Recent content by Matt89

I insulate my probe against the fermenter on the outside below the level of wort Works fine for me

Threw another one of these down on the weekend, great keg filler for summer!

+1 for CC

Secondary = not worth the risk of infection Leave in primary for another week after you hit your FG then transfer to keg/bottles And if your concerned about sediment in bottles, use finings but your yeast cake should be nice and compact after you give it the time it needs

I like the simplicity of this but scared that the heat is being applied too concentrated to one area?

You'd probably find that the doors have mullion heaters in them being a glass door freezer to stop sweating while in operation cooling wise, which could account for the heat as well

Thanks for the replys guys, security light is looking the easiest to me as no screwing around with having to fit a bayonet for the bulb :)

Hey guys I wanna get a heat lamp/fan going inside my ferment fridge so I can get some brews done in this cold weather ATM, just wondering what power lamp people are using. My fridge is a standard sized domestic one, is it worth installing the fan as well? Cheers Matt

Cider has only dropped 15 points in 6 days? Berri apple and pear x 5 2.4LLactoseS-04 Sitting at 16C ATM

Starting filling keg to find more then just ice floaties, it's a solid brick down the bottom with about 6 litres left to fill! guess I'll just wait longer?

Delicious will continue then, should I wait until I can't see any ice?

So I'm about to keg an apa after I have been CC, and I have notice bits of ice floating around on top of the beer... Never had this happen so should I just wait for it to warm up a bit or is it stuffed? :( Cheers

is the thermostat set to the lowest setting? Does it have a dial?

I have a raspberry wheat that is nearly 2 months old and is still too tart for my palate, I pasteurized raspberries and mashed them up and strained 1.5kg juice/syrup straight into fermenter My suggestion would be to keep the raspberries whole in a bag and not to heat them just give them a good...

It will make beer but you have got a can of light malt extract instead of wheat, if you add the extra dme you have, you will get a heavier beer with a more malted profile I think you may have confused the caramalt for dme Caramalt is a spec grain that you steep in water then add to the wort...