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I made myself some rather spicy Chicken Tikka kebabs the other night, and in anticipation of the assult on my taste buds I invested in a few Bottes of Cobra, which IMHO despite its general blandness goes well with spicy scran. On pouring the first bottle I noticed a good hit of an aromatic hop...

I brewed a Scottish 60/- at the weekend and it was mashed at 70C so Im not expectimg it to ferment forever , pitched it with a packet of Crossmaloof Beoir ale yeast and it got off to a vigorous start here we are 3 days from pitching and its come to a grinding halt at 1.017 from 1.036 OG..(18C...

I hooked up my brand new 8L 30/70 Cylinder to a brand new kegland mix gas regulator and fed it to a single corny two weeks ago @40psi ... tonight the flippin gas bottle is empty... !!!!! i must have a flippin leak.. and its a 140 mile round trip to get a refil..... flippin raging... And in...

Ok Im on a Quest for a less bitter dark beers like 60/-, milds stouts etc.. I like my dark beers smoother than Slinky McVelvets Cashmere Codpiece.. Now Im led to believe that mashing too much Roast / speciality malt will produce astringency in the finished beer, Anyhow I stumbled onto something...

Im in the middle of sorting out a larder fridge as a kegerator.. In my mind Im trying to keep the lines within the fridge as tidy and easily managed as possible and it got me wondering why I cant use 3/16 for all my gas lines ( I know it needs stepping up to 3/8 in places) as its a tad more...

The saying "You are what you eat" Also seems to apply to our wee yeastie friends.. So I get it that good nutrition is really gonna help our wee buddies get torn into the wort But the question is Which Nutrient to go for? there are many and varied options on T'internet.. So which Yast...

Brewday are selling Pauls Malt and im just wondering what the collective view on Pauls Malt is?

Folks I have a "FrankenStout" fermenting on a bubler . It should be ready for kegging in the next couple of weeks. It will then be closed transfer into a Co2 filled keg where it will sit unmolested for 4-6 weeks however I dont yet have a fridge free to cold crash So Im wondering should the...

Amigos, Im in the Southern half of South Ayrshire and wondering if there are any other brewers in the shire that want to get totgether and talk beer and stuff..

My recent brews have been in a cupboard with my Chubby fermentor sat on a heat pad.. did the job ok.. With an eye to doing some lagering down the line , I whipped out an old chest freezer that can hold two chubbies. I hooked it up to an inkbird with a small fan heater and the freezer turned...

My beer fridge saga continues and todays question is : Where will I find a calculator to work out the optimal diamater and length of beerline to serve nitro beer through a stout tap in my fridge ( think stout tap set up like a party tap, not fixed to the fridge) there are tons of Co2...

Folks After much negotiation with SWMBO I have been granted permission to remove the crisper box from out tall larder fridge to store two Cornys for dispensing.. However I do Not have permission to mount taps in the door, I will however be able to drill for two gas lines. one Co2 and one 30/70...

folks. following the last brew numbers being all over the place i did a boiloff test on my 35L bz4 . 20 L of cold water took just over an hour to come to the boil at full power with the lid off.. 30 min rolling boil at 102C with lid off and then chilled with the IC back down to 20C I...

Folks, I currently have a Pilsner sat in a King keg 18C @12-13psi and im looking forward to the unveiling.. Im liking the self contained, no Oxygen thing with these pressure vessels and can see me continuing to use them. Im a lager, stout and 60 shilling kinda drinker and have looked high and...

I was out for a Ruby earlier and had my first pint of Cobra in years.. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but was astounded at the hoppy aroma it had.. Its smelt lik Saaz to me , and got me thinking does anyone know what hop is used in Cobra.?

I boiled an extract (DME) Pilsner in my brewzilla at the weekend . As an AIO and hop spider newbie I was taken aback at the amount of cold break trub that made it through to my fermenter. In the good old days when pellet hops were considered the "dark side" much of this trub was caught in...

As the title asks How much headspace is needed to pressure ferment in a corny? Or a unitank for that matter. is there a magis ratio?

Return brew #1 Ok folks been a while since I fired up a boiler and as my BZ gen 4 was untouched by man I thought id give it whirl. I bought a pile of extra Light DME a while back, and as tI wanted to do a test boil to measure boiloff etc I decided brew 1 would be a extract Pilsner so I bought a...

Amigos.. Im staring down the barel of a golden ale recipe which calls for 20g Admiral in the mash to allegedly provide 8 IBU, From the little I can find out about mash hopping it doesnt strike me as worth it. So Im thinking Id be better getting 8 IBU from that hop at flameout.. is there any...

Folks I have been reading a lot on the forum to aquaint myself with the changes that have taken place since I last brewed.. One thing has struck me, Im reading a lot about total water volume post sparge and mash efficiency. Last time I was brewing I would stop the sparge at the point where...