Recent content by philelmes

Hey guys. Ive had a quick look on the forum but couldnt find anything relevant. Im looking at building a hermes system but just wondered what size pumps people are using. I currently have 3 x 50ltr kegs which im going to adapt for the system. plan on making 9gallon(uk) batches. Also, for the...

Hi everyone. Not sure if the question has been asked before but has anyone ever added an s30 valve to a firkin before? I know it wouldnt technically be classed as 'real ale' but i hate the thought of 5+ gallons going bad because theres no co2 blanket. It would only need a squeeze just to allow...

This batch would have been calculated for 10 uk gallons

Hmmmm. Im planning on doing 72 pints for my brothers 30th bday so want it right. Any luck with the hop AA%? Other hop schedule i found was Fuggles 4.47% 100g fwh Willamette 5.8% 60g 6mins Styrian goldings 2.5% 92g 6mins Any thoughts?

Defo the cask version. Ive seen another recipe where there are only 2 hop additions. Fuggles at fwh and the styrian and willamette at 6mins. Im going to try that one next and see what happens.

I searched high and low for rice hulls. Being in the uk, we dont really use them. I never had a stuck sparge. I used maris as a sub and turned out fine.

Do you have the hop AA%? Ive done a few brews now and although very tasty and close, i feel its missing something. Maybe i need to add more hops to get the taste. I dont get that floral note that the original has. Im doing this again next week and wanted to get it spot on this time. Cheers

Do you have the hop AA%? Ive done a few brews now and although very tasty and close, i feel its missing something. Maybe i need to add more hops to get the taste. I dont get that floral note that the original has. Im doing this again next week and wanted to get it spot on this time. Cheers

Cheers for the suggestions guys. Ive gone down the upgrade route. Converting 2 large kegs. Possibly make a mash tun out of the 3rd.

Hi all. So ive done a few 5gallon (uk) batches ok beer now and have now managed to get a proper ale cask. I have a hlt, boiler and mash tun capable of 5gallons. Can any of you recomebd a way of brewing 9 gallons with the same equipment? Ie, maybe more concentrated wort and just top up with...

Ok so ive done the boil and taken a sample, cooled to 20°c and taken a measurement,1.050. And collected 5 uk gallons. Something couldnt have been right before. I tried 2 different hydrometers and both read the same. Sorry, in my original question i wrote post boil, it should have said pre...

Ok so im on my second batch at tribute. 1st one was very tasty and didnt last long 😆. My last pre boil gravity was 1.042.....perfect. but this time round its gone up to 1.060 post boil. I didnt do anyyhing differently. Both had 3.5kg of marris otter and 1kg of munich Please help. I was...

Wouldnt it be the same for a side exit? Tube goes in, drops 90° to pick up and syphon all the wort out the center. Id still put a false bottom in.

Im planning on adding a grill over the outlet to strain the wort. Could i then whirlpool?

Hi all. Am i missing something here?! Im converting some poor looking old kegs into some new brewing kettles. One hlt, one boiler and possibly one mash tun. My question is, is there a reason for not having the outlet come out the underside? All the boilers ive seen have the outlet straight...