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Originally posted by suityou01 View PostI drink on an industrial scale so barreling is the best optionAlways forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Never brewed myself but I know a few folks who do and they are actually pretty good overall. Funny when they get together to critique of one another's brew. Oh look here's some of them at it now.
Originally posted by suityou01 View PostTo release the vacuum and pour a pint of flat ale
Remind me never to drink round your gaff.Free advice and opinions - refunds are available if you are not 100% satisfied.Comment
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Originally posted by DaveB View PostNo You Don't. If the brew is working properly in the barrel the natural CO2 in there will pressurise it nicely. Think about traditional cask ales. Wooden barrels, no CO2, just a tap on the front. If it gets to the point where you can't pour a pint easily anymore then just open the cap of the barrel slightly to allow it to pour properly, then do it up again after. This only really happens when you get near the end of the barrel anyway.
I've been brewing for almost 20 years and have never had to use a CO2 cartridge on a barrel.
I use these guys if it helps:
Home Brew Shop near Aldershot
Also do online ordering.If you think my attitude stinks, you should smell my fingers.Comment
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Tesco are doing home brew now.
Admittedly mostly Coopers (apparently not the greatest) but Youngs, Caxton & John Bull as well.
Wilkinsons have been doing it for a while they do the above + Woodfordes.
I'm on Wilkinsons Newkie Brown this week which is very nice.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Make your own wine
Notes I took after a colleague explained the other day how piss easy it was, and no special equipment needed:
(Any further notes, suggestions, or precautions etc much appreciated)
Code:1. Components needed: * 2 litres of Tesco's grape juice (white or red) Must be unsweetened, as sweeteners are artificial so yeast can't "eat" them to turn them to alcohol, so they will stay and make final product too sweet! * 2 lb bag of Sugar * yeast (bread making yeast is fine, but brewer's yeast is a bit better) * 2 litre glass coke bottle (or carbonated water glass bottle etc) * Sodium metabisulphide (i.e. water sterilizing tablets used by campers) * pack of child's balloons and rubber bands * pin 2. Steps : 2.1 Empty & clean coke bottle (pour muck down the drain! ;-) 2.2 Fill with 1 litre of grape juice & all the sugar, shake until sugar dissolves, then put lid on _loose_ (to keep flies out, but let air in as first fermentation stage is aerobic, i.e. needs oxygen) Contents will foam for a while, then settle down to bubbling after a day or so 2.3 After foaming, stretch balloon over top, secure with rubber band, and poke single hole in it with pin This hole acts as a one-way valve, preventing oxygen getting into the bottle (which is necessary as second stage of fermentation is anaerobic) but at the same time allowing excess gas produced to escape, which will make balloon bulge out. 2.4 When balloon bulge subsides, this indicates that fermentation is complete 2.5 At this stage one can add a pinch of potassium sorbate, to stop any residual fermentation (which otherwise would increase pressure inside the bottle once the bottle has been sealed) 2.6 Screw top tight onto bottle, to seal it. 2.7 Drink wine
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You people are on a different planet.
Why arent you posting on a B&Q site?
No wonder you are being Bobbed.
Read what you've written.Comment
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Originally posted by aussielong View PostYou people are on a different planet.
Why arent you posting on a B&Q site?
No wonder you are being Bobbed.
Read what you've written.What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostNotes I took after a colleague explained the other day how piss easy it was, and no special equipment needed:
(Any further notes, suggestions, or precautions etc much appreciated)
1) It doesn't matter about unsweetened - preservatives matter more. You'll need to boil it for 15 mins to get rid of them
2) Normal yeast is horrible and beer brewer's yeast dies too early for wine - go to Wilkos and get some general wine yeast (85p).
Otherwise you can do this with the same equipment mentioned above:
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