Hi ...I use a fv fill that with sterilizing water and your get a lot more bottles in there . I tip water out of each bottle back in bucket so I use just one bucket of stuff ...hope it helps..
Hello everyone just put pilsner/chocolate beer in 2nd fv before keg.had OG 1046 now 1008 but it's very dry any tips to sweeten (think I used to much chocolate) ...cheers
Cool .....think you got to watch the cost a bit you can lob all sorts at it ,got my brew enhancer in wilko sale ,dex on it's own will work to but to much will thin your beer out ,l like them stronger to :party:
Hello everyone ..I brewed it on 7feb 1kg of brew enhancer /400 gm dex to bump up the %,OG 1050 FG1008 had one last night very clear,nice .think its about 5.6% cheers.....p.s misses liked it x :thumb:
Hello..Yeh I used it on Saturday in a brew (AG).went off like a goodun for 24hrs then looked like it had stopped .OG of 10.50 yesterday (4days later ) was 10.14 so odd one .my first ag see how it's going at the weekend .l rehydrated it to ..
Hi missed your post stuworx soz,stopped at the malt miller on way back from Devon and got a 25kg bag of pilsner & 1kg agnus hops ( Rob is a really nice bloke interested in wot your doing and happy to help ) so all on for my first ag smash at the w/end .any tips on hop times and weighs keeping...
Great stuff cheers ,I like the idea of a smash for my first ag maybe pilsner (she likes larger) never new you could use just one malt ! :thumb: Play around with the hops .cheers
Hello all. Got all the equipment for my first ag brew (biab) and the Mrs been so nice about all the brew everywhere thought my first brew should be one for her(&me) .she not keen on bitter beers(can't do lager got no temperature control)so maybe wot pale malts&pilsner? Thinking about the hop...
:doh:.....fairplay forgot about crud & stuff, suppose i should just get a brew going the only way to learn...and of course you lovely people thanks :thumb:
hi guys great looking chillers...im just getting the kit together for my BIAB set up i've got a 70l pot and i'm a bit scared of making the tap hole :? ,i have a newbie question -when the wort is chilled can the yeast be pitched in the kettle & lid on let it do its thing in there..is that silly...
Helloo.....sorted cheers,got a big plastic box from pound land yesterday filled it with water put the fvs in it with a heater and it works great .bubbling away nicely .so don't think wherrys got stuck ....
Hello everyone ....my c/h boiler packed up yesterday luckily we have a open fire/beer.but I got a IPA evildog & wherry on the go 5days in ,I can't get the boiler part to mid week so can I just drop the aquarium heaters straight in the fvs that wot you meen ? Cheers