mik82

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• Posted in thread: Electric Brewing on 03-20-2006 at 10:24 PM
  Yes we have those in the us...we call them coffee pots. ;)Are they 3000W though? To provide
  3000W from a 110V circuit you'd need 27A of current! Do you have circuits other than 110V?

• Posted in thread: Electric Brewing on 03-16-2006 at 02:09 PM
  I use something called a tea urn as my electric brew kettle/water boiler. have this model
  which I bought second hand for £30 ($50). It has a 3000W element and a thermostat which is
  useful when bring...

• Posted in thread: Rolling Boil on Wort. on 01-16-2006 at 02:10 PM
  I'm from the UK and I've got a 6 gallon Swan electric tea urn. It's got a 3kW plate element and
  takes about 10mins per gallon to heat from cold.

• Posted in thread: Smaller than 5 gallon batches? on 10-17-2005 at 10:08 PM
  At the moment I only brew 2 imperial gallon (2.4 US gal) batches. I haven't got the implements
  or the space to brew any more. I've only got 4 one gallon carboys, a 2 gallon bucket and a 2.5
  gallon bre...

• Posted in thread: Bottles from the UK - are they re-used? on 10-05-2005 at 10:55 PM
  Yeah what the other UK ppl said is right. I've got a lot of different brewery specific bottles
  and otherwise they'd be put in the recycling bag.I just spent ages cleaning about 30 bottles
  recently. Mo...

• Posted in thread: ginger chocolate porter on 10-03-2005 at 03:30 PM
  Imho the easiest thing to do would be to brew up a standard porter recipe. On bottling add
  ginger essence and chocolate essence to taste.

• Posted in thread: hydrometers and OG demystified on 09-28-2005 at 09:52 AM
  Can you transfer the sample back in after taking it or is that not a good idea?