Jim's Beer Kit

I used one of these: http://www.screwfix.com/p/adaptable-box-4-x-4-x-2/19806 As Fil says, a Qmax made the right hole in the back, and I made a couple more for a Neutrik connector and indicator light for my HLT (soz - plaggy, not shiny!): http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/q520/airymary1/HLT.jpg I u...

Hi Kyle Another thought on re-using your coolbox for post-boil cooling is to use it like a CFC. Roughly, that would involve: Placing the coolbox between boiler and FV Placing the copper coil in the coolbox Connecting the coil to the boiler, and into the back of a ball valve, bulkhead connector or si...

Hi Kyle Like your idea of using a coolbox as an ice water reservoir for your chiller. Some thoughts ocurred: A submersible, garden pond type pump would be a cheaper option A coolbox mashtun is not being used by the time you reach the cooling process - it could do double duty? I would keep at couple ...

The flow isn't all that important as long as it can match the run off speed from the mash tun but a fair few people agree to buy more than one so I'll look into that. I got a Solar type pump for just that job. (I blamed repeated emptying of the run-off bucket for giving me a case of tennis elbow!)....

Fil wrote:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251451271554? ... 1439.l2649

sorry £6 pnp, but only a fiver for the barrel..

I have one of those barrels, pressed into service as FV. I'd say it's 45 litres, maybe 50 to the brim.

Cheers,
Chris

http://www.screwfix.com/p/brass-c-x-c-couplings-15mm-x-8mm/45857 I used these on my homemade IC, gives 8mm comp straight to 15mm comp, works very nicely. Yeh, those are the ones I used on my CFC, not the 10mm ones I linked on the previous page :oops: With the 8mm stop filed-out, they provide the fi...

I've intro'd 12v DC Solar type pumps into my brewery recently. My gravity system involved HLT at worktop height, sparging into MT, which output into a run-off vessel (aka 'bucket'!) at floor level. Repeated lifting and emptying of this into the boiler at worktop height was a bit tedious. When I got ...

Soz this is a bit of a late reply, but only just seen this thread. I too struggle to read the standard combi beer/wine hydrometers - the scale is too wide, so the markings are too close together. Was very pleased to get a beer hydrometer as a pressie (so source unknown, I'm afraid). Since then, I ca...

Looking through the thread it seems that nobody has actually imported any shiny from China. Is this correct? I have been browsing various chinese suppliers and plan to try and bring in 2 VERY BIG stockpots. The price quoted, for 1.2mm wall thickness pots seems reasonable and they've quoted a shippi...

GeeThom wrote: Also not sure if I can get 8mm - 15mm adaptors without getting too big and clumsy.

I used these when I built a CFC:

http://www.screwfix.com/p/reducing-coup ... 10mm/51238

Don't think so, its 3/4 BSP so would suit something like this. And it should be able to accomodate a standard sparkler, never tried it so not really sure! I believe a drum tap is also 3/4 bsp. I've certainly used female threaded plumbing fittings of that size on the back of a MT drum tap (to attach...

I did think of getting a soda stream bottle as I have an adaptor but I can't find any local stockists. My local Tesco has them in stock! Might be worth looking in a Tesco near you. Strangebrew - are you sure your adaptor will work? Sodastream changed their cylinders a year or so ago. Only the new o...

Hi Neil Can't answer your question about the 19/16" and M40 x 1.5 threads being the same, but, like you, I've often seen those thread sizes quoted for elements and lock nuts. What I can say is that I've used slimline M40 lock nuts successfully (I rejected the KM8 bearing nuts as too 'clunky'). I pos...

Hi Jim I don't use casks - I have a corny type keg, but mostly dispense from PBs, adapted to function as kegs, with 3 or 4 psi going into them from a cylinder (straight through - no demand valve). My BE drips prodigiously! BUT I stop the problem by putting a shut-off valve between the 3/8 beer line ...

Cheers Barneey. My gauge works fine on a setup for corny type kegs, but doesn't get round the problem you highlight of the one-way gas valve on a Sankey coupler. Maybe it needs a dedicated coupler, with gas valve removed, gauge fitted to the gas side of the coupler, and a stop on the beer 'out'? Chris