canal boat...

    Edited/removed: just realised my reply covered the same points you made! Can't delete posts??
  8. MartinF

    Live on a canal boat...

    Probably because of the cost and effort of administering a charge on a "house" that frequently moves between different adminstrative areas and has no fixed postal address.
  9. MartinF

    Brewbrain gone offline?

    Brewbrain website and Float readings resurfaced at around 20:30 last night. Apparently, from reading a number of online reviews, it's a fairly frequent occurrence but it's the first time it's happened to me in over 30 brews.
  10. MartinF

    Brewbrain gone offline?

    Is anyone having trouble getting readings from your Float hydrometer? Mine stopped recording after 05.30 UK time this morning. Trying to access brewbrain.nl website with a browser and I'm getting HTTP 502 error (bad gateway). I've rebooted my router, tried different browsers, different PCs and...
  11. MartinF

    Greetings from Across the Pond

    There are presently 20 active breweries in Bristol, some of which have their own tap rooms... New Bristol Brewery; Bristol Beer Factory; Left Handed Giant Brewpub; Little Martha; Moor Beer plus a couple already mentioned. The Shakespeare on Victoria Street (not the Shakespeare mentioned...
  12. MartinF

    Confused newbie

    Just wondering what size bottles your 5ml/bottle relates to? Presumably 500ml?
  13. MartinF

    Brewfather targeted gravity Vs actual

    You can go back and manually change the OG figures in Brewfather... So if you've moved on to the "Fermenting" stage, your display will look something like this (Android version).. At the top of the screen, you can see tabs for the four stages - Planning - Brewing - Fermenting - Conditioning. If...
  14. MartinF

    Equipment For Sale 5L Keg tap - free

    I have an ancient (circa 1986) dispensing tap for 5L mini-kegs, bought when I lived in Germany - free to anyone who can make use of it. Just cover the cost of postage - probably around £4.50 - or collect from S Glos. It's probably been used less than 5 times. It requires no CO2 cylinders and...
  15. MartinF

    Its too hot.

    Opposite way round: some railway lines reportedly buckled, and several houses on a street in London caught fire when wildfire from adjoining land spread to the street.
  16. MartinF

    Which acid?

    Phosphoric 75% sold by Get 'er Brewed. Usage rates can be calculated in Brewfather, BeerSmith3, Bru 'n Water, and probably others (Brewer's Friend?).
  17. MartinF

    Iodine test (starch haze)

    I always do an iodine starch test - every mash. I have an old eye dropper... one drop of tincture of iodine in a teaspoonful of mash is sufficient. If there's any starch present, it'll go dark. If not, it'll stay orangy-brown. As others have said, dispose of the sample:you don't want iodine in...
  18. MartinF

    Is it okay to cork and cap a wine bottle?

    I read some time ago that you shouldn't put corks into bottles that have threaded tops for screw caps; the reason given being that the bottle necks are not as strong as on those bottles designed to take corks, so there's a risk of breakage. That said, I've done it and still have a few corked...
  19. MartinF

    My trip to Belgium and the Cantillon Brewery

    We (swhmbo & I) visited de Dolle Brouwers in Esen back in 1992 as the first stop of a 4 day Belgian Beer Hunt coach trip. The two proprietors had bolts through their necks to show how "Doll" they were! Great characters. Based in Bruges, we visited two or three breweries each day, including...
  20. MartinF

    Chocolate Stout Fermentation Stuck

    Sticking at 1016, I'd say it's done. I just kegged my stout at 1020, where it had "rested" for about 7 days. Dark beers don't ferment out anywhere near the calculated attenuation of most brewing software.
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