Sandimas

I still use the fish tank heater in a builder's trug, works well, been doing this for 10+ years.

When I was using a fish tank heater I put it in a builders trub full of water and put the FV inside that , so there was no direct contact ..

Pre-picking today. Lovely warm lunchtime to get all the good ones. Drying at the moment. If I can be bothered I'll do a sweep of the...

Finally bagged them all up - a holiday got in the way, hope they didn't dry too much. Despite all my earlier observations of Cascade...

I've bottled some brews 10 days in, others 30 days in...depends on the yeast, some have a really long ferment tail (especially some of...

Just picked the last of the Cascade: 29 Sept. Was hoping for a warm spell to finish them off but it didn't come and they're starting to...

There will always be too much for a food dehydrator. I usually dry mine in trays in the garage but it's got too cold too early, so...

I thought they were the same thing? Just picked this up off a hop website "Celeia, also known as Styrian Golding, grows in Styria and...

Because that's the hops that the website say are in the beer "Our brewers have let locally grown Target and Celeia hops hang out with...

Yes, always keep a stash of yeast in the fridge. Crossmyloof is a good supplier, very cheap & good yeast if you buy in bulk...

The problem is that the yeast has run out of steam. Did you happen to note the size of the yeast packet it came with? Needs 11/12g for a...

This is the problem with AG brewing - everyone gets different efficiencies so trying to replicate a recipe from someone else is so much...

You don't have to put the vacuum packed ones in the freezer as they're sealed, just keep them away from sunlight in a coolish place - I...

Can you remember how much yeast was in the packet? Muntons kits were notorious for stalling at 1020, the so-called "stuck brew"...

Finally caved in, picked some of the Styrian Goldings today: bumper crop. Might get some more but TBH that's going to be enough for the...