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Brewery Plant for Sale
Probably slightly beyond "home brewing", but I guess it's just the next step........... Brewery Plant For Sale 5 Barrel Plant for sale £10,000 inc. a.. Mash Tun b.. Copper c.. HLT (800L) 3 FV's d.. 3...
 
Exploding Bottles
Greetings all! I've had a batch of Belgian Strong take a fairly serious turn. The beer has been WAY overcarbonated from almost day 1 in the bottle. I think I didn't let it sit long enough in the...
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Waiting for fermentation
How long should I reasonably wait before deciding I killed the yeast by not letting the wort cool enough before I added it? The kit (which I haven't used before) says to pitch the yeast at 21 degrees...
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home made immersion chiller
I'm a tinkerer as well as a home brew wanna be. I just tested my immerstion chiller made from a 50 ft. coil of 1/2 od coffer reffer tubing. It was in a 10 gal alumimum pot (ebay special). Without...
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question on where to get kettles for a brew on premises operation
Hi, Don't know if anyone on this board can help with this question but I thought I would give it a shot. I have been a homebrewer for a while now and am looking into opening a brew on premises store....
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blackcurrant beer
Hi all Aim about to make a 25 litre, all grain batch of blackcurrant beer. Due to a glut of organic berries I have in the garden. I assume the best time to add the berries is in the secondary. My...
 
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barley wine
Well, it'll be beer based and wine strength anyway. My plan is to brew a can of extract normally, then pitch some wine yeast and another few kg of sugar. A largish part of my reason for doing this is...
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Grain Steeping Question
I'm wanting to try a recipe which requires steeping grains. I have a couple of questions which I was wondering if someone could help with: 1.) What forms of "grain bags" can I use (other than the...
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Primary, Secondary, Bottles....
Hi, Recently I have begun to have a few doubts over the methods of my brewing, particulary when it comes to bottling! Basically I tend to move straight from primary into bottles for secondary. Usually...
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Fridge
I'm looking for a relatively small, second refridgerator that will be converted into a kegerator. I'd also like to use this to keep my fermentations at required temperatures since I don't have air...
 
New to the trade
Well, I am thinking of going out and buying a home brew kit. Is there any suggestions on where to get one on the internet? or what all defines a "good" home kit. This will be my first attempt at home...
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Ginger Stout
I recently attempted to make a Ginger Stout after having a taste at a pub. Starting off with extract I went through the whole process and dumped a bottle of Ginger Wine into the mix once put into...
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Sterilization
Hi, It's over 20 years since I did any home brewing but my son has just bought a lager kit to make 40 pints. I remember last time choking on the fumes from the sterilizer and was wondering if I could...
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leftover receipe
Thought I'd use up my extras this summer and do a brew. I thought I'd throw it all together and see what came out at first. But now I'm not so sure. Any ideas?? 3 lbs Plain Amber DME 3 lbs Plain Light...
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