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AVOID COLD SHOCKING THE YEAST Lalvin EC-1118 THE ORIGINAL ‘PRISE DE MOUSSE’ DOSAGE White, red and rosé winemaking: 25 to 40 g/hl Secondary bottle fermentation 50g/hl To restart stuck fermentation 40g/hl Note: dosage range is based on the must sugar content and sanitary state of the grapes and winery...

My spirit alcohol meter says in the instructions :- for every degree over 20C add 0.3% and for every degree below subtract 0.3% or for every degree over 68F add 0.5% and for every degree below subtract 0.5%.So thinking about a Parrot beak and the need to know the temperature Sat.afternoon turned in...

It's a shame you can't get it all in one place. Shipping is killing me.[/quote]
I bet you couldn't drive round and collect, cheaper than the shipping price !
and at the other end there's someone to collect it! pack it! and post it! 24/7
stop winging and get on with it!

mikeac wrote:Yup I tried gaskets, then silicon then JB weld let me see what was going on, use copper or deal with leaks. I can deal untill I get more funds approved

Why don't you take up stamp collecting instead ?

I can work out how to use this site but cann't work out the "Wiki" site, seems you have to be some sort of Geek or at least not as thick as myself :( .Any way I've been playing with my original Death wish label which Husker kindly put on the Wiki Nice label. I added it to the wiki: http://...

Great info. Pintoshine many thanks. It would have taken ages if at all to work the mint one out.I'll post the results of my experiments to maybe help others.As for U-Tube I'm only on a 56k dial up (win 98) and it's too slow to stream vid's
cheers Danny

Don't know how long you had another half but time will teach you that you got to do projects for them. Yes after 25 years I was too slow.I should have said that the bolt was to hang kitchen utensils on! To make cooking easier :roll: Or maybe "I'm taking the kitchen over as an R/D Laboratory. :...

I do agree with goose here, though. The output should be a bit further away from the heat source, especially since you're using gas. Thanks for the replys I'll take them onboard but I was going to follow John Stone's :- Making Gin and Vodka where it's only the botanicals (Juniper berries etc.) and ...

Uncle Jesse cited in Divorce case ! :shock: Only joking - but I began to get some "ear ache" from the other half about the amount of time I spent down in the "Shed" The latest session producing an essence still :- http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j274/QDanT/essencestill.jpg It's...

kingearwig wrote:The angle of the condenser is less important than the angle of the lyne arm. I think. If you want more flavor angle the lyne arm downward on its way to the condenser.

The brass elbow allows any angle to be set up.

cheers all Danny

My spirit alcohol meter says in the instructions :- for every degree over 20C add 0.3% and for every degree below subtract 0.3% or for every degree over 68F add 0.5% and for every degree below subtract 0.5%.So thinking about a Parrot beak and the need to know the temperature Sat.afternoon turned int...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7266136.stm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow Guess it was only a little one at 5.2 but to be woken at 1 in the morning with all the wardrobe doors banging and the house and ornaments shaking was kind of scary...

QDANT That's a mighty fine looking barrel you got there. You got a copyright on that label? That's way too cool! I put 5 gallon DWWG in a 6.5 gal carboy. Never do that again :oops: No copyright - you can still buy fish and chips wrapped in newspaper here (uk) does that mean I cann't read the paper ...

Just curious. Does it take allot of water too cool it down?? I hadn't worked it out because we pay water rates at just over £1 a day wether we use any or not :shock: So being a Yorkshire man I like to get my moneys worth :lol: But what a wealth of free imformation on this site :- pintoshine Apprent...

Got my new brew tub ( see above ) http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j274/QDanT/newbrewtub.jpg and the cooling coil takes just under 1 hour to cool 5 gallons from the boil to 75*F. http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j274/QDanT/coolingcoil.jpg :D :D :D :D :D http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j274/QDanT...

Do they come with a free shed
Danny

Yes Yorkshire(lead free) solder rings.It goes from the copper bowl at 1.5" brass back nut to 54mm copper pipe to 54mm to 35mm reducer to 35mm to 28mm reducer to 28mm pipe to 28mm shallow bend to 28mm pipe to 28mm 90* presstex with olives brass bend to 28mm pipe to 28mm to 22mm reducer to 22mm p...

Cookshop.com UK Ebay as a 1/2 price shop soiled, couple tiny dings, but there's a few on USA Ebay search :- copper mixing bowl
good luck Danny

I thought I'd share the results of another productive weekend :- http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j274/QDanT/kegtop023.jpg http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j274/QDanT/kegtop021.jpg Note the use of Thermalite building blocks as a welding/soldering bench they reflect the heat back at the underside o...

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:12 pm Post subject: An even bigger GRIN Well never mind Zen and the art of copper pipe coiling - after I'd worn a groove in my knee and kinked a couple of turns :oops: I went away and gave it some thought :idea: and came up with this "idiot" proof simple jig :- h...

Used my new stainless 50ltr stock pot for the first time, on my first Deathwish wheat germ, I was surprised just how long it took to cool down before I could add the yeast. I've built a 3/8" copper chilling coil for the next batch I used Gervin wine yeast StrainGV4(26) and Tron"O"zymo...

Hi you can still buy 1/4" copper pipe in the UK but then it goes metric.So my column is 54mm, I wound the coil onto a 22mm piece of pipe as any smaller was flattening the coils too much, but then coiling it back upon itself didn't allow for any gap between the coils, if it was to fit into the 5...

Got as far as here http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:External_editors" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow
then my mind went numb
Sorry!

Well never mind Zen and the art of copper pipe coiling - after I'd worn a groove in my knee and kinked a couple of turns :oops: I went away and gave it some thought :idea: and came up with this "idiot" proof simple jig :- http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j274/QDanT/kegtop008.jpg 3 bits of...

Pikluk wrote:nice bits keep us posted.

whats the blue plastic thingy on top of the keg?

I've no idea I cann't see or feel anything on the inside of the keg
Maybe it's a sat/nav tracker from the brewery
Does anyone know ? cheers all Danny

I spent Sunday afternoon cutting an 8" circular hole in the top of my keg with a jig saw,where I'd used a 4" angle grinder to cut the valve out see :- http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5854 I then used paint stripper to take off the keg lettering followed by wet/dry sand paper...

well after a couple of hours messing about with picks, probes, screwdrivers, drills, pliers, hammer and chisel and a blow lamp I gave up :oops: and cut it out with a 4" angle grinder so I guess I'm going the bowl route. A copper one would be nice after seeing Uncle Remus's "Layla" tha...

With all the reading I've been doing waiting for the post I'm sure it is and I'll no doubt be building one as well, but I still have to get the keg valve out
Without brute force because if it's threded the column can go back ontop of it.
cheers all Danny

Hi to all from Danny in Yorkshire England I'm gathering parts and have come to my first problem.I've just scored a 50 ltr. stainless keg, using search for valve removal comes up with :- PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:37 pm Post subject: Removing Sankey keg valves... http://homedistiller.org/forum/v...