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OK...so I built myself a 20l apple press out of a vice screw and made 8 UK gallons of cider...then realised I had nothing to use as a secondary. I had 3 1 gallon jars, and picked up from a flea market (get them in the USA?) a 20l glass jar that had a 3" wide top (not precise) and actually turned...

Hi all, I recently made an old ale, and it all went well, but after 24 hours yeast was still not even beginning to take off, so I pitched 2tsp of a different beer yeast and after that it got going nicely (but it could be either or both of the yeast strains) I just wondered, If the first yeast...

Hi all, I have found 3 14.5 gallon glass carboys for equivalent of $80 (for all 3) and 4 6.5 gallon glass carboys for $80 also, I am limited to 6 gallon batches for AG brewing, and dont really need 3 primary fermenters, but the price seems so good (bear in mind glass carboys are much harder...

Hi all, Yesterday I made my fourth AG brew, since i cant drink my barley wine i thought I'd make something else I can drink quicker. (8lb pale malt, 1lb flaked maize, 4oz goldings to 5 gallons) It all went well, I cooled the boiler by leaving it in a bath filled with water and ice, in 45 mins it...

Hi all, Two days ago I had my second go at a grain brew, made 2 gallons of barley wine. It all seemed to go well, got an OG of 1.080 @ 90F, and then pitched a wine yeast that is definately working because I used the same yeast a week earlier for a blackberry wine I made, as I wasn't sure the...

I've been browsing this site a while and most people here seem to use a gas burner and 30qt+ boiler of some kind for all grain brewing. I would like to try all grain properly, but in the UK this equipment is both harder to come by and more expensive, and a homebrewing friend sugested i put...

Hi everyone, I just joined these forums, just thought i'd say hello. I've been brewing kit beers for quite a while and recently decided to try some extract beers and got some pleasing results so i thought i'd try and find out a bit more, I've tried making a grain beer but didnt have much luck...