I used to use a home made 'hose and 8mm copper pipe' gravity fed counterflow. I had the boiler on the kitchen bench and the fermenter on the floor, so maybe 3 feet or so of head - more when the boiler was full. It used to take a while though - half an hour at least, and by the end it was just a tric...
Are you talking about the Beer Engine software? I've not heard of 'Wort Works'. EDIT: Graham's last ever version of the installer is available on JBK from this page - https://www.jimsbeerkit.co.uk/extras.htm . EDIT 2: Advanced senility is obviously setting in - please ignore my ramblings and go to t...
I'm not sure exactly what you don't like about it, but if it's overcarbed and you only used 50g priming sugar, it can't have been fully fermented out when you bottled it surely.
Did you take 2 final gravity readings a day apart?
I would guess that food grade certification is all about the conditions in which the stuff is handled before it gets into the final packaging. Where food is handled operators have to wear hairnets/snoods etc to stop hairs, dandruff and other bodily emanations from getting into the product. I dare sa...