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- Sun Aug 29, 2021 3:12 pm
- Forum: Bargains Online and In Store
- Topic: Magnetic Stirrer under £17
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3559
Re: Magnetic Stirrer under £17
Phone charger was connected using two bits of paper clip, hard drive magnet I was using came unstuck from the fan every now and then. Apart from that it did its job fine.
- Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:30 pm
- Forum: Dispensing
- Topic: Kegerator Fan
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3160
Re: Kegerator Fan
I've been considering fans, but the big computer fans not the average 100mm jobs (120-140mm, but I've seen 200mm, and at least 2, perhaps 4). You can get arrays (for laptops?) or "bulk buys" for not too much. I might yet use 100mm fans in bodged into an array of six or so as I've got them sitting a...
- Thu Aug 26, 2021 11:22 am
- Forum: Dispensing
- Topic: Kegerator Fan
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3160
Re: Kegerator Fan
I ran an old computer fan powered by a phone charger. The air doesn't need to move very fast.
- Wed Aug 25, 2021 1:45 pm
- Forum: Bargains Online and In Store
- Topic: Magnetic Stirrer under £17
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3559
Re: Magnetic Stirrer under £17
Stir bar looks much the same as my existing one which I boil.
- Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:30 pm
- Forum: Bargains Online and In Store
- Topic: Magnetic Stirrer under £17
- Replies: 8
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Magnetic Stirrer under £17
After years using my own computer fan/hard disk magnet/phone charger, I found this Magnetic Stirrer so cheap I couldn't resist, With the 5% discount that was £16.18 delivered complete with a stir bar. Works perfectly.
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- Mon Aug 16, 2021 4:11 pm
- Forum: Brewing Equipment
- Topic: Grainfather grain mill
- Replies: 73
- Views: 14783
Re: Grainfather grain mill
Is it shiny? That counts.guypettigrew wrote: ↑Mon Aug 16, 2021 3:07 pmHmmm, the arguments in favour of getting a mill are slowly slipping away!
- Mon Aug 16, 2021 4:11 pm
- Forum: Brewing Equipment
- Topic: Grainfather grain mill
- Replies: 73
- Views: 14783
Re: Grainfather grain mill
double post somehow
- Mon Aug 16, 2021 1:47 pm
- Forum: Brewing Equipment
- Topic: Grainfather grain mill
- Replies: 73
- Views: 14783
Re: Grainfather grain mill
My black and chocolate malts hang around for ages and I always think the beer is better when I get a new, freshly crushed batch from MM. That may be due to expectation bias, or it may not. I don't expect anything extracted for my black malt apart from colour ... the remainder of my 500g bag is well...
- Mon Aug 16, 2021 1:42 pm
- Forum: Grain Brewing
- Topic: Should I get a Mill?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7520
Re: Should I get a Mill?
You're thinking about freshness? These days I pay £3 extra to get my 25Kg in 5x5Kg sealed bags and I can't say anyone who has drunk my beer has noticed any difference since I started buying it that way. I've always bought crushed and I get through two sacks per year, at worst the grain was crushed s...
- Tue Aug 10, 2021 8:14 am
- Forum: Cleaning, Sanitation and Sterilisation
- Topic: PH Level of Star San
- Replies: 74
- Views: 18946
Re: PH Level of Star San
If you're going to rinse, particularly if cash is tight, then diluted thin bleach is a great option. It took me a while to realise the chlorine smell after rinsing the Jerry can was simply the air trapped in it. I also wondered if a campden tablet in the final rinse would work but looking at the dil...
- Tue Aug 10, 2021 8:06 am
- Forum: Grain Brewing
- Topic: Why do you brew?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1819
Re: Why do you brew?
I'll choose 1, 2 and 3 but add 4: I like tinkering, bodging, experimenting with equipment.
- Sun Aug 08, 2021 5:14 pm
- Forum: Cleaning, Sanitation and Sterilisation
- Topic: PH Level of Star San
- Replies: 74
- Views: 18946
Re: PH Level of Star San
In the title? Probably just auto-capitalisation. My Android tablet is set up to do that.
- Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:38 pm
- Forum: Brewing Equipment
- Topic: ITC-308 troubles!
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6265
Re: ITC-308 troubles!
I've seen a couple of the videos that show an instantaneous jump. It's either electrical interference - I'd try moving the equipment to another part of the house, or aliens - did you wake up the next morning after having weird dreams with a sore butt hole (i.e. sore for no good reason you can rememb...
- Mon Jul 19, 2021 7:40 pm
- Forum: Grain Brewing
- Topic: Just how bad is fermenting at 32 degrees?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3477
Re: Just how bad is fermenting at 32 degrees?
I used to ramp up my brewing in the spring so that I could give summer a miss. I got a freebie fridge probably five years ago. When not fermenting at 18C or crashing at 3C it spends most of its time storing bottles at 12C which is quite a nice temperature to store our stash of chocolate during the h...
- Tue Jul 13, 2021 7:50 am
- Forum: Brewing Equipment
- Topic: Making a fermentation chamber/fridge
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6979
Re: Making a fermentation chamber/fridge
Control the fridge with an STC-1000 or similar. The thermostat for the fridge may be some distance from the bottom of your beer which could get much cooler than you want. I tape the sensor near the base of the FV. 4°C is fine for cold crashing. I bottled a batch on Saturday which is beautifully clea...