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I made the mistake of using wine yeast on 2 of my batches.. they are both down to 0.995 and very dry 2 of the others are on english yeast and are sitting abotu 1.001 and still have some sweetness left in them. I really have to leave myself a reminder to stay away from wine yeasts!

Mr Wibble I have a wine fridge tucked down the back that i brewed 4 batches of Mead in over 3 years ago.. to this day the fridge still smells So damn good every time i open it, even though the demijohns were taken out 2.5 years ago :D

Hmm wow the cold and flu tablets have kicked in.. Not Wolfy's Galaxy its G&G flowers from 2011 Had to go to a 90 min mash as all the mill stuffed up half way through the crush and it hadn't converted all the sugars. As it stands Im down 5 points on gravity i can live with that in this style.

Oh i give up on the formatting.. its been a long day :D

Well nothing like getting over a cold to enthuse you to do a brew. Or 2 1 Nukey brown Double batch 9.00 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 4 92.3 % 0.25 kg Caramalt (Joe White) (49.3 EBC) Grain 5 2.6 %...

I just did 5 x 20L as well. It ended up being about 200kg of apples. Its all depending on size and type of apples and the efficiency of your press and scratter. Mines not so great but the day is really enjoyable. All up took about 4-5 hours with 4 of us pitching in. Ive got acid and tannins on...

Heh i just tried this the other day with a keg of Wit bier Short answer... No not really Yes it got carbonation but diminished as soon as the keg got cold although it has almost got back up to the correct level after a few days.

I just remembered why i stopped using Topaz now. The last brew i did was a Topaz Smash with a Randal full of cascade flowers.... That didnt go down well at all and put all my friends off randals there on out :P Really should get back into it

last couple of batches ive done have been smack on 1040 late last year there was one at 1044... makes no difference in the end

Bribie if you can fit a 60L you should be ableo to fit 2 cubes side by side and possibly another 2 above. This is what i changed to a couple of years back and never looked back.

You sure can. You can use trial and error or grab Beersmith or other software if your not already using it to help calculate your needs and track them. The biggest issue you will come across is figuring out what your new efficiency will be. It will drop depending on your grain/water ratio and...

Ive had a topaz smash a long while ago... was great but i think my tastes have moved on since then.

Is that FG using a champagne Yeast? if not get a decent starter going and throw it in. Or have you tried rousing the yeast, slight swirl, increase the temp a little? Taste is subjective and the best bet is to use an accurate mixing vessel that you can blend the 2 together until you reach a...

Buy 6 months worth of grain and and brew it in one hit.. No more grain just beer, no problems! :D Mark (MHB) used to dose his stock with tablets i believe. Was it Sulphur? (sorry Mark if im wrong) Im sure some of the larger HBS have similar issues and may have some pointers as well.

Vac sealer time of year for those that need new bags or a sealer Edit.. I have to learn to read up ...

Yup me too. can fit 4 cubes in my fridge at once. Cleaning them suits me too.. fill up shake round rinse out, fill with sodium percab. and leave for 2 days. Clean, Starsan, Use again. They have always gone back to shape after a forgetful pitch and tight lid. Usually the next brew and its good...

yeah i couldnt let that go

Not that this is related to all grain anymore but.. Double batch Brew day today with the new cheeckpeak 2000w element. 42L of water. Higher OG because i no chill into 17L cube and top up to 21L to ferment (And it helps with volumes in my 60L pot). 22mins to go from 65deg to 75deg mash out...

Well i have the new element in the pot doing a leak and ramp test with 35L of water. Water temp was at 15deg going in and it ramped to 26deg after a stir at 10mins so a tad better then 1deg a min With the length of the element being shorter then the keg king but wider there is a some dead...

I looked at dragons elements a while ago and completely forgot about them this time around. I ended up buying the 2000w element of cheeckypeak this week and will report back how it compares to the Kegking element in both single and double bactches. One thing i am hoping that i can achieve in...