A quick update on my Ale that was tasting a bit off - tried a couple of bottles last night and the off flavour was gone. May risk trying the lager again this weekend it has had quite a bit longer now… (View Post)
Personally I quite like using a mixture of plastic and glass bottles, the plastic bottles mean I can gauge how much pressure is building up - if I think the plastic ones are starting to contain too m… (View Post)
I have a large plastic storage crate from Homebase, at the moment that contains a FV, 20 litres of water and 5 ice blocks !! Have now learnt in the hottest weather the lowest I can achieve is in the … (View Post)
So last night it looks like fermentation has slowed down again after the stir - not in the region of 1.003 / 1.004. I also question is the stirring may have re-introduced some sugar that settled earl… (View Post)
Yeah definitely do like the PET bottles HBO sell, capping using the supplied caps and the black capping tool they sell seemed to go well. I also have one box of the cheap clear PET bottles so just us… (View Post)