Jim's Beer Kit

Aye, I was that way with my cheap buffalo - ready to send it back and agonize over getting something else because that had changed the hole shape. Took Wezzel to point out that you could get along fine with the tap thats on the thing. Easy to fall in to blinkered thinking.

Eric you just hit the nail right on the head for me. At That price its a no brainer. Thank you

Fil as far as I can see I will be only using two elements concurrently. I don't plan to have the copper (2 elements) going at the same time as the HLT (The Buffalo). Being in a council house I am restricted to using the indoor sockets, of which I have 4 available near the window where the 'zeebo wil...

Yeah right in the middle of the board is a section with RCD written on it and a yellow button above?

Doubt the council would like me adding sockets to the outside of me house Hip I have a 4 gang 13 amp extension which I can use for smal stuff - probes etc. I will just get a dedicated 9 quid one for each element. Seems the way forwards for me, anyway. And some RCD's too.

Arthritic fingers - wouldn't be able to make one. Are those I listed in last post any good?

OK How do you tell what KW level an extension will take? Looking at my link its not obvious that it only takes 3 kw. So if I don't intend to run both boilers at the same time, I would need ( or rather could get away with) 2 extension leads, each one 3kw rated, use one for the buffalo at the start, t...

I will be using a buffalo boiler and a Copper kettle 60 ltr Boiler with 2x 2.4 Kw Element EB5, outdoors.. Will also have some sort of electric temp probe as well. I was planning to use my existing 4 socket extension through the window, but looking at other threads has cast some doubt in my mind as t...

Aye, looks like 25 - 30 quid for the caravan stuff, Boingy - but if I need it I'll get it. Not planning to treat my water for the first few brews to get the process right before anything else, so the fewer "added" taints/flavours - the better. I am a couple of weeks off getting my 60 ltr copper, the...

I am planning to fill my Buffalo HLT in my Brewzeebo by hosepipe from the kitchen tap 50 feet away. I fancy getting a cheap flat hose to do the job but would it have to be food grade? Or does it not matter as its going to get the arse boiled out of it? this is the one I was looking at http://www.gro...

You can buy Absinthe in Tesco and Asda but don't make the mistake of thinking that you'd be drinking what Wilde, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Toulouse-Lautrec and Van Gough quaffed and hallucinated on. Its very inferior, much weakened stuff. Still gets you pished though.

I'd be in a brewzeebo and thought that as I wouldnt be able to fit a bit of silicone hose to the Buffalo's native tap it might effect the het of the water. You have set me thinking now - I could fix a funnel with a bit of hose under the tap... bugger I'm going to have to ring them and cancel the pic...

Been playing around with Beer Engine to learn how to scale brews for 17 litrs. So i add the 23ltr recipe from the book in to the software and it scales it down lovely when i change the volume and hit recalculate. The thing is, in the side panel it says the final gravity should be 1.010 and that the ...

So an 18mm hole would be too big?

All way beyond me I am afraid Fil

I got the buffalo because of the ease of fitting the 3/8 SS tap. They are taking it back and giving me a refund. Its going to set me back a few weeks though, as I cant afford to do anything else until i get the money back.