http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Brew UK Forum » Recent Posts en Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:54:12 +0000 http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/crs-and-campden-tablet-water-treatment#post-6314 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:38:24 +0000 simonb_13 6314@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>One of the links from that site takes you to <a href="http://www.brupaks.com/brewing-aids.htm">Brewing Aids</a></p> <p>Pretty much comprehensive. </p> <p>Any water treatment calculator will give you a selection of beer types to choose from and this will alter the treatments recommended.</p> <p>I&#39;ll see if any of this has made a difference to my latest beer and will use it for an extract brew some time soon. I&#39;ve got Amarillos so may do the IPA again which I&#39;ve done in the past with bottled water and no water treatments. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/6-ag-biab-tonys-twibute#post-6313 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:15:21 +0000 Tony 6313@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Nice .. well done Simon. I never manage to hit the right mark with quantity, but get close sometimes!</p> <p>Well done, I think you were right to drop it back to 1044, you&#39;ll have a lovely brew there. &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/bb-plugins/default/icon_biggrin.gif&quot; title=&quot;:D&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/crs-and-campden-tablet-water-treatment#post-6312 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:50:46 +0000 Hamish 6312@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p><blockquote>Campden in the mash &amp; the boil maybe isn&#39;t a Wheeler tip, read it on t&#39;internet but can&#39;t find it again. </blockquote></p> <p>Found it!, I knew I&#39;d read it somewhere.</p> <p><a href="http://www.sensiblemole.com/faqs.htm"><u>click me</u></a></p> <p>Something to do with Fairies at the bottom of the garden, the Loch Ness Monster, the Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui, the Yeti &amp; little green men from outer space... </p> <p>Oh no, its not, its about HSA.</p> <p>Actually I&#39;m open minded about little green men from outer space. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/crs-and-campden-tablet-water-treatment#post-6311 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:41:19 +0000 Hamish 6311@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p><blockquote>also i thought the campden treatment was to get the water sorted before use not during? </blockquote></p> <p>Yes, before. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/coopers-australian-lager#post-6310 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:12:38 +0000 Nath 6310@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Yeah after you have force carbonated the beer (I keep mine at 14psi for 2 days at 5c and shake a little)you can reduce the output to 2psi to serve(works for me). Any yep youve got the wherry sorted. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/coopers-australian-lager#post-6309 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:01:31 +0000 cliffgil 6309@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Well at the moment I&#39;ve got the cornelius at 15psi, and serve at 5psi. I shall do as you all say and reduce pressure, and get a longer beer line for the lager. Now my Norfolk Wherry is ready, I have bought another FV and another cornelius, so I secondary ferment, wait to clear, then remove to cornelius and serve at about 2-3psi correct? I have just bought some campden tabs, but a little to late for this lot though. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/turbo-limeade#post-6308 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:08:04 +0000 greg 6308@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Excellent. Must have quite a bit of sugar in there although will it be fermentable? </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/hi-from-dover#post-6307 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:06:41 +0000 greg 6307@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>They should be pretty much everywhere in the country side although you have to be quick as most round here have fallen off now. A couple of week ago was the best time to get them.</p> <p>You can buy them dried if not. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/newbie-needs-advice#post-6306 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:33:52 +0000 greg 6306@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Hi Bex, depends on the sugar content at the beginning. If you add more water now you may water it down too much and make it thin and not very alcoholic.</p> <p>I would give it a taste, if it tastes okay then I would leave it alone and let it finish fermenting. Its not ideal to have so much air above it but hopefully the c02 being given off should protect it. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/crs-and-campden-tablet-water-treatment#post-6305 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:21:52 +0000 Plopleuk 6305@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>i have been told our soft water in the northwest is great for lagers but needs treatment for bitters.<br /> i think a more in depth look at this is required.<br /> also i thought the campden treatment was to get the water sorted before use not during? </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/6-ag-biab-tonys-twibute#post-6304 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:17:00 +0000 Nath 6304@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Sweet, so a great brew day and you know how to sort the minor problem next time</p> <p>UBER_RESULT!</p> <p>Nice one! </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/hi-from-dover#post-6303 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:43:23 +0000 simonb_13 6303@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>I can&#39;t help with elderberries I&#39;m afraid but welcome to the forum. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/6-ag-biab-tonys-twibute#post-6302 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:38:09 +0000 simonb_13 6302@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Nath</p> <p>It was heated to 75 degrees in another pot.</p> <p>I think I&#39;ve sussed what might have happened.</p> <p>When I calibrated the boiler I forgot the 1.5 litres of dead space. So, when I thought I had 19 litres I only had 17.5 litres of usable water.</p> <p>Next time I&#39;ll do what I said above and put as much water in as possible, treat it then draw off until I have a safe amount of water in which to mash the grains. Then, when the mash is over, use that water to sparge and then pour back in the boiler.</p> <p>I can only mash safely with about 19 litres but I can boil with a lot more. Maybe 25 or 26 litres. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/6-ag-biab-tonys-twibute#post-6301 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:07:54 +0000 Nath 6301@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>What temp was the water you passed over the grains? Was it heated or just room temp ish? </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/6-ag-biab-tonys-twibute#post-6300 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:53:10 +0000 bmsleight 6300@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Looking good. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/6-ag-biab-tonys-twibute#post-6299 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:45:16 +0000 simonb_13 6299@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>I did a mash out. Raised the temp to 75 degrees with the grains still in the bag for 15 minutes. I took the bag out and put it in a FV then poured over about 4 litres of water I reserved from the treated water. Then poured back into the boiler.</p> <p>Next time I think I&#39;ll just brim the boiler with water at the start and draw off into another pan until I get to a safe level into which I can put the bag and grain (about 19 litres). Then sparge with the reserved water. Hopefully next time it&#39;ll be enough. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/newbie-needs-advice#post-6298 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:31:33 +0000 Nath 6298@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Hi Bex,</p> <p>I have never done a wine before but I&#39;m sure there will be someone here that will be able to help ya.</p> <p>The blackerries would have started fermenting on their own (im guessing) because of wild yeast that is on them and I wouldnt have thought you have ruined it by putting it in a sterile demijon or by adding the yeast, as it was fermenting for another 3 days in the demijohn Im sure all will be ok.</p> <p>Did you take hydrometer reading at the beginning? If so take another now and see if its stable for the next 2 days, if it is then its finished fermenting.</p> <p>In regards to wether to add water I would stick by your grandma&#39;s recipe and then fiddle with it after you have tasted the goods! </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/6-ag-biab-tonys-twibute#post-6297 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:23:02 +0000 Nath 6297@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>I suppose next time if this happens (as I have never brewed in a bag) again and you get the same result you could add a certain amount of dme to compensate to begin with?</p> <p>Having a look on various sites it does say that raising the temp before taking the grains out will give you better effienciency but you say that you kinda sparged with warrmer water anyway - how did you do that? </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/turbo-limeade#post-6296 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:17:09 +0000 Nath 6296@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>I never use many internet acroynms but...</p> <p><strong>OMFG</strong> </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/hi-from-dover#post-6295 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:14:58 +0000 Nath 6295@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Cor blimey, I&#39;ve no idea. I suppose you could have a look on various walkers and ramblers websites or ask locally. Me thinks the latter would be the best option!</p> <p>Welcome to the forum Anyhoo, I hope you find em! </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/6-ag-biab-tonys-twibute#post-6294 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:11:24 +0000 simonb_13 6294@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Yeap. Used Beersmith but I&#39;ve done something wrong somewhere. I included the dead space in the boiler but I&#39;m probably underestimating the evaporation. The boiler has a pretty big girth, Ooh er! Or I may not have squeezed as much liquid out as I could have.</p> <p>Will go through it again. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/what-do-i-brew-next-you-decide-poll-alert#post-6293 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:10:48 +0000 Nath 6293@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Oooooooooooh its ins Exmoors favour! Gigedy gigedy! If there is a50/50 between the later I could do a double brew day! Oh no I couldnt Im a fermenter down &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/bb-plugins/default/icon_cry.gif&quot; title=&quot;:cry:&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/6-ag-biab-tonys-twibute#post-6292 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:07:27 +0000 Hamish 6292@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>I presume you ran the recipe through some software &amp; it allowed for the grains to soak up their equivalent weight in water?.</p> <p>Just a thought. &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/bb-plugins/default/icon_smile.gif&quot; title=&quot;:-)&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> <p>Nice job, should taste good. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/6-ag-biab-tonys-twibute#post-6291 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:51:22 +0000 simonb_13 6291@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Hit an OG of 1060 but only got 15 litres out. Diluted to 1044.</p> <p>Colour is a lot lighter that expected so I&#39;ll use a darker Crystal next time.</p> <p>Hard work in places but good fun. just need to work out how to get closer to 19 litres. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/turbo-limeade#post-6290 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:40:58 +0000 bmsleight 6290@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>My wonderful wife has found a can for me....<br /> <a href="http://twitpic.com/2mdh8l" rel="nofollow">http://twitpic.com/2mdh8l</a></p> <p>I can now work out a recipe.</p> <p>Turbo Tizer here we go..... </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/hi-from-dover#post-6289 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:13:01 +0000 janej 6289@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Hi after many years of wine making then giving it all up, i&#39;ve decided to go back to it since living in dover.<br /> does anyone no where i can pick elderberries?<br /> Many Thanks </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/newbie-needs-advice#post-6288 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:06:19 +0000 Bex 6288@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Hello people. I am a total newcomer to wine making, and following an ages old recipe from my grandmother&#39;s cookery book for blackberry wine. I originally had the must sitting in a Pyrex bowl covered with a clean tea-towel, as the recipe said to leave it to ferment for 6 days, but didn&#39;t mention adding yeast. It did start to ferment, and bubbled for about 3 days then slowed right down. At my father&#39;s suggestion, I transferred it to a sterile demijohn with an airlock, and added a small amount of wine makers&#39; yeast. It has sat there bubbling happily for a further 3 days.....but there are only around 3 pints of liquid. Should I top it up to fill the demijohn? Have I ruined it by putting it in the demijohn? Any advice apprecitaed. Thank you &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/bb-plugins/default/icon_smile.gif&quot; title=&quot;:-)&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/wherry-temp-help#post-6287 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:49:49 +0000 beerlover1983 6287@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>phew cool good to hear cheers again </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/shiney-boiler-gws-49er-back-to-the-drawing-board#post-6286 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:20:40 +0000 Mr H 6286@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Interesting about leaving lids off. I&#39;ve done 4 AG brews so far and was not aware about leaving a lid off. The electrim i did one brew in with a lid on and my gas setup had a lid on (3 brews) for all of the boil time other than when adding my wort chiller 15 mins from the end of my boil. All the brews have tasted top stuff and even nicer than some pubs i&#39;ve visited up and down the country (other than my London pride clone - something got into FV). That is one hell of a boil off though Nath! With my lid on the steam still seems to escape as it is not tight or close fitting. The last brew i did i had about 24L in the boiler and this dropped to around 17-18L at the end of the boil (one hour boil) with lid on!. When i hit a rolling boil i reduce the gas output to the burner but still maintain a rolling boil. Looks like a cracking day Nath with your equip. My first run off after my first gas boil also presented me with problems like you had. I tipped the whole lot into my electrim and ran it through the hop stainer in that as it was the only thing i could do. Did some mods to the strainer (only had about 2 drain slots per inch) so I cut an extra 2 per inch and then replaced the middle part at the far end of the strainer with a butchered brewpaks strainer i took from my electrim. Last brew i had no problems at all with running off the wort from the boiler.<br /> Cheers<br /> H </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/wherry-temp-help#post-6285 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:08:34 +0000 Nath 6285@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>No dont stir it, you dont want to get any air in there (oxygen = bad news for our beer!). The bits are normal, when you syphon it off you will normally miss em. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/what-do-i-brew-next-you-decide-poll-alert#post-6284 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:06:48 +0000 greg 6284@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Hi Howard, I find 1318 London III or 1099 Whitbread work well. I&#39;ve done loads of brews based around that recipe with different hop profiles and yeasts.</p> <p>My last batch didn&#39;t turn as well as normal as I dried hopped with some goldings pellets and just thought I would chuck them straight in no bag or anything. Anyway bad idea as they turned to mush and gave the beer a grassy flavour. Its improved quite a bit over the last couple of weeks and its certainly drinkable but not my best effort but you learn from your mistakes. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/wherry-temp-help#post-6283 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:06:19 +0000 beerlover1983 6283@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Thanks for quick rely earlier my phone dies before i could reply.</p> <p>So will the bits of what look like yeast dissapear that are currently floadting around on top ? Should i mix it at all ?</p> <p>I will leave in fv till saturday and take a reading over weekend just concerned that there is bits floating on top still. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/what-do-i-brew-next-you-decide-poll-alert#post-6282 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:00:48 +0000 Nath 6282@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Now that does look tasty! The new toys are getting a fair batterin&#39;, where have you been howard we havnt seen you for a while?</p> <p>Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm S t y r i a n s ! They are great smelling.</p> <p>I see its 50/50 now ohhhhhhh getting tense! </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/what-do-i-brew-next-you-decide-poll-alert#post-6281 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:43:33 +0000 Mr H 6281@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Hi Greg, Sure it was Safale-S04 I used in the Exmoor. Bet some of the slap packs would give even more amazing results - really tempted to try one when I do the Lightning. See your drinking the Lightning (yum) - what yeast do you recommend?<br /> cheers<br /> H </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/coopers-australian-lager#post-6280 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:40:22 +0000 greg 6280@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Cliff, release some pressure via the top valve down to about 2 or 3 psi and it should reduce the foam.</p> <p>You might find that the keg just takes a bit longer to condition. I would leave it alone for a week or two and see if it improves. </p>