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Hi Barticus

Glad you liked my thread - got there in the end

Yes very happy with the boiler - had thought about changing the tap but had no problems once the pipe was connected to transfer the wort so just left the original one on

Cheers

Lee

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wasn't really a contest was it, another England failure [mind you they got further than I thought]
still got half a keg left - need to get another brew done soon before it runs out [hopefully with less questions this time]

Lee

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Hi Guys

Cracked open the keg on the weekend, just in time for the football. It taste great and came in at 6.5%

Time for my next brew

Lee

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We shall see

See what my beers like in a few weeks and I will agree with that sentiment

Thanks again for your help fellow Northerner

and of course the rest of the lads on this forum

This thread probably going to be useful for new BIABers [possibly

]

Lee

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Hi Yeasty I'm up in Stanley, County Durham so not near Peter Kay country unfortunately - thanks for the offer though, much appreciated The good news is there is no need :P I used the advice from this link http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/new-brewers-post-cleaning-and-sealing-a-barrel-cap and it h...

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Hi Yeasty Quite possibly - I have had more problems since I have tried to barrel the beer than actually making it With the amount of sugar added it will probably end up like rocket fuel, going to leave the seal now and see what it is like in a day or so by running some beer off - if it comes out qui...

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Hi Yeasty Well disaster strikes again, I put too much vaseline on the seal and tightened it too much so has distorted the seal and hasn't carbonated the barrel, oops. I have added about 50g of sugar to the barrel and have put the seal in boiling water to bring it back in to shape and only put a thin...

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Cheers Yeasty You nailed it on the head, it was the nut that was loose, didn't check it when I bought it thought it would have been pre-tightened [another lesson learnt] have hand tightened and vaselined the seals on the nut and washer Hopefully should work this time when I add the sugar Cheers Lee

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Cheers Yeasty You must have read my mind - sent you a PM to look at my post as I thought you might know the answer I have the injection model cap already on, not got much DME left, could 40g sugar be used instead? take it I would need to sanitise the jug first Regarding injecting some gas, I have on...

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Cheers Guys I transferred my beer to my youngs pressure barrel http://www.amazon.co.uk/Basic-Pressure-Beer-Barrel-vent/dp/B002R6DIIQ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1336673913&sr=8-3 on 01.05.12 and used DME to condition. In my book it advised to vent the air from the barrel after a few days but when I vente...

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Cheers Guys - that's put my mind a rest that is fast yeast - have done what you said yeasty and will leave it till next week. Now that my panic is over have had time to reflect what I have done I have a few more questions; I intend to keg my beer in the standard youngs keg - I have read a few posts ...

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Picture now added. Thought I did it wrong.
Also since previous post decided to seal fv fully

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re the gravities - I used the table on the back of GW book which gives adjustments if the temp reading the gravity is not at 20 degrees C the post and pre-boil were 23 & 25 degrees C when I did the readings [hope this is correct]

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Also forgot to mention - I didn't seal the FV completely as was concerned that the top would blow off so just sat it on top [which it is still currently] and also if relevant at no time during the two days has there been any bubbles coming through the airlock whether this is due to not completely cl...

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Hi Guys Well eventually got my BIAB and did my first brew on Sunday 23.04 with recipe from my first post Everything seems to have gone ok I used a microfleece and sleeping bag to do the mash and managed to get a pre-boil gravity at 1.0527 and post boil gravity of 1.0592 which was almost exactly to t...

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Hi Joshua
I intend to take the bag out before boiling the wort but was wondering what to do with the rack
Lee

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Hi guys Trying a test run on the boiler to measure the evaporation rate per hour. I was intending to use a large pizza tray with holes in to keep the bag away from the element so put it in and started the boiler up, unfortunately due to too much covering I was unable to maintain a rolling boil so ha...

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Thanks again Guys - useful tips

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No probs Bob

Cheers Guys

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Thanks guys, lots of good tips!

Bob, how much starsan would you use to make 4 litres?
6ml of starsan?

Lee

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Hi Guys Nearly there getting all of the equipment - just waiting on my BIAB [which hopefully should arrive soon] and I will be ready to begin. Have bought the Starsan and PBW as recommended earlier in this thread, as follows [hopefully these are the correct ones]; http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk...

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Cheers Guys

Thanks for the info and humour - think I'm almost there now but no doubt I will be back with more questions

Lee

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Hi Guys Sorry more questions Have decided to try no chill to cool the wort and have bought the 2 x 25l jerrican on the below link and intend to buy the silicon hose on the other link http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360411001167&ssPageName=ADME:L:OU:GB:1123 http://www.the-hom...

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Thanks Guys

Think I have all info I need for the moment, appreciate all of your help

Lee

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Thanks Joshua

Probably a daft question, should the airlock be fitted with water in it?

Lee

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