Recent content by Dave1

Welcome to the forum.

Hi thanks for the welcome back.

I'm going to tell you what i like. So what i don't include i don't like. The only beers i drink and prepared to brew is london and southwest england type bitters,copper,ruby red ales,and stouts. My favorite easily available pub bitter is John Smiths. My favorite pub ale is copper ale. My...

Hi just posting to say hi again and reintroduce myself. I haven't been active on here for a very long time. I have done a couple of beer kit brewing,1 bitter beer kit and one forest ale kit. This time i'm going to do all grain. At the moment i'm reading around the forum taking in information...

Bottled my Sherwood Ale finest Premium Woodland Ale yesterday.Have to say when i tested the gravity of the beer yesterday that i couldn't resist trying some.It already tastes great and after its conditioned in the bottles it should be fantastic.But then it should be for the price and a 100% malt...

out with the old(mud baths) and in with the new(beer baths)!

Thanks for the links and help.The books i went for are The big book of brewing by Dave Line and Clone Brews,homebrew recipes for 150 commercial beers by Tess Szamatulski,Mark Szamatulski. So what do you guys think?

Thanks for all the help and great links.Those links have certainly explained alot.Which i would have probably ended up asking you lot.

I did two searches which turned no results.I typed in all grain equipment and mashing equipment. I will do some more searched. thanks for the link. cweston thanks for the advice but i'm the sort of guy that only has todo something once and remembers what i have to do. Especially if i'm...

Hi i'm looking to get a good book on all grain brewing.Can anyone recommend a good book on the basic process of all grain brewing and the equipment needed?

Hi.So i have done my first extract brew kit which tastes good.Now i have an idea of the basics involved with brewing.I want to move onto all grain brewing so i can make beers excactly the same as down the local pub or better! But i have looked at online retailers and there seems to be loads...

So this wouldn't be a good choice? http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/item352.htm

Hi so i have completed my first brew.And now i'm eager to get on with the second brew.I used bottles for my first brew but this time i want to use a keg. I have no clue what to look for in a keg.So what would you guys say the best keg is?and why? Easy to clean?Beer doesn't go off?

And heres the end result boys.I nice pint of Tom Caxtons best bitter.:mug: Cheers.Doesn't tast to far off of a pub beers. The taste is pretty balanced.The clarity of the beer is good aswell.I'm really pleased with it what do you think? [/IMG]

Its a heater for keeping constant temp.I also figured its got to be better than heat belts and mats because its thermostatic and works off the beers tempurature directly.Where as a belt of mat would just contantly heat.I have set the heater to run at 21c.It is adjustable.My house is hot enough...