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I used to monitor my SmartMeter and compared a BrewDay to the average of non-BrewDays. Average extra cost was about £2.50.

Isn’t nature beautiful?

I had this one in 2021. I blamed it on an infection from some dry hopping with cone hops. I bottled it and it was a bit sour but I enjoyed it. (I quite like sour beers). Some of my pals were less impressed though!

Yep. It makes capping much simpler.

About half & half, bleach & water. I give them a few shakes over the 24 hours.

My stock of sorted bottles. The IKEA bag has the most common size.

I’ve been bottling today, so my thoughts: Always rinse well after finishing a bottle. Occasionally friends return bottles that haven’t been rinsed and contain a bit of accumulated crud. 24 hours with a bleach solution fixes this (followed obviously with an extra, extra rinse). On bottling day...

Just a gentle bump, in case anyone can help with these two questions.

👍🏾 I got these from Toolstation.

I recently bought 2kg of caustic for £12.97 from craftovator.co.uk

Having read the recent post by @Hazelwood Brewery about his deep clean, I have had a go at cleaning my grain basket & hop spider. Both were discoloured with an accumulation of hop & grain debris. I give them a good clean after each brew but they have gradually got worse. Lots of gunk came out...

Thanks both.

My Punk IPA recipe calls for some whirlpool hop additions. What temperature should I reduce the wort to after the boil to add these hops?

Thanks NB. Probably good advice. A bit of a goldfish moment as well. In the “Similar threads” below, I seem to have asked the exact same question last May. 😖😳😂

It’s a bit of a monster. 16kg of malt (as well as the Carafa) to brew 20 litres. I have to do two separate mashes to fit it in my equipment. Target OG is 1.130 - 1.134, though I don’t think I’ll achieve that.

I’m brewing a Paradigm Shift from James Morton’s “Brew” book. I’m confused though with how I use the Carafa Special III. It says I need to cold steep 1.5 kg of Carafa in 3 litres of water 24 hours before BrewDay. The notes say “This extracts darkness but no bitterness” The recipe then says...

Not that it really matters much but my pin on the map is about two miles away from my location. Correct postcode is B62 8SS.

Sorted. Pump was working but there was an airlock. Once that was blown through, I have a nice whirlpool. 😎 Thanks Agent G! Isn’t this forum wonderful?

I’ve fitted another outlet to my Cygnet boiler. On the inside I’ve fitted a 90 degree elbow, facing sideways (so horizontal). The plan was that I could create a whirlpool by connecting a hose from the new fitting to the pump outlet and another hose from the original tap to the pump input. I...

The only thermometer in our house is on my Cygnet. I was interested in the temperature on Monday, so I sat it on the table on the patio, under an umbrella. My main problem is trying to keep my bottled beers cool. I’ve got about 200 on the garage floor. I’ve just covered them with towels and...