Recent content by Jzrp

Ps I just crushed a couple of campden tablets, diluted in a really big mixing bowl with water. I did the same thing for each batch to get rid of the scuff

Cheers for the reply Yooper. I needed to crack on so I just made a campden tablet solution and washed the fruit in batches. But I only soaked it for an hour or something. Is that likely to be a problem? That I didn’t leave it for 24 hours. The fruit is in the freezer so worst case scenario I...

Linked to this thread from another about sanitising fresh fruit pre adding to the secondary…. One thing I get confused about with campden tablets is they are used to stop fermentation in some cases right? (Wine) I use one every brew day in the liquor for beer but if I wash 4-5kg of...

Agree doesn’t really matter how it looks apart from for OCD sake. I also know as tidy as mine looks now as soon as I start drilling in for the shanks and wires I’m going to make a total mess of it too haha 😂

Thanks for your reply, I did very similar in the end

Hi all been lurking for a while and using forum as a resource! I have a question regards insulating keezer collar. I have read on here that it’s best to insulate (seems logical) and most examples I’ve seen people use a foil backed board. When I went to buy some from B&Q they only had bare foam...

Thanks Last time I didn’t do a secondary and went straight to bottling from primary. This time I wanted to get the coconut etc in so seemed like a good idea to do a secondary for that step. Been very careful to sanitise so hopefully will be ok but it is funny seeing the difference of opinion...

Thanks for this! Was really worried I had cocked it up and would need to add more yeast back in

Hi all Might be a stupid question thread but what better way to make my first post on this forum. I’m on my second brew, a partial mash that I’m calling a coconut latte stout... as it’s a breakfast stout heavy in chocolate and coffee which has had some coconut milk powder in with the lactose...