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I think the key is the residual sweetness, which coupled with the possibility of coller temps and the look of it would suggest to me that it hasn't finished fermenting. It would be good to rouse it (I just sterilise a stick and give it a good stir) and keep it at a warm temp for another week or...

OK, thanks for that - will give it a go.

Hi all I have a 42L batch which currentlyhas a strong acetaldehyde taste - without prompting my wife asked why the beer smelled of apples. Some background before the questions... The brew is a pale ale, 1.052OG, mostly pale ale malt with a little caramalt plus handfuls of crystal and...

Would the March May pumps also benefit from a bypass loop, or is it OK just to throttle the outlet with a ball valve :wha: ? I have a vague recollection that magnetic drive pumps were fine with throttling on the outlet valve as the magnetic coupling simply breaks and re-engages without...

OK, I found Aleman's excellent femtocopper how-to and I can see what I need to do in order to attach the wiring and then waterproof the housing. Thank you Aleman. I went ahead and ordered the pigtail element and am hoping that it doesn't heat all the way down to the nuts as I am a little...

thanks periolus. Seems rude not to reply in kind. Just hired an Eastern European cleaner. It took her five hours to Hoover the house. Turns out she was a Slovak. I thank you......

Sorting out the heating element for the HLT is the last thing standing between me and a working brewery (ignoring the not inconsequential job of actually bolting it all together :whistle: .... I think the pigtail element looks like the best option, but have a couple of questions. The HLT is a...

well I did try to buy alu version, but they are withdrawn at the mo, so have gone for the shiny kit. :thumb:

Thanks for all being so helpful on a newbie's first post! :clap: I might follow Springer's route and try to keep the cost down by going alu rather than stainless. So easy to get seduced by the shiny kit. As it is I have been banging my head on the wall with learning how metric pipe sizes are...

Hi I am setting up a nano brewery with a friend and have successfully bought everything I need, but I am really struggling with sorting out how to do the quick connects for the hoses. We are using 1/2" tubing and have a March May pump and my ideal would be to be able to quickly clip/unclip the...