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We aim to despatch all orders within 24 hours, by our dedicated team of packers, and sent by courier on a 24 hour service. All orders are packed with care using air bags and bubble wrap where appropriate. In the unfortunate event that your order is damaged during transit we will replace all damaged items without quibble, including glass items, just send us a photo of the damaged items within 3 days of recieving delivery.
Please note that we only process orders Monday - Friday and therefore bank holidays can cause slight delays in despatch so please be patient at these times. There can also be a slight delay during extremely busy periods especially in the run up to Christmas but most orders will be despatched within a few days.
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Delivery Costs
UK Costs for orders under £65
| Up to 500g sent Royal Mail 1st Class | 501 - 1kg Sent Royal Mail First Class |
1kg - 1.5kg Sent Royal Mail 1st Class |
Over 1.5kg to 30kg Sent Parcel Force | |
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Zone 1 - UK Mainland (all postcodes not mentioned in zone 2 and 3)
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£2.99
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£3.99
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£4.99
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£5.99 (24 hr) (Free non priority despatch option on orders over £65*) £30 for Saturday delivery. £11.99 (48 HR) |
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Zone 1 - Isle of Wight
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£2.99
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£3.99
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£4.99
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Zone 2 - Postcodes beginning with IV, HS, KA27-28, KW, PA20-49, PA60-78, PH17-26, PH30-44, PH49-50, ZE |
£2.99 |
£3.99 |
£4.99 |
£13.99 (48 HR) |
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Zone 3 - Postcodes beginning with BT, IM, TR21,22,23,24,25 |
£2.99 | £3.99 | £4.99 | £16.50 (48HR) |
UK Costs for orders over £65
| Up to 500g sent Royal Mail 1st Class | 501 - 1kg Sent Royal Mail First Class |
1kg - 1.5kg Sent Royal Mail 1st Class |
Over 1.5kg to 30kg Sent Parcel Force | |
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Zone 1 - UK Mainland (all postcodes not mentioned in zone 2 and 3)
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FREE
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FREE
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FREE
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1st 30kg Free . Additional 30kg £5.99 but free with each additional £65 spend £30 for Saturday delivery. 1st 30kg £6.00 - £11.99/additional 30kg |
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Zone 1 - Isle of Wight
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FREE
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FREE
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FREE
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Zone 2 - Postcodes beginning with IV, HS, KA27-28, KW, PA20-49, PA60-78, PH17-26, PH30-44, PH49-50, ZE |
FREE |
FREE |
FREE |
1st 30kg £8.00 - £13.99/additional 30kg |
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Zone 3 - Postcodes beginning with BT, IM, TR21,22,23,24,25 |
FREE | FREE | FREE | 1st 30kg £10.00 - £16.50/additional 30kg |
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| Country | Up to 1kg | 1kg - 30kg | Per Subsequent 30kg | Up to 1kg | 1kg - 30kg | Per Subsequent 30kg |
| Channel Islands | As UK | £10.00 | £10.00 | £1.5 | £4.00 | £10.00 |
| Ireland (Republic of) | £7.5 | £14.00 | £14.00 | £1.5 | £8.00 | £14.00 |
| Belgium and Luxembourg | £7.5 | £14.00 | £14.00 | £1.5 | £8.00 | £14.00 |
| Netherlands | £7.5 | £14.00 | £14.00 | £1.5 | £8.00 | £14.00 |
| France | £7.5 | £16.50 | £16.50 | £1.5 | £10.50 | £16.50 |
| Denmark | £7.5 | £16.50 | £16.50 | £1.5 | £10.50 | £16.50 |
| Germany | £7.5 | £14.50 | £14.50 | £1.5 | £8.50 | £14.50 |
| Italy | £7.5 | £23.50 | £23.50 | £1.5 | £17.50 | £23.50 |
| Spain | £7.5 | £27.50 | £27.50 | £1.5 | £21.50 | £27.50 |
| Portugal | £7.5 | £27.50 | £27.50 | £1.5 | £21.50 | £27.50 |
| Greece | £7.5 | £28.00 | £28.00 | £1.5 | £22 | £28.00 |
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Austria/Czech Republic/Finland/Hungary Lithunia/Norway/Poland/San Morino/Sweden Slovakia/Slovenia/Switzerland Estonia |
£7.5 | £31.50 | £31.50 | £1.5 | £25.50 | £31.50 |
| Latvia | £7.5 | £31.50 | £31.50 | £1.5 | £25.50 | £31.50 |
| Turkey | £7.5 | £31.50 | £31.50 | £1.5 | £25.50 | £31.50 |
| Croatia | £7.5 | £31.50 | £31.50 | £1.5 | £25.50 | £31.50 |
| Malta | £7.5 | £64.00 | £31.50 | £1.5 | £58.00 | £31.50 |
Reviews
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Customer Reviews
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Rating Massive advance in my brewing
Review by Simonon 07/07/2018Maybe a little early to review this as my first brew is only just underway, but none the less i am so impressed.
I will start with the chiller unit. Easy to unpack, leave to stand for 24 hours before even touching it.
All the connections are typical Grainfather.......they work perfectly! Very easy to set up. It comes with the glycol and the strainer for pouring it in to the tank. Just be aware some of the instructions are different to those on the official Grainfather YouTube videos (for example the ratio of glycol to water and the changing of temperature on the unit) i opted to follow the instructions to the letter in the manual and ignore the videos.
When you first turn it on after you have completed the priming instructions it will chug away until the temperature guage reads -4.5, then it will sit steady waiting for action.
The fermenter fits well (although i didnt tighten the nuts enough causing a slight leak from the chiller my fault, not the unit.)
I love the fact the lid has a seal and clamps so you get a really good airtight fit.
The digital display fits nicely and turns on when the chiller is on so there is only one power cord. Setting the temperature is easy, you select up or down until the target temperature is displayed and away you go, it is really as easy as that.
The chiller then reads the temperature and if it needs cooling it will start pumping, if it needs heating it will gently warm up. You can set the variance as well to within 0.1 of a degree so for me my brew is at 18 degrees and the chiller/heater is working at 17.6 to 18.4 degrees.
Because it comes with the jacket it really maintains the temperature so it is not constantly on. It pops on for a short while and then off again.
Crash cooling......it was 30 degrees yesterday, i used the Grainfather set up to cool my wort, but still had to dump in to the fermenter at 23 degrees. No drama, the chiller kicked in to life and in no more than 20 minutes if not less it was sat at 18 degrees, really efficient.
Woke up this morning to a perfect 18 degree fermenter with loads of activity in the airlock.
It is now all sat in the garage bubbling away, the only downside is that coming from having a Coopers fermenter with Krausen collar that allowed you to look inside, i cannot see the activity..........but that is a small price to pay for an amazing piece of kit.
At last i can brew all year round, i can brew lager, ale, in fact just about anything i want any time of the year.
Positives.......you can brew anything you want and hold the correct temperature, you can also programme the controller to ferment at stages which it will do automatically. The fermenter is lovely in design and easy to use, and the ability to dump the yeast and sediment mid brew is a nice touch.
Negatives.......it is costly, the dual valve tap is great, but you will need to buy silicon tubes to attach to them, and using a bottle wand will take a bit of figuring out.
All in all, i love it. I am currently doing the Amarillo single hop ale from Greg Hughes book, then i am going to try the Mexican Cerveza, then something else and something else and something else!