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Brew UK Forum » Recent Topics http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Brew UK Forum » Recent Topics en Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:26:09 +0000 simonb_13 on "CRS and Campden Tablet Water Treatment" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/crs-and-campden-tablet-water-treatment#post-6201 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:11:13 +0000 simonb_13 6201@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ I've read a few posts and just wanted to check something. I need to add a Campden to the total amount of water I'm going to use and I have the figures for the correct amount of CRS. Now do I add this the day before the brewing or just before I start? Cheers simonb_13 on "#6 AG-BIAB - Tony's Twibute" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/6-ag-biab-tonys-twibute#post-6247 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:30:45 +0000 simonb_13 6247@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Brew on this afternoon. Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size: 19.00 L Boil Size: 21.75 L Estimated OG: 1.054 SG Estimated Color: 7.7 SRM Estimated IBU: 25.8 IBU Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 % Boil Time: 60 Minutes Ingredients: ------------ Amount Item Type % or IBU 4.00 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 86.02 % 0.25 kg Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 5.38 % 0.20 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 4.30 % 0.20 kg Wheat Malt, Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 4.30 % 20.00 gm Fuggles [4.50 %] (60 min) Hops 10.1 IBU 10.00 gm Williamette [5.50 %] (60 min) Hops 6.2 IBU 12.00 gm Styrian Goldings [5.40 %] (30 min) (AromaHops - 12.00 gm Williamette [5.50 %] (30 min) (Aroma Hop-Hops - 18.00 gm Williamette [5.50 %] (10 min) Hops 4.0 IBU 25.00 gm Styrian Goldings [5.40 %] (10 min) Hops 5.5 IBU Using BIAB for the first time so fingers crossed. cliffgil on "Coopers Australian Lager" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/coopers-australian-lager#post-6240 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:57:00 +0000 cliffgil 6240@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ The lager I bottled tastes far better than the lager I kegged. The bottles were primed but the kegged lager wasn't, it went straight from FV to keg. Can I add anything to the kegged lager to improve the taste, perhaps lemonade or something. Any suggestions? bmsleight on "Turbo Limeade" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/turbo-limeade#post-6173 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:14:57 +0000 bmsleight 6173@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ 2010-09-05 - Turbo Limeade. Part 4 of my Turbo series. Ginger Beer, Lemonade, Grapefruit ..... now Limeade. Very loosely based upon Based upon : <a href="http://www.brewuk.co.uk/store/index.php/recipes-ginger-beer" rel="nofollow">http://www.brewuk.co.uk/store/index.php/recipes-ginger-beer</a> 385g White granulated cane sugar 1 x Bottle of Sainsbury Lime Juice [250ml] 1/2 tsp. Young’s Wine Yeast Boil about 1 Litre of water. Add sugar. Boil for about 5 minutes (until bored) Add 1.5 Litre of cold water and pour in to Empty 5 litre mineral water bottle (poor man’s DJ) Add lime Juice Add water to fill bottle to 4.5 litre mark Add Wine Yeast. Now. I actually spent some time googling around “potassium metabisulfite” as the Lime Juice lists the ingredients as Juice from concentrate and Preservative Potassium Metabisulfite. (The joy of shopping with young Kids - you do not have time to scan every ingredient) So the Lime juice has got the equivalent of a Campden tablet dissolved (not sure how much) .... After reading - <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2whbbdw" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/2whbbdw</a> I decided to gamble and just use it. The cost of the contents was 60p juice + sugar 50p + water bottle[1/2] 50p + Yeast. At the most I have lost £2, best case is I learn some-thing. [1/2 a water bottle as I used one 5 litre bottle for limeade put to top up fruit juice for a mixed wine] janej on "Hi from Dover" 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/ Hi after many years of wine making then giving it all up, i've decided to go back to it since living in dover. does anyone no where i can pick elderberries? Many Thanks Bex on "Newbie needs advice!" 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/ Hello people. I am a total newcomer to wine making, and following an ages old recipe from my grandmother'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't mention adding yeast. It did start to ferment, and bubbled for about 3 days then slowed right down. At my father's suggestion, I transferred it to a sterile demijohn with an airlock, and added a small amount of wine makers' 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 <img src="http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/bb-plugins/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" /> Nath on "What do I brew next - You decide! Poll alert!" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/what-do-i-brew-next-you-decide-poll-alert#post-6252 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:34:31 +0000 Nath 6252@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Hey peeps, Well after makin' some mods to the boilers strainer and finding out exact deadspace Im ready to brew another on Sunday! YIPPIEEEE! <img src="http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/bb-plugins/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" /> So heres the question. An IPA of sorts and ive narrowed it down to 2 from GW's book, I want help from me fellow brewers to decide for me. Here it goes:- Hopback Summer Lightning Exmoor Gold Caledonian Deuchars IPA Im leaning towards the Exmore or the Caledonian as its got some crystal and wheat in it but its all up to you! Mwa hahahahahahahahaha beerlover1983 on "wherry temp help" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/wherry-temp-help#post-6089 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:40:00 +0000 beerlover1983 6089@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ started my first kit today all went well i think.i have got it in fv but the stick on thermometer say 30degree but the max min thermometer in garage reads 25 .Can the fv still be on the warm side from the boiling water used when making as that was 3hours ago or is it just the sticky thermometer is no good Nath on "Shiney Boiler - GW's 49er - Back to the drawing Board :(" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/shiney-boiler-gws-49er-back-to-the-drawing-board#post-6165 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:55:48 +0000 Nath 6165@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Well I christened my new shiney with gas setup today and it was a bit of a nightmare. I wanted a 19ltr brewlength and in beersmith we worked out total water of 31 ltrs, so water was treated with crs and 1/2 campden tablet a night before. next day got mash tun pre heated, 11 ltr water to mash tun 76c, added grain and gypsum temp down to 67 bang on left for 2 hrs. Ph was 5.3 so that was cool. Set up like this for the hlt to mash to boiler <img src="http://i739.photobucket.com/albums/xx39/nath812/05sep10/IMAG1089.jpg"> I sparged with 21 ltr of water hoping to get a pre boil of 27ltr, I think I got around 25-26. Set the beast alight! <img src="http://i739.photobucket.com/albums/xx39/nath812/05sep10/IMAG1091.jpg"> Boiling - Way easier to control than my uber boiler (now hlt) and it took 40ish mins to get to boiling so not as fast as my old boiler, probably because im heating the pan while my leccy one was heating the wort direct. <img src="http://i739.photobucket.com/albums/xx39/nath812/05sep10/IMAG1093.jpg"> The chiller and protofloc (1st time using protofloc) were added at 15mins to end but as the new boiler is so large I had to bend the chillers "arms" and rest it in there, no leaks so all was ok. <img src="http://i739.photobucket.com/albums/xx39/nath812/05sep10/IMAG1095.jpg"> <img src="http://i739.photobucket.com/albums/xx39/nath812/05sep10/IMAG1097.jpg"> <img src="http://i739.photobucket.com/albums/xx39/nath812/05sep10/IMAG1098.jpg"> prepped the brewfridge - Lookin nice n clean! <img src="http://i739.photobucket.com/albums/xx39/nath812/05sep10/IMAG1099.jpg"> Now this is here it all went wrong! Looking at the amount of wort it just didnt look like I had enough, great cold break material though, protofloc is awesome <img src="http://i739.photobucket.com/albums/xx39/nath812/05sep10/IMAG1102.jpg"> uber clear wort - Strainer was doing the job....... <img src="http://i739.photobucket.com/albums/xx39/nath812/05sep10/IMAG1100.jpg"> but it was blocked, I though I must have made the holes too small or not enough so i had to swish it around a bit to get it to flow. Enter a load of break material into fv <img src="http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/bb-plugins/default/icon_sad.gif" title=":(" class="bb_smilies" /> Then even doing that didnt work so I had to do a diy job I was using a wideneck fermenter so I got this out of the potato squisher thing <img src="http://i739.photobucket.com/albums/xx39/nath812/05sep10/IMAG1104.jpg"> and wedged it in the top (sanitised first but I did rush it) and had to pour the rest through it. So loads of crappy break got in there and then I found I only had 17 lts 17! Where the hell did all of it go from 31 thats almost half gon and there was only just over 4kg of grain. So after doing all the special water treatments in the end I had to top up with normal chlorinated water from the tap <img src="http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/bb-plugins/default/icon_rolleyes.gif" title=":roll:" class="bb_smilies" /> Still shes tucked away in her bed now:- <img src="http://i739.photobucket.com/albums/xx39/nath812/05sep10/IMAG1103.jpg"> Not holding out any hope, bound to be infected just to make the day go from bad to worse! I did find that the hop strainer had little yello globs stuck in it??!?!?!?! I xcan only assume that is is malty stuff that may have caramalised a bit???? dunno anyone else had this? On the plus side i will be getting another potato squisher thing as its stainless steel and I reckon could come in handy as a strainer inside the boiler! Anyhoo time will tell, so a bit of juggling for the next brew methinks! out of interest how mush water does eveyone else use for your brews? Tony on "Wychwood: Goliath" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/wychwood-goliath#post-2955 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 18:02:25 +0000 Tony 2955@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ One of the best beers I've had from a bottle in a long long time. Highly recommended. cliffgil on "John Guest twin Co2 take-off" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/john-guest-twin-co2-take-off#post-6227 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:42:50 +0000 cliffgil 6227@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Can anyone tell me where I can get something so that I can stop the flow of Co2 in one line, so that I can regulate the Co2 in the other line. I have two kegs on the go. Cheers. Hamish on "Chocolate Malt" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/chocolate-malt#post-6235 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:47:58 +0000 Hamish 6235@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ I've got about 700g of Chocolate Malt I want to use up, any recipe suggestions? homerjnick on "Away To Start First Ever Kit This Weekend" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/away-to-start-first-ever-kit-this-weekend#post-6191 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:26:45 +0000 homerjnick 6191@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Hello everyone. I'm Nick and for my anniversary my wife bought me a beer making kit from this site. This weekend I aim to to try it. I got the Woodfordes Microbrewery Premium 40 Pint Starter Set. But having looked at the instructions it seems a little daunting as I thought it would be a step by step guide and it isn't, in fact the instructions seem a little lightweight for me. Having never done this before I really do not want to mess it up. Anyone give any good tips to alleviate my fears? Apart from the kit do I need to get anything else (I read on another post you need to buy your own yeast???). I have some vaseline as the instructions mentioned that... After it is done in the big bucket I need to get it in the keg that the kit has, what do I do with it after that? (Apart from glugging it) If I want to bottle it is there instructions somewhere on how to do that? Sorry for all the questions, it just seems a little daunting at first...looking forward though to getting going at the weekend with it! Willboy on "Yeast in Milestone's kits." http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/yeast-in-milestones-kits#post-5939 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:13:15 +0000 Willboy 5939@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Hello everyone, I have recently brewed a Woodforde's Norfolk Nog, my first ever attempt at a beer kit, and I am extremely pleased with the results. I am now about to embark on a Milestone's Olde Home Wrecker. Having looked at the enclosed instruction sheet and the kit itself there seems to be some discrepancy about pitching the yeast. The instruction sheet calls for the yeast to be sprinkled over the wort whereas the instructions on the yeast packet ask for the yeast to be mixed with lukewarm water, (at 35 degrees C ), prior to pitching. I wonder if anyone could put me on the right track as to which path to follow. Also I am a little dubious as to whether to put the yeast into 35 degree water as I thought temperatures in excess of 25-27 killed the yeast. I would be grateful for any clarification. Thank you. Plopleuk on "Elderberry wine" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/elderberry-wine#post-4644 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:56:38 +0000 Plopleuk 4644@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ hi all, just got my half sized allotment and lucky me it has a ripening elderberry tree at the back of it. id like to make a nice wine from this so any suggestions and what yeast to get from Gregs shop? cheers bmsleight on "Lemonade" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/lemonade#post-5798 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:48:01 +0000 bmsleight 5798@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ 2010-08-23 - Lemonade ~ 5 Litres I made two batches of lemonade. One non-alcoholic for Ms and Kids (stop at step 9) and one to ferment. So the pictures show 18 lemons. Which take one heck of a peeling and juicing... (But I had help) 500g White granulated cane sugar 9 lemons, peel + squeezed 1/2 tsp. Cream of Tartar 1 tsp. Young’s Wine Yeast 1 x 5 Litre Mineral Water Based upon : <a href="http://www.brewuk.co.uk/store/index.php/recipes-ginger-beer" rel="nofollow">http://www.brewuk.co.uk/store/index.php/recipes-ginger-beer</a> Sanitise and rinse all equipment. 1 Grate all lemons using vegetable peeler. Only the yellow part of the skin (no taking the pith) 2 Using a food processor - reduce lemon peeling to dust. 3 - Boil as much water as you can get in your stock pot. 4 - Add lemons dust and squeeze lemon. 5 - Add sugar. 6 - Simmer for about 25 mins. and allow to cool off! 7 - Pour liquid in to fermentation vessel. I am using the 5 litre water bottle, drilled lid fitted gromet and airlock. 8 - Add water to make up to about 5 litres. 9 - Add Cream of Tartar and Yeast. 10 - Fit airlock To Do: 11 - Ferment for 11 days. (Keep on bubbling) 12 - Transfer to a clean fermenter. (Leave the sludge and peeling behind) 13 - Add approx 1 litre of water (So that the volume is about 5 litres again) 14 - Ferment until complete (usually about 3 days). 15 - Bottle in PET (ex-Pop/Coke) bottles adding 1 sugar cube of priming sugar to each. 16 - Drink. Step 7 also involved me getting a minor burn (and 1/2 litre of must lost.). Varnish on "Hop Growers 2010" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/hop-growers-2010#post-3064 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:44:53 +0000 Varnish 3064@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ I've decided to start a thread for hop growers only. The the other one is getting a little crowded. I will be growing: 1 x Fuggle 1 x English Mathon (Goldings type) 1 x Unknown I ordered the hops from <a href="http://www.aplus-hops.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.aplus-hops.co.uk/</a> last year, and received them in November? I think. They came as bare roots in plastic bags. I put them in the fridge for a few days until I sorted out something to put them in. I planted them in buckets (5 x 1" holes in the bottom). I left them in the garage over the winter, and put them out when I saw they had sprouted. I could have put them out a week or so earlier. I got the unknown hops from a family friend. Their son used to home brew. 13/4/10 <img src="http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q66/varnish5000/100_0979.jpg" /> I've sunk the buckets into the ground. It'll stop them from blowing over, and keep the roots cool on hot days(if we have any this summer). <img src="http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q66/varnish5000/100_0978.jpg" /> I made a little tepee to help the hops get off the ground. <img src="http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q66/varnish5000/100_0977-1.jpg" /> The idea is to use plastic coated string (the stuff you get for washing lines), and run it up the side of the house. Then run the string back down and tie it off, allowing me to let down and raise the hops as needed. The lines will go approximately were I've drawn them on this photo. There is shade to the left of the chimney, so I want to keep them to the right (south side). The third hop plant is just to the right out of shot, but will be going straight up. Hamish on "Full mash brew number 1" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/full-mash-brew-number-1#post-6135 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:40:36 +0000 Hamish 6135@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Bavarian Weizen Pale Malt 2280 grams 43% Wheat Malt 2650 grams 50% Carapils 370 grams 7% Hallertauer Hersbrucker 45gms 90 minutes Wyeast Weihenstephaner – 1 litre starter Final Volume: 23 litres Original Gravity: 1.052 Final Gravity: 1.012 Alcohol Content: 5.2% ABV Total Liquor: 33.6 litres Mash Liquor: 13.3 litres Mash Efficiency: 75% Bitterness: 15 EBU Colour: 10 EBC I finally got around to it & although it took 6 hours I really enjoyed the process. I had an audience most of the time which to be honest I could have done without, the pump drew most attention. I thought everything had gone to plan but the major headline is I missed the OG. Should have been 1052 but it came in at 1046 which I'm quite annoyed about. I've been trying to work out what went wrong & have come to the conclusion it was most likely the sparge, I think the water ran straight through the grains some of the time. Next time I think I'll batch sparge, I've got the pump so may as well make best use of it, all part of the learning process I guess. The sneaky wort tastings were fantastic, much nicer than the extract brews. BTW Greg, a message for Warminster, I found a Wild Oat seed! Tony on "Meantime" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/meantime#post-6136 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:56:41 +0000 Tony 6136@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Every week when we do the shop in sainsbury's I look to see if they have new beers (rarely) and I also look with longing at this: <img src="http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad277/smut1962_photo/beers/IMG_0048.jpg"> I always wonder if it really is worth the £4.53 price tag. Anyway (as you've probably guessed) I bought one this morning as a treat (as I'm in the kitchen cooking all day). I really hoped that it was going to be crap so I wouldn't want one again... but, it is rather lovely. A true IPA - very high hopped and coming in at 7.5%. Very nice indeed and those hops last a good hour in the mouth <img src="http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/bb-plugins/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" /> I also bought one of these, just because it was there (a bit like Everest). It was also considerably cheaper (£2.98). It is Sainsbury's own - or rather it has their name on it; haven't tried it yet as I'm still sipping the IPA (something I was 'advised' to do 'at that price' by the missus). [url=http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad277/smut1962_photo/beers/IMG_0050.jpg]null beerlover1983 on "Sanitation questions" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/sanitation-questions#post-6156 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:17:04 +0000 beerlover1983 6156@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Right did my first kit on saturday but have a few questions with Sanitation. I sanitised all my equipment but on the instructions it said to fill the the fv up with water and at the powder and sanitise eqipment in bucket did that all was fine. However im confused as on the actual packaging for the sanitiser it said to fill the fv up a certain way and swill it around to sanitise. Im sure that sounds better as it seems wasteful to fill the bucket with 30lts of water just to empty it out again. So what do people do ? Further on from that i have since picked up Vidine on the reccomendation on this forums as this is no rinse solution it sounds very good but does it stain or taint the fv due to its colour? Nath on "Thinking of an All Grain open day" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/thinking-of-an-all-grain-open-day#post-6066 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:20:45 +0000 Nath 6066@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Hey peeps, I don't know how many of ya live round these parts but I thought it would be a great idea to get a load of people round and do a "how to all grain" basics day. We could pick a recipe together and go through the whole process (while supping some homebrew - naturally <img src="http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/bb-plugins/default/icon_lol.gif" title=":lol:" class="bb_smilies" /> ) Then I could bottle some and wang it through the post to all who came, saw and kicked ass! Whaddya all think? gavdee on "Long winded newbie AG questions!" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/long-winded-newbie-ag-questions#post-6155 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:48:39 +0000 gavdee 6155@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Hi all – Newbie here, OK, now to ask all the questions you've probably all answered a million times before, so if not straight answers, then superb links to answers will work just as well! I've never brewed before, either from extract or all grain and I'm just going to delve straight into all grain. I fancied it a while back, looked on youtube for some tutorials, found this guy 'Chris Knight' really good, but it actually did more to scare me off than encourage me! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIGrsGPVA_Y" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIGrsGPVA_Y</a> Then my other half kindly got me the book 'The Big Book of Brewing' by Dave Line recently, which got me back into the idea of AG brewing. I've since seen this guy: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKeEv7UTTP0" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKeEv7UTTP0</a> which encouraged me further - i.e, 'I could do that!' but I dunno, no disrespect because obviously I've never tried it myself, but it seemed a little TOO amateurish for what I'm after. Then finally this guy: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABve6NbPNhk" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABve6NbPNhk</a> which seems pretty much bang on in between the above two, and somewhere I'd like to aim for in terms of efficient set up, and not trying (yet) to be TOO scientific, although I'm sure that will change when I get into it! So questions about set up: I fancy batch-sparging, so I reckon in terms of vessels, I will need A) a boiler B) a mash tun C) a vessel to collect the run off/s D) a fermenting vessel. I'm going to buy an insulated coolbox mash tun, as I reckon cost-wise, it's not too much different between home building and buying. Obviously I will buy the FV and the run off vessel, but it's the boiler that bothers me - I've seen an Electrim boiler for nigh on 70 quid for what is essentially a plastic bucket with elements, thermostat and tap attached! Are there any really good, thorough, step by step instructions on building a boiler from scratch? I don't think I will need a thermostat, because I want to mash in the mash tun. This is how I see the process happening, so correct me where needed! 1. Boil water in the boiler, once it's at the correct temperature, pour from the boiler straight into the mash tun, add the grain, mash. 2. Do run offs into the run off vessel 3. Add the ran-off wort into the boiler and boil. 4. After boiling, cool quick as possible. 5, Then open the tap and let the boiled wort into the fermentation vessel. 6. Ferment. Obviously the above is a massively basic outline of what I have in my head, but this is more a question of how many vessels I need and whether it's worth trying to build my own boiler for this batch sparging process, or is there another way? I would actually prefer to use one of those big steel pans to just boil water and wort on the hob, but they cost a bleeding fortune! Weirdly the thing that is bothering me about transferring boiling water direct from the boiler into the mash tun is that those plastic things don't seem to have decent handles to grip onto while doing it! SO, any links to a boiler tutorial would be much appreciated and then any advice on how many vessels I'll need for the AG process would also be great - I'm not even getting into fermentation yet - just want to get my set up sorted! Thanks in advance! bmsleight on "Orange, Peach and Grape Wine." http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/orange-peach-and-grape-wine#post-6172 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:13:13 +0000 bmsleight 6172@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ 2010-09-05 - Orange, Peach and Grape Wine. Inspired by Wurzel's Orange Wine Thought it was time to try and brew a wine. Not sure how to bottle it - suggestions welcome. 385g White granulated cane sugar 1 Litre Salisbury’s basic Orange juice. 1 Litre Salisbury’s White Grape & Peach Juice Drink 1/2 tsp. Young’s Wine Yeast ~1 x 5 Litre Mineral Water Sanitise and rinse all equipment. Boil about 1 Litre of water. Add sugar. Boil for about 5 minutes (until bored) Add 1.5 Litre of cold water and pour in to Empty 5 litre mineral water bottle (poor man’s DJ) Add Orange Juice. Add Grape and Peach Juice Add 1 x mug of tea (for the tannin) Add water to fill bottle to 4 litre mark (this one might be a heavy bubbler) Add Wine Yeast. Fit air lock. jharper on "Degassing Wine" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/degassing-wine#post-3545 Wed, 19 May 2010 20:07:03 +0000 jharper 3545@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Just adding a new topic that will be added to with future developments. Using a richie degasser (powered by battery drill) is not all that effective. Looking at modding a vacu vin pump with a bung somehow... JustStarting on "Tesco Demi-Johns - Just Say No!" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/tesco-demi-johns-just-say-no#post-5956 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:46:30 +0000 JustStarting 5956@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ I'd avoid Tesco demi-johns if I were you <img src="http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/bb-plugins/default/icon_sad.gif" title=":-(" class="bb_smilies" /> My wife bought me 4 as a surprise. She thought it was a safe option as they didn't need posting. 2 have now failed - cracked round the bottom so that the contents slowly seeps out. They've been washed in warm water, cold sterilized, and only used with air-locks. I can't see that I've done anything bad to them. I suspect the whole batch got a knock in the Tesco distribution process somewhere. And Tesco won't replace or refund <img src="http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/bb-plugins/default/icon_sad.gif" title=":-(" class="bb_smilies" /> I've lost a Cal Con Kit, and now a homemade Blackberry. Such waste! Neil. Nath on "The forum is nearly a whole YEAR old! What shall we do?????" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/the-forum-is-nearly-a-whole-year-old#post-6067 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:26:08 +0000 Nath 6067@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Well peeps, looking at my profile I can see that the forum is nearly a year old! <img src="http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/bb-plugins/default/icon_eek.gif" title="8O" class="bb_smilies" /> I just wanted to say a massive thanks for all the great great people on this board and for greg for all the updates and advice and laffs! I think we need to do somthing to celebrate this hugemounous, mahoosive, uber anniversary. What do people think - any ideas? Post em below and I will get a poll on. Bazza on "Leaether Strip" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/leaether-strip#post-6056 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:16:07 +0000 Bazza 6056@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ So it's the weekend of myself and the wife's 3rd wedding anniversary and I'm relaxing to some of the Sarah Hughes Ruby from the GW book which I bottled a few weeks ago. Lovely drop; I strongly recommend that recipe. The missus has fallen asleep and I'm listening to some Danish darkwave music and supping the second nicest brew to the Hop Back Summer Lightning from Mr GW. -Bazza C2H5OH on "parsnip wine not clearing" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/parsnip-wine-not-clearing#post-5753 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:24:45 +0000 C2H5OH 5753@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Hi, I've got 2 demijohns of parsnip wine that I've now racked 4 times. they've been in these 5th demijohns for over 2 months and no sediment at the bottem but there's still a bit of a haze to them. I'm guessing this is a starch haze from boiling the parsnips to much. considering you'd supposed to bottle it and leave it for a year before drinking it already tastes quite nice, but I would reallly like to get rid of the haze before bottleing (bit of a perfectionist) :-). I've heard bentonite is great for clearing but not sure if it would get rid of a starchy haze. any suggestions ? Lol the Troll on "Rocker APA" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/rocker-apa#post-6119 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:35:02 +0000 Lol the Troll 6119@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ I brought the Rocker kit instead of the Way To Amarillo. I can only boil 8 lts of water not the 10. Would it be ok if I did this way and added more water in the fermentor? C2H5OH on "Dry hopping?" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/dry-hopping#post-6010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:35:43 +0000 C2H5OH 6010@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Hi, I'm on about my 7th homebrew Kit now and although I've loved every one I've started to notice a trend, most of the brews I've done aren't hoppy enough for my taste. I've heard about dry hopping but a bit scetchy on the details. On another thread it suggests adding the hops after primary fermentation, When is this? I leave my kits in the FV for about 10 days and then syfon off into pressure barrel, would it be ok to add the hops to the FV after 5 days then leave it for another 5 before syfoning off into pressure barrel? I'm not to keen on putting the hops into the actual presure barrel. Does the hops need to be steralised with boiling water or can it just be thrown in straight form the pack? also could you give suggestions on which hops to buy for say, 1) citrusy taste 2) Fruity taste 3) just a general bitter taste