Recent content by Cynicide

Thanks everyone for your replies. This has been picked up.

Thanks everyone, I've organized a time with slcmorro and I'll let people know if he changes his mind.

Hi everyone, I've had a big clean out and I've decided to get rid of all my homebrewing equipment which I haven't used in years. I'd like to get rid of it all in one hit if possible so I'd prefer someone take the lot, or at least the bigger items. Pickup only, I'll even help you load it up...

I have a Freezer you can have for nothing if you'd like. It's about 100cm x 55cm and about 50 cm deep. I used it for keeping bottles at a certain temperature. The only problem is that I'm pretty sure it works. I'm moving house soon and I don't want to take it with me. If you can come and...

Well there's been a little issue with this brew. Just to recap. The beer was built with the following ingredients: 2500g Light Malt Extract 125g Crystal Malt 200g Malto Dextrin Powder 30g Willamette Hops 20g Goldings Hops 1/2 Tablet Irish Moss 1 Packet of Safale Yeast 20 litres of water I...

Thanks for your suggestions guys. It's a 20 litre batch. I've only actually done one reading, I plan to do another one in a week. The hydrometer measures 1000 in lukewarm tap water. LME was dry and it was a 15 litre boil bought back up to 20 litres. It was in primary for seven days.

Hello everyone, I've reached the end of primary fermentation with the following ingredients: 2500g Light Malt Extract 125g Crystal Malt 200g Malto Dextrin Powder 30g Willamette Hops 20g Goldings Hops 1/2 Tablet Irish Moss 1 Packet of Safale Yeast Everything went to plan, the initial...

Has anyone tried boiling bottles on a stove as a method for removing lables? I did a quick search but couldn't seem to find anything. Does this sound like a good idea or would it weaken the glass?

Can't wait :D

I might give this a go, is this a reasonable approximation of your method and ingredient list? What temperature did you ferment at? 200g of Crystal Malt 45g of Wilamette 15g of Goldings Cooper's Brew Enhancer 2 Morgans Amber Ale Kit S04 Safale Yeast Boil Water in brewpot Add 200g crystal...

So I've never used pink stain before. Where does one buy it? The supermarket?

I have a confession to make. The last time I brewed I forgot to clean out my secondary fermenter. I'm not too worried about it as I can see three others from where I'm sitting, inherited from friends who gave up on the hobby. So when I got back to it the word pungent doesn't sufficiently...

Thanks again guys, I did two days at 20 degrees and then transferred to the secondary with a bit of finings. The Hoegaarden is a bit dark but it tastes enough like the real thing to call a success. So now my primary concern is to make sure that I don't leave the beer in the secondary for too...

Thanks for the replies guys. I think I'm on the right track. I'm sitting at eight days from primary fermentation and I think I'm ready to go for a diacetyl rest. I did a gravity test and it was at around 1018 but there was a LOT of hop matter from the pellets in the sample. Airlock activity...

Thanks for your suggestions everyone. I did the brew on Saturday, learnt a whole lot and made a bunch of very silly mistakes. if you'd like to know how it turned out i wrote it up on may webpage here. http://www.cynicide.com/?p=22