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Does or has anyone used this style of boiler before http://www.leylandhomebrew.com/item586.htm and do they work ok?

I was getting ready to keg a brew from the secondary,when i got the chance to try out my new toy:ban: a hydrometer. So being keen i just took a sample with my other new toy:ban: a turkey baster!. The reading was 10.19 and i am unsure what to think of this as i did not have the hydrometer when...

… as soon as the first day of spring comes: pow! Love is out the window and lust is in. And the first day of spring is, of course, Tit Monday. Ah, Tit Monday. It’s not that far off now, that glorious day when, heading into work on the bus, or walking to the Tube, or sitting on the train, you...

Could i expect a more vigourus fermentation in a brew that i have thrown together myself(2.5 gallon boil in a stockpot added to cooled boiled water to make 5gallons) compared to the previous no-boil kits i have done.I used 2 packs of muntons dried yeast that i had earlier rehydrated and proofed...

Saturday 8th April was my birthday,all i wanted was to share it with friends and family(and bottle up 5gallon of Sherwoods Best Traditional Bitter:tank: )I had already cleaned and sterelized 48 grolsch fliptops,when my assistants turned to to help.3 amigos..together...bottling good beer and...

I have a Hambleton Bard Pressure Barrel http://www.arkwrightshomebrew.com/product_info.php/cPath/25_37/products_id/149,It contains 39 pints of Almondbury Old that has been kegged for 16 days(for people to drink on my birthday (April 8th).Tonight i sampled a pint(for 'Quality Control' you...

I am just about to syphon a brew into the bottling bucket with the priming sugar then to the bottle. Is it safe to use the bucket for a new brew to ferment in straight after or should i sterilize again?

I am nearly ready to keg a brew,and i will not be using any priming sugar for it as i have a good good co2 supply to carbonate. Can i just keg,then place it straight into my garage/bar room,for 2-3 weeks at a temperature of about10c ban:(as the yeast dont need to do any more work)? Hopefully...

Is it possible to sterilize my grolsch flip top's,rinse and the put the caps in place so that i can use them in a few days time(this will save lots of work come bottling day)?:confused:

I picked up a couple of different packs of hops(Challenger and Bramling Cross) from my LHBS with the idea of dry hopping in the keg. Which of these types of hops will be suited for dry hopping(i have a Docklands Porter nearly ready to keg)?:D Cheers

I have started drinking an IPA that has been in the bottle for 5 weeks. When i pour the ale(nice and gently)it has good clarity...but...if i dont want the sediment from the bottom of the bottle i lose about 1/10th of the beer(totally unacceptable:tank: ). Is this amount of sediment the...

I am hoping to keg a brew today,but when i took a gravity reading it was 1.016(the reading before i pitched the yeast was 1.048).It has been in the fermenting bucket for 14 days.As i was hoping for a lower reading than 1.016,can i pitch some more yeast or sanitize my stirring spoon and give it a...

What are we all brewing this weekend? I have got myself 2 kits(Brupaks Almondbury Old,the last one i brewed made me think that i might keep this as my Stock Ale). I intend to pitch one kit straight onto the yeast cake from a Woodfordes Great Eastern Ale that has been in the fermentation bucket...

I have pitched onto a primary yeast cake before(with rapid action),but that was after i had transfered the beer to a secondary(brewing bucket with lid and airlock...but it worked ok) after 5 days. This time i will be pitching onto the cake from a brew that has been sat in the primary for 2...

Thanks to the results of an earlier post(Gutted),i am way behind schedule()due to trying to drink the grolsch to quick:tank: . I have just cleaned a sterilized equipment, kegged 5g's of Birkby Bitter. Then rushed upstairs to the bathroom/cleaning room,rinsed the fermentation vessel and filled...

I was forced to go to my sisters house and purchase 16 bottles(brown)of grolsch(flip tops) for the great sum of £10:tank: . In order to keep to my schedule i am now facing the dilema of drinking these as fast as possible to get them cleaned and sterilized before friday(not really a problem...

I have just mixed up a muntons extract kit and realised i didnt filter enough water( a gallon short)how long is it safe to leave the mix whilst i filter 8 pints of water?:confused: Cheers

What are you all drinking after work today(or looking forward to)/:tank: I have some IPA(in bottles),and Almondsbury Ale in the keg:drunk:

I have a chance to buy 2 bottling buckets/fermenting bins and 2 fermenting vessels. here is a picture...http://www.arkwrightshomebrew.com/product_info.php/cPath/25_28/products_id/33 If i was going to be thinking.... of.....perhaps.... fitting a pressure keg lid(they are the same 4" lid...

Just finished carving the beef for dinner(huge joint as there are ten of us). Chose to have the first pint from my Almondsbury Ale:tank: ,it has been sat in the keg for 11 days indoors and a few days in the Chiller(garage:D ).Taste heavenly....now for a good family dinner and plenty HB:rockin: