Category: Homebrew
Beer Update #2
Just a short update tonight. This morning I bottled and barrelled my beer. It was a relatively pain-free process, just a case of cleaning and sanitizing everything (and rinsing it well afterwards), then making...
Beer Update #1
The beer’s been in the fermenter for 6 days now. For the first couple of days it went crazy, I had a good two inches of krausen (foamy yeast head) after 24 hours, but...
Brew Equipment Arrives
I got home from work on Friday to find my brewing equipment had arrived! Along with a few little extras like sterilising chemicals, paddle, capmden tablets etc., I got the bulk of the actual...
Turbo Cider
While I wait for the rest of my brewing equipment to turn up (tomorrow apparently) I’ve filled the gap with a quick, cheap brew to get things going – Turbo Cider! It’s the quickest,...
Mash Tun Update – First Test – Updated!
Over the weekend I did the first proper test of the newly completed mash tun. I wanted to see how well it held temperature, so filled it to about 10 litres with water from...
Mash Tun Completed!
Last night I grabbed an hour while RAR was asleep and managed to finish the mash tun build. The first part was relatively easy; fitting the ball valve tap. Obviously I don’t want the...
More Mash Tun Progress
I’ve managed to make some more progress on the mash tun. Over the past couple of nights I’ve grabbed half an hour when everyone else has gone to bed and started to insulate it....