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Here's wot I done......got a largefridge on clearance from Curry's , got a small tubular greenhouse heater from Ebay, built an STC 1000 into a project box from Maplin's, with two switched 3 pin mains sockets on the top of same. All easy enought o wire, diagrams are easily findable on ye olde 't...

Sorry for the delay in responding, I hadn't noticed this last post.The mash sched is history now, I think , unless it's in the notes I had been keeping, and was stored in the Braumeister recipe bank , but that's all overwritten now. I did this , a couple of weeks ago , following the recipe...

Hmmmm.... I've left one recently for better part of 3 weeks , due to life getting in the way , but it was still at around '019-ish . I'm wary of letting it sit too long in case it buggers things up . As for dry hopping, I've done a week , with no issues , but again , all the scaremongering of...

Righto, seems like there is some issue with my ferments 'hanging' at the low '20's. Also , opinion suggests that racking to secondary is not as beneficial as used to be thought. With that in mind, how long would it be 'decent' to let the brew sit on the yeastie cake in primary ? I've come...

Have not sent any beers anywhere, except to the waste water treatment works ! 'Tis a truism that we only rent beer , we do not buy it or own it. That sounds like too much bother for a bone idle savage such as I . Best I could hope fpr is to try to catch a Manc homebrewers meet and see if anyone...

Memory not being what it oughta be, I'll have think . There have not been enough of 'em , unfortunately , and you might say it's been a minute since the last one. I'll have to get back to ya !

Somehow , I have forgotten to mention my O.G.'s are usually pretty high , according to my refractometer. Usually in the high '50's to low '60's. These readings compare as near as dammit with the hydrometer. Usually my grain bill is maxed out to the limit of what the Brauie will handle , can get...

Looks like '56 front half meets '55/'56 Ford back end ?

No issues with head , or retention of same . I think it is body that I may be missing , and possibly a bit of mouthfeel , too . I did a bitter recipe with torrefied wheat , and I'm not a fan of the wheaty taste notes , but wondered if a little add of oats might be worth a look , after getting...

I ALWAYS fill right up , Usually get 23/24 litres in there. Never any leaks, and never served without decent pressure. 7PSI seems about right . The last batch ,because some fermenting must still have been occurring, needed no gas top up at all , all self - generated.Seems that may be a clue to...

Yep, I tend to use plenty of hops , 300g and up . The bulk of which are at flameout and given a hopstand at around 80 derees .75 to 100 g for the dry hopping, but that has been in secondary ,so therefore maybe a bit late . Hop aroma does vanish , sooner rather than later , maybe bottling might...

Here goes.... sorry for the delay in getting back to y'all , had to bail out yesterday as the bell was tolling time to up sticks and off to the dialysis clinic. A part time job with lousy pay Firstly , my hygiene regimen is ; everything except Braumeiester cleaned with warm watter and VWP...

Hmmmmm.... that's an aquarium test kit. I have similar, as I'm a fishkeeper amongst other things. For my next brew , I'll do this , and see how things pan out. It may be some time before I next brew , as things are busy right now , but I will return to this post and update and/or seek advice...

I don't test , I have in the past had a water report from the water authority , but given their current performance , or lack thereof , would not trust it as far as I could chuck a greasy water company director. I usually add a little calcium chloride , couple or grams -ish , and always check...

IMHO, pellet hops are the work of the Divvl hisself. What I find annoying are places that only stock these and no leaf hops. They DO form some kind of filter bed , better than the strainer I bough tthat fits the Braumeister which only got used twice . This proved itself to be the case when I...

I am . Kind of . -Ish . Some's been better than others ,it has to be said. I'm about 35 or so brews in , but always feel things could be better , especially when compared to the commercials I drink . Citra , Punk , Hazy Jane , Sam Smith's bitter , but mostly the hoppy stuff. I always seem to...

I thought of that dodge, too . Aldi has the veg bags for 25p , so may give 'em a go , if not to my liking, they can go in my shopping bag arsenal . May have to start buying veg if that's the case ! Perish the thought. Anyhoo , hops is veg , ain't they ? Currently , I use 2 Mangrve Jack's uop...

Leaves on the line . Wonder what the prescribed reporting phrase would be to advise Network Rail for this one ? 'Exceptionally poor railhead conditions' might not cut it , methinks.

That sounds like a plan of sorts. Might go with a 50/50 Citra and something else, Mosaic, Cascade, Galaxy if I can find 'em. Although I rather fancy the Galaxy might be able to give a better account of itself as a sole hope recipe. What about a bit of oat for mouthfeel? The issue I've had , is...

Looking for a recipe/all-grain kit for a nice hoppy 'n' juicy NEIPA -type . Been looking at Blackrock kits, but they have pellet hops, which I ain't a fan of . Otherwise they'd have got just the thing. I have 100g of Citra in the freezer, so that's something of a head start, methinks. Leaf hops...