Jim's Beer Kit

I would like to add a temp probe to my mash tun (thermopot) and rather than make a hole through both skins and adding a thermowell or stainless probe I was thinking of cutting through the outer skin and adding a standard STC1000 probe pressed up against the inner skin.. has anyone tried this, any ad...

I have used parts from the cask widge, just the tube and float in a corny and it worked very well ....sometimes while cleaning casks at work I occasionally find them left inside the cask, think I have 3 now

well My Cheap Chinese Pegas Copy Arrived on Friday, less than 2 weeks after ordering and it seems pretty well made. Set it up today and tested it with a few PET Bottles which is handy as I am going round to a friends house later for Sunday Lunch so wont arrive empty handed. not bad for £27 inc. post...

thanks for the info barneey .. I have ordered the chinese one I linked to, hoping it will do the job

I have a Chinese one. Works fine. Think I will give one of these a try, looks like a great solution if I use it a lot will consider buying a proper one does anyone know if the Pegas Evolution model fills glass bottles without adding a shim/space,r I presume the cut down washer/spacer thing is just ...

I have seen a few DIY CP fillers which look simple enough to make and will probably go down that route, I do like the look of the Pegas thing a real one looks expensive but found this on Aliexpress maybe worth a punt http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Stainless-steel-304-homebrew-beer-Bottle-fill-beer-t...

I would like to bottle from my kegs and have been looking at beer guns and CP fillers would a CP filler be better than a beer gun as it seals the bottle and equalises the pressure keeping foaming down or is that overkill ..or is it just a case of keeping everything cold and using a beer gun ?

should be fine, so long as the pump and hoses are sterilised first.... at work we move beer from fermenters to conditioning tanks and transport tanks with a pump its the only way.

Looks Great, Love the Pub Shed

not for casks as they are filled to the brim we also fill 1000 liter tanks to go off for bottling which are purged with CO2 first as there is a small amount of head space left

yes it goes almost to the bottom of the cask so it doesn't foam found this site but there are loads more suppliers in the UK http://www.pharmahygieneproducts.com/tr ... -valve.php

This is what we use... a ball valve and various triclamp fittings

I am a Brewery Assistant at Allendale Brewery (20BBL)

Thanks Fil, Think I actually contributed to that thread with a chart marked up with centigrade only just started using the cornies after a year of bottling and forgot about that chart I even have one printed out somewhere

Cheers Guys, just tried bodging in a length of 3/16" line which I bought in error a while ago with massively improved results just need to order some proper reducers and experiment with the length, I usually bottle and use the brewers friend carbonation calculator which is usually spot on for me the...