Recent content by monkeyhands

Ok so I'm going to have a go at this recipe but I'm not sure about the final steps due to the process I currently use. When I brew the beer is fermented and once this is complete I syphon it to either bottles or barrels, add a little priming sugar and leave it to prime and clear. Obviously to...

Ok well I'll give the constant stirring go next time as far as the time goes it probably takes about 20 minutes to drain the boiler through the chiller any way, would leaving everything in the boiler for 20 mins then draining make any difference do you think, the flame out hops would be in...

Thanks for the answer guys, at the moment I don't have an imersion chiller so I cool the wort by running it from the boiler through a 10 meter long coiled tube that I submerge in a cool box full of ice cold water, the wort goes in the top hot through the tube and comes out at the bottom...

So im brewing this right now and have just realised i have no idea what whirlpool means and there are so many explanations on the forum's I don't know which is the right one, can anyone help thanks

When I brew I leave a sterile spoon in with the mash and regularly stirr it for the whole mash time (my mash tun has a heating element which is controlled by a thermostat to keep the mash at the right temp and when it powers on I stirr the mash to prevent it burning on the element). Will this...

Thanks for the replt, I've got a brew on the go at the moment and am going to do the Tribute next then keep it for Christmas, ill let yoy know how it turns out.

Hi, I'm new to wholegrain brewing and have only done 5 brews so far which have all been from kits that came with instructions hence my knowledge is not great yet so apologies for the daft question. My question is about the quoted times for putting the hops in the boil, this recipe quotes 10...

Thanks for the help guys, in answer to the question of what sanitizer i use i am in the uk so may not have access to the same brands as you guys, in any case i use ordinary baby sterilizing tablets the kind you would use to sterilise a formula bottle etc i have never had any problems with...

OK this is my first post on here so please don't shoot me down in flames if it sounds silly, also I have already tried searching the forums for an answer but got nothing, hence this post. My question is this, how much of my equipment has to be sterile i.e free from bacteria. I have heard 2...