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by trucker5774
Fri Jul 06, 2012 8:56 pm
Forum: Kit Brewing
Topic: Near Distaster Averted!
Replies: 18
Views: 1491

Re: Near Distaster Averted!

Ditch wrote:
Stomach wrote: I have a leaky flange <proper word!>
My last wife had one of those.
Jeeze Ditch. Your last one........how many have there been...........But yes I know the issue you refer to :roll:
by trucker5774
Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:47 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: General Opinion On Bottling
Replies: 14
Views: 1692

Re: General Opinion On Bottling

I often bottle/barrel between 3 and 5 days from pitching the yeast in the primary FV :!:
by trucker5774
Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:59 pm
Forum: Brewing Equipment
Topic: Leaky fv
Replies: 10
Views: 1015

Re: Leaky fv

From what you describe, it is leaking around the seal between the tap and the FV. Any scoring would have to be very bad for it not to seal. Is it an unusually large hole? You do have the seal on the outside of the FV? Are you certain that's where the leak is? I don't understand your reference to usi...
by trucker5774
Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:51 pm
Forum: Other Alcoholic Brews
Topic: Nettle Beer/Ale
Replies: 10
Views: 2665

Re: Nettle Beer/Ale

I did nettle beer once..................................JUST ONCE :-&
by trucker5774
Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:39 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: Best use of wort cooler coil
Replies: 16
Views: 2268

Re: Best use of wort cooler coil

You would have to keep the ice moving or the area around the coil would warm up quite quickly and be less effective. Using that way you are basically building a counter flow chiller. The CFC has the advantage of the coolant constantly moving to carry the heat away. I would stick with a standard meth...
by trucker5774
Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:31 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: General Opinion On Bottling
Replies: 14
Views: 1692

Re: General Opinion On Bottling

Most commonly used here on Jim's is about 80g for ale and 150g for lager and cider (23l brew).................or to your taste!
by trucker5774
Thu Jul 05, 2012 4:58 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: General Opinion On Bottling
Replies: 14
Views: 1692

Re: General Opinion On Bottling

I would bulk prime in the bucket an add some sort of filter to your outlet when you bottle, just to keep the seeds etc out
by trucker5774
Thu Jul 05, 2012 4:47 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: Getting the hoppy taste and creaminess
Replies: 23
Views: 3684

Re: Getting the hoppy taste and creaminess

No need to apologize! Its an attachment that goes on the end of a beer engines swan-neck. it aerates the beer and gives it more mouth-feel. Not popular down south though! Because it knocks all the condition out of it and you get less in your glass :cry: I love a head on my beer, but it needs to be ...
by trucker5774
Thu Jul 05, 2012 4:38 pm
Forum: Brewing Equipment
Topic: Tesco Element Help
Replies: 18
Views: 2661

Re: Tesco Element Help

Mine are argos elements ....I think! I thought I had removed all the cut outs from mine until I had the same problem. I then found a sneaky one I had missed, but the reason it tripped was because of a build up of crap on the element........it only takes a couple of boils. I now scrub them to death e...
by trucker5774
Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:00 am
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: Storing Bulk Open Dry Yeast
Replies: 14
Views: 2054

Re: Storing Bulk Open Dry Yeast

I have a tub of Youngs multi purpose dried yeast for wine and beer. I don't use it in my beers routinely, but use it for experiments with "wine" T.C. and the like. It is at least 3 years since I first opened it and it works fine. It's been sat in a tupper ware type container in the fridge and moved ...
by trucker5774
Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:03 pm
Forum: Kit Brewing
Topic: Racking Off
Replies: 12
Views: 1391

Re: Racking Off

If I wasn't such a lazy bugger i should have said what Kev said above :D :lol:
by trucker5774
Wed Jun 27, 2012 3:17 pm
Forum: Kit Brewing
Topic: Racking Off
Replies: 12
Views: 1391

Re: Racking Off

An inch in your second FV :shock: I would expect about that as a total. I don't believe that racking to a second vessel helps to settle any debris out. Anything that is in suspension in the liquid will settle to the bottom, regardless. Not sure what you mean by this. I syphoned off from the origina...
by trucker5774
Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:29 am
Forum: Kit Brewing
Topic: Racking Off
Replies: 12
Views: 1391

Re: Racking Off

Be careful not to splash and oxidise when transferring. An inch in your second FV :shock: I would expect about that as a total. I don't believe that racking to a second vessel helps to settle any debris out. Anything that is in suspension in the liquid will settle to the bottom, regardless. It doesn...
by trucker5774
Fri Jun 22, 2012 5:43 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: Hydrometer Reading Woes
Replies: 6
Views: 834

Re: Hydrometer Reading Woes

Put the hydrometer in the FV :D
by trucker5774
Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:23 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: Blackberry porter
Replies: 5
Views: 868

Re: Blackberry porter

I made a blackberry stout in March. I used about 6Kg of blackberrys and I added them at the end of the fermentation. I have added them to the end of the boil in the past and the flavour was very light. Adding them towards the end of the fermentation made it very fruity. Click this blackberry brewda...