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Hi Waggastew - the idea is to provide the flexibility to switch between bulbs and SodaStream for a portable setup as / when required (i.e. take some bulbs as a backup, or maybe SodaStream is empty but you have some bulbs lying around) - providing a bit of an "all in one" solution. Gotcha...

I use a SSbottle, KK Sodastream adapter and KK mini Reg on my portable setup, all about as small as you can get without using bulbs. Not sure of advantage of using bulb type charger/regs? Are they smaller?

WLP833 Bock is a gun, ferment at 10ish. No Sulfur, can throw acetylaldehyde if you rush ferment. Use a nice big starter and happy days

Sometimes I get a 'krausen' ring at the topic my PET bottles if they sit somewhere very still while carbonating. Can't say it looks milky....

Hi Les, I saw your like and wondered if this was an issue in Weiss beers? You are legend for your Schneider clone, have you had to tweak it to account for age of commercial bottles?

Apologies in advance for the long post: As a home brewer I have spent the last five years mainly brewing beers that are either clones of commercial beers or attempts to hit particular styles (especially for comps). Over the last year or so however I have been thinking that this might be much...

Looking at the photo it looks like the end of the fitting is threaded not barbed?

I just kegged a Berliner that I planned to use a wyeast culture on.....until I saw the price! Ended up using grain for a kettle sour. Buy, grow and split seems a good option. Another may be to bottle some soured wort that tastes otherwise clean and store it cold. Yoghurt option seems a bit...

From what I have read/heard Lacto is self limiting and will stop souring once a particular pH is hit. I am not sure what that pH is but should be fine. Only other problem will be more chance for other funkys to grow. If you kept it warm and O2 out you should be fine

I tried the Tasty method a few times this year with WLP833. While they definitely had most of the characteristics of a good lager they all had acetaldehyde issues, a sign of yeast stress. This was despite pitching big starters. My other lagers using that yeast have not had the same problem so I...

Recipe: SBW-2 - Sour Berlinner WeisseSoured in pot after boil. Cooled to 55degC, add 20g/L pilsener grain(in bag) and lactic acid to pH 4.4, CO2 purge, foil, gladwrap and then into freezer compartment with heating pad set to 50degC for 48hrs. Reboil and then pitch with Euro ale yeast.Plan to add...

Here's cheers to end of year beers! Apologies to the other 97% of people that have to work over the summer. As a teacher who once worked in the real world I ain't moaning about our lot. BTW the beer is half Single Tap IPA, (Pour Report) half Tony's bright ale clone w NZ hops. Need to invest in...

Munich Helles, been lagering for a few months now. Goes nicely with some homemade Korean Fried Chicken and Kimchi

First beer in a month, Munich Helles. Lagered for two months. Mmmmmmm

IPA from the Pour Report (link below). Thought I had stuffed up the mash as my numbers were way low at the start of the boil. Then had a brain flash, the recipe has 650g of cane sugar I had forgotten. Crisis averted. Recipe: STI-1 Single Tap IPA from the Pour Report...

Beer based on Moondog/Beer Deluxe Collab 'Splice of Heaven'. I actually haven't got to try the original but through of it when asked to brew an xmas beer for a mate who is doing a case swap at work. He doesn't really drink much beer but loves ice cream. Mine will be a bit lower ABV and...

Delicious Friday drinks with a view

Recipe: HGH-3 Hell of a Good Helles Style: Munich Helles TYPE: All Grain Taste: (30.0) Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Boil Size: 34.12 l Post Boil Volume: 29.12 l Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 l Bottling Volume: 21.00 l Estimated OG: 1.046 SG Estimated Color: 3.8 SRM...