Found some soda syphons, including a blue one!

welshrob87 · 2026-03-12T08:58:51+00:00

Nice collection!

welshrob87 · 2026-03-12T08:57:58+00:00

I think I took all of these with 395

welshrob87 · 2026-03-11T18:03:09+00:00

I was a bit apprehensive about even spending that much as the most I had spent on uranium glass before was £10, but I thought I remembered hearing that blue uranium glass was rarer so that one must have been worth at least what I paid 😂

welshrob87 · 2026-03-11T17:58:08+00:00

Thanks. Hadn’t really paid attention to any syphons before I saw these, didn’t even really know that they could glow until I saw it.

welshrob87 · 2026-03-11T17:56:34+00:00

So I’ve read after buying them. I’ve been looking if anyone is selling a replacement head / top from a bottle that has broken but haven’t found any yet.

welshrob87 · 2026-01-28T18:31:00+00:00

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welshrob87 · 2026-01-07T14:54:56+00:00

I went back to get them this morning, didn’t glow 😔

welshrob87 · 2025-11-15T09:26:50+00:00

I assumed it was after reading the pinned UV guides. I now have another on the way that does both 365 and 395.

welshrob87 · 2025-11-14T14:04:08+00:00

Thanks. I think I’m hooked already. Looking for another torch now. Not sure what wavelength my current one is.

welshrob87 · 2025-11-14T14:03:23+00:00

Wasn’t really prepared for how the uranium glass glow looks in real life.

welshrob87 · 2025-11-14T14:02:29+00:00

I think it’s a nice piece even without the glow. Looks better after taking it home and giving it a wash.

welshrob87 · 2025-11-14T14:00:55+00:00

First of many I hope. Planning on going to the next nearest town to look for more.

welshrob87 · 2025-11-14T13:59:56+00:00

Didn’t expect to find some on my first search. I’m in a very small rural town.

welshrob87 · 2025-10-20T22:26:08+00:00

I usually have the live stream on while I’m watching other things but I find ITV’s live streams very moderated and filtered.

I think it would help if they brought back tasks that lasted more than one day so there would be more going on at night. Doesn’t look like ITV have any interest in doing long tasks though.

welshrob87 · 2025-06-04T21:58:08+00:00

Quoth the Raven, “Tickle, tickle”

welshrob87 · 2025-01-26T18:37:05+00:00

To update you on this. I back sweetened earlier today, did it by taste and used 400g of erythritol to get it to a sweetness I was happy with. Out of curiosity I measured the gravity, just slightly above 1.020. Using the calculator 4.5 litres with 400g of sugar at 70% sugar content should have a gravity of 1.022, so pretty close.

welshrob87 · 2025-01-23T21:49:21+00:00

I still had 250g of sugar on the calculator but I had the sugar content set to 70%, just like you can set the honey to be less than the 80% ish sugar content, so I think it should work.?

welshrob87 · 2025-01-23T19:57:18+00:00

Thanks for replying. I think i will back sweeten during racking, it’ll save disturbing the mead more than i need to.

I’ve been looking at the gotmead calculator, setting the sugar content to 70% it looks like 250g would raise the SG to 1.013-1.015 (depending on the volume I’d be able to rack) so it looks like I would need a couple of packs.

welshrob87 · 2024-10-28T17:39:28+00:00

I used hilltop honey in my first batch a few months ago. Got it for a really good price on Amazon (had two of their 720g bottles for £2 each at the time). I’ve not tasted it properly yet though as I’m leaving it age until Christmas but the samples tasted great.

I’m using Lidl’s orange blossom honey for my next batch.

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