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Here's the most abused piece of my brewing kit... This is my first and still my only capper. I got it in 1991 when I first started brewing and it's still going strong-ish after thousands of hits with a hammer. Now I get splinters of wood flying off and the spilts in the handle are getting...

Bottling and brewing today. Bottling's done and the boil's just about to start on my APA with a few tweaks inspired by Epic Pale Ale. Crocodilion APA II 24 litres 4.5kg Maris Otter (Thomas Fawcett 4L) 500g Munich Light (7.5L) 250g Crystal Light (65L)...

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Easy and cheap lid = glad wrap and a rubber band. I am currently fermenting two 4 litre batches of mead in 4L water bottles. The glad wrap and rubber band seal allows CO2 to escape but keeps the nasties out - no need for drilling, airlocks etc.

Right, that's sealed it...I've got to start getting to these case swaps.

Thanks Nat, All good now...they're both cranking along nicely :icon_cheers:

Temperature controller really is the best brewing investment you could make...but if you're not ready to fork out just yet...turn your fridge to it's lowest/warmest setting and throw a thermometre in there. Check the temp after a day or two, should be around 9-10C. If it's around 10C then...

I doubt it. I don't think he was ever into brewing, I think he was just lonely.

24 hours in and there's already some notable differences. The bread yeast has really kicked off. There's a constant stream of tiny bubbles throughout. See the little streaks, lots of tiny bubbles - fermenting healthily. Meanwhile the US-05 has rehydrated and is mostly just hanging, clumped...

Manure sounds the go, introducing mites reminds me of Queensland's genius introduction of the cane toad. What could possibly go wrong?

Schooey - nice work, simple concept plus a bit of humour with the rubber duck, I could see it working. Petesbrew - awesome...it's a brave and stylized interpretation - plus you've already done several revisions, I'd send an invoice. As for the legitimacy of the request I can completely relate...

I put down two more of these babies today, so easy! Last one I made tastes delicious, I can't keep my wife away from it. This time I'm making 2 gallons, 1 with the same Tandaco bread yeast I used last time and the other with US-05 yeast. Bottling was a pain last time as the bread yeast...

Bottling at 1.016 sounds dangerous to me...kaboom. I'd leave it on the yeast for another week, if it's still ok then another week won't hurt it - if it's infected then bottling now won't save it. :icon_offtopic: A bottle of apple juice you forgot to put in the fridge? Hooch-tastic!

Same here...I used to put a single pin hole in because I read it in an old brewing book (and coopers kit instructions) but this site and a couple of trial runs showed me that I didn't need the pin hole. I still use the lid with blow-off tube for wheat beers and belgians, glad wrap for...

I interpreted the labels differently. Two of my entries were in smaller bottles so I labelled those entries as bottle 1 & 2 - same beer, same entry just multiple bottles. That's how I understood the labelling convention, the guidlines stated that you could enter 1x 500ml or 2x 375ml bottles...

I had birds chomp off the first few shoots while we were away so I bodged together some old chicken wire to protect the little suckers until they're a few feet high. Here's one of my two pots...I've rigged 4 lines climbing onto a palm tree. Any extra shoots I'll train onto the metal railing...

If you've already got the equivalent yeast count from a 1 litre starter then I reckon you've got plenty for a 25L batch. 2nd last Hefe that I made I pitched a 4th generation 3068 yeast that had settled to about 8mm in the base of a 500ml jar. I did start it off on 500ml of boiled and cooled...

It is generally recommended that brewers use canning or pickling salt - it is basically sodium chloride and used in small enough proportions to boost chloride to brewing water. In 16 Litres of mash water 1.5grams or a quarter tsp triples the chloride count of my water. At much higher...

I just tried to access the http://www.howtobrew.com/ website but it's offline! It looks like the domain name has expired. I wonder if it's an oversight or a deliberate move to sell some books - which I completely understand if it is - he deserves to make some coin for all the awesome info he...