Do manafacturers miss out really cheap (but critical) bits.

Just got a 15mm tank connector from screwfix ([homebrew]making a dinky hop strainer for my copper [/homebrew]). But they haven't included a washer. How much does a tiny little rubber / plastic washer cost? 1p? 2p?

Now I've got to go and find a washer to fit a tank connector and will probably end up going to Travis Perkins and getting well and truly shafted.....

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.....

On the plus side the 25m coil of 8mm copper pipe I got will make both an immersion cooler for the brew and a EFi return line for my Locost conversion....

Admit it your'e making a still

I can't see how there is anything to admit as it pretty bloody obvious that's what he is making!

you'd think he'd know better than to drink that

Well if you're asking I'm making 40 pints of all-grain homebrew. Trouble is my poxy 5 gallon boiler doesn't have a hop strainer so the wort gets stuck (ie clogs up the tap).

For some reason homebrewers use their own language

e.g.

copper = (usually plastic) boiler
liquer= water
alkalinity = buffering ability of carbonates in the water (ie not just opposite of pH)


Can't decide what brew to do though-

Wadworth 6x
Black Sheep Ale
Timothy Taylor Landlord
Adnams Broadside

I would make a still but I think the police might have me under surveillance after my cheeky e-mail re loud exhausts in Devon and Cornwall

Black Sheep mmmmmmm....

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can't decide what brew to do though

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Originally posted by rb968
Black Sheep mmmmmmm....

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Originally posted by cd.thomson

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can't decide what brew to do though

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Is this your first attempt? If so, it doesnt matter what you call it - its still going to be moonshine

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Home brewed beer. A house mate of mine tried this when we were students. The student house was usually freezing cold but varied in temperature a lot. Not ideal conditions for brewing. He said it tasted really good but was best served with a kaolin and morphine chaser, such was its effect on the body's digestive system. He stored the bottled product in the bottom of his wardrobe for some reason. One night he was woken by a huge Whoomph noise as the pressure inside the bottles became too much for the glass to hold in. It put an end to the diarrhea but did mean he had to wash all his clean clothes.

Good luck with the brew. let us know how it turns out. I'd be very interested in how much gravity you manage with your mash. I've been doing full grain beers for years but try as I may, I can't get as good a yield as the books say I should, so I end up cutting the volume and then it's too bitter because i added too many hops to the boil.
It usually gets drunk though!

We'll see. I'm aiming for 75% efficiency because I'm batch sprarging... If that doesn't work I'll switch to fly-sparging..... We shall see!!!! Just getting all the bits together and then waiting for some cold weather as I haven't got enough space for a seperate fermentation fridge....

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Originally posted by smart51
It put an end to the diarrhea but did mean he had to wash all his clean clothes.

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Originally posted by BenB
I'm aiming for 75% efficiency because I'm batch sprarging... If that doesn't work I'll switch to fly-sparging..... We shall see!!!!

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sparging = after the initial mash (keeping the grain at a constant temperature) you further wash it in a slightly hotter water (now called liquer cos its brewing talk!!) to rinse out the sugars....

Fly spraging = slowly trickling through a little water as you drain the grain, batch sparging = dump in a load of hotter water then drain it.

Really fancy having a go at home brew the proper way as your doing, what kit do you need.
Cheers,
Bob

its like talking to The Wurzles!

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Originally posted by splitrivet
Really fancy having a go at home brew the proper way as your doing, what kit do you need.
Cheers,
Bob

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Originally posted by splitrivet
Really fancy having a go at home brew the proper way as your doing, what kit do you need.
Cheers,
Bob

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