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Cheers for your help guys. We manage to get it boiled. It was the nut on the immersion heater that had gone. The thread was knackered. So I need to try and source a new one now. Sadly it's not a standard British plumbing part. Oh well. Thanks again Add

I started a brew on Sunday afternoon, I used my boiler to heat my liquor and got the mash and sparging done hunky dorey. But now my boiler has sprung a leak, from where the element passes through the bucket. I'm trying to get a water heater (like at coffee mornings) or immersion heater that I...

Grand Cheers :thumb:

What sort of shelf life can I expect from all grain beer ingredients? If, for example, I made a beer and didn't use all the grain, how long would it last before it was knackered?

Many thanks for your help. I have read books on the brewing process, however, none of them were that specific on which liquid to use. Hence I asked the question, like you suggested... Cheers Adam

I'm looking at doing my first full mash beer. but which water do i use for the beer? there's the water that the grains have been mashed in, and then the water that is used for sparging. which one do i boil? surely the mashing water has some sugars that i need in it? I know this is a bit of a...

a TC, it was basically, 5 gallons of apple juice, a sachet yeast and then any flavourings.

I used a wine yeast. I asked the guy from the suppliers and he suggested it.

My brother and I have just finished our first cider. We made 5 gallons and split it up into 5 different demijohns and flavoured each one seperatly; Dry(ish), Sweet, Lemon, Spiced and honey. but non of them had much flavour, does anybody know why? Cheers