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- Tue Feb 16, 2021 9:44 pm
- Forum: Cleaning, Sanitation and Sterilisation
- Topic: Rust in the very bottom of my cornelius kegs
- Replies: 2
- Views: 193
Re: Rust in the very bottom of my cornelius kegs
Pitting corrosion on stainless is possible but requires extreme conditions which I would very much doubt would have occured with a corny keg on beer. The thing to avoid on stainless is wire wool which can leave fragments of steel which will corrode the stainless. Alkaline cleaners will not be very e...
- Thu Feb 04, 2021 8:10 pm
- Forum: Kit Brewing
- Topic: Muntons gold pilsner 2 can kit
- Replies: 9
- Views: 276
Re: Muntons gold pilsner 2 can kit
This is a pretty good kit and one that I would use. It is good for learning the how to make a pilsner. I tend to make my pilsners in the winter months and age them for months stored in a cold shed. To get it going I made a strong starter with 220g honey and 2.5 g Fermaid K using the yeast sachet, 24...
- Wed Feb 03, 2021 1:52 pm
- Forum: Brewing Liquor
- Topic: Temperature of beer when doing water treatment
- Replies: 29
- Views: 761
Re: Temperature of beer when doing water treatment
Chastuck, Thanks for the info. I delved a little deeper. https://www.fishkeeping.co.uk/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=317939 Quite a few water co's are now using chloramination and worst of all now my own supplier but I have yet to see any evidence in my supply. It looks as if this could become...
- Wed Feb 03, 2021 12:04 am
- Forum: Braumeister, Grainfather and other One-Pot Brewing Systems
- Topic: Grainfather pump issues
- Replies: 12
- Views: 322
Re: Grainfather pump issues
Pee Bee, the fact that you can freely buy oxi cleaners should tell you something. It is not that scary by any means. If it was you certainly would not be able to buy it at Tescos et al. It is a convenient way of handling hydrogen peroxide, generating it in situ rather than having a liquid, that in h...
- Tue Feb 02, 2021 11:10 pm
- Forum: Brewing Liquor
- Topic: Temperature of beer when doing water treatment
- Replies: 29
- Views: 761
Re: Temperature of beer when doing water treatment
Dave, Thanks for clairifying whay you used a campden tablet. Like Eric, I do not bother with sulphites but I can fully understand why Americans are a little paranoid as their municipal water reeks of chlorine, possibly chloramines as tmany utilities in the US use chloramines instead of chlorine. You...
- Tue Feb 02, 2021 10:50 pm
- Forum: Cleaning, Sanitation and Sterilisation
- Topic: Chemsan?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 639
Re: Chemsan?
I do not wish to get into a slanging match but here is pertinent information of the relative safety of Chemsan and a caustic food cleanser such as Amphoclen S, which is used in dairies, breweries and cellars. This is a product that I use. I would stress, as Mr McM does, that nothing betters good man...
- Sat Jan 30, 2021 11:31 pm
- Forum: Cleaning, Sanitation and Sterilisation
- Topic: Chemsan?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 639
Re: Chemsan?
Here we go again. It is perhaps worth discussing sterilastion, disinfection/ sanitisation and the so called no-rinse cleaners. At our level we cannot achieve sterilisation but we can disinfect, the best products, in my humble opinion being oxidising materials such as chlorine and chlorine release ag...
- Sat Jan 30, 2021 9:34 pm
- Forum: Brewing Liquor
- Topic: Temperature of beer when doing water treatment
- Replies: 29
- Views: 761
Re: Temperature of beer when doing water treatment
I am a little intrigued by this post. Firstly I would agree with Eric, very sound advice. But, what are you brewing? All grain, brew in a bag(BIB), kit? I am not quite sure. Why do you think that you need a campden tablet (sodium metabisulphite - which is an oxygen scavenger). If you are all grain o...
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:03 pm
- Forum: Dispensing
- Topic: Cornelius keg for real ale
- Replies: 13
- Views: 608
Re: Cornelius keg for real ale
I think that you will find some useful charts on carbonation at the top of the post for dispensing from Jim which gives some details on the concentration of carbon dioxide in g/L. You will not only need to replace the volume of liquid drawn off with carbon dioxide but also provide a driving force to...
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 8:03 pm
- Forum: Brewing Liquor
- Topic: Boiling to lower alkalinity
- Replies: 74
- Views: 2495
Re: Boiling to lower alkalinity
Eric, I would agree that the other anions (chloride and sulpahte) will influence the tolerable alkalinity of the water. I was surprised by the concentration of nitrate and sulphate in the analysis of Matt's water. Nitrate is not that common and is often indicative of agricultural run -off. It tends ...
- Wed Dec 30, 2020 9:03 pm
- Forum: Brewing Liquor
- Topic: Boiling to lower alkalinity
- Replies: 74
- Views: 2495
Re: Boiling to lower alkalinity
Matt, I follow Eric's observation in that you calcium is high, or even super high. Are you reporting as Ca mg/L or CaCO3 mg/L. The hardest water I ever came across was in Swindon where it came in at 120 mg/L as Ca. I sold a water softener to the sports centre and they had avalanche of foam coming ou...
- Fri Dec 25, 2020 5:55 pm
- Forum: Yeast
- Topic: Making Agar Slants (Slopes) - In Pictures
- Replies: 156
- Views: 67865
Re: Making Agar Slants (Slopes) - In Pictures
More! More! More! Don't feel like you're 'labouring it' because you're totally taking the piss
Your exact words lest you forgot.You might be an accomplished biochemist but I doubt your water chemistry. Quid pro quo.
Your exact words lest you forgot.You might be an accomplished biochemist but I doubt your water chemistry. Quid pro quo.

- Thu Dec 24, 2020 11:42 pm
- Forum: Fermentation
- Topic: Lager and pressure fermentation questions/experiment
- Replies: 12
- Views: 799
Re: Lager and pressure fermentation questions/experiment
In theory, and in my opinion , no. But it very much depends on the size and type of airlock connection. An ale, with a vigourous fermentation could produce so much krausen that it might overwelm the airlock/ blow off cane. What is crtical is the sizing of the airlock and it connection. The biggest r...
- Thu Dec 24, 2020 11:29 pm
- Forum: Kit Brewing
- Topic: newbie help please
- Replies: 38
- Views: 2313
Re: newbie help please
Sparky, Patience is a virtue. One thing I have learned it that one needs to be patient. I like to give my ales at least six weeks prior to drinking and much longer for pils, which are much more sensitive. Two things I would not do. If you have an indirect hot water cylinder your hot water could well...
- Thu Dec 24, 2020 10:08 pm
- Forum: Brewing Liquor
- Topic: Bicarbonate HC03
- Replies: 22
- Views: 991
Re: Bicarbonate HC03
I will try and keep this simple. To all intents, calcium carbonate is barely soluble in water. Very roughly 20 mg/L will dissolve in water as the carbonate. In the presence of carbon dioxide more calcium carbonate will dissolve as calcium bicarbonate is formed, which is soluble in the hundreds of mg...