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Hi, My brewing partner Ben is currently hospitalised in Tenerife after an accident caused him to put his back out. He was due to fly home last weekend after a family holiday but has been stuck there ever since waiting for an air ambulance. Meanwhile the SWMBO and kids are enjoying a few more...

I don't know as my 4 AG brews have all been different, but last night while working my way (rather quickly) through a litre of my Treacle Stout I decided my next brew was going to be that recipe again. So once I do it I will see :cheers:

From my limited experience (3 AG brews so far bottled and one racked to keg), I have had good results with: Bottling (for 23l batch) - put the required about of sugar (50-80g) into a sterilised vessel (saucepan/pyrex jug) with about 150ml water and bring to the boil. Cool, then add to the beer...

Got it, brilliant, well done :clap: :cheers:

Missed it! Cmon Buzz, let's have it back - it's only amongst us after all, isn't it? :party:

24th October for me :thumb:

I'll add my admiration for the boiler too 8-) Sounds like all went well.

It tastes fine - very nice in fact. I racked it to a king keg with 60g brown sugar. I skimmed off what I could from the top before I did that.

Planning to rack this today - looking at it there are some white patches on the surface: Smells OK - does it look sinister?

Needn't have worried - took a reading today and already 1.008 :thumb:

Looks nice - good luck with the new equipment 8-)

Have a good one - love to do a lager if I get temperature control sorted out. it's raining here too :roll:

In the compost bin along with the hops. Yeast cake goes in too :thumb:

A habit picked up off Ben :whistle: I guess because I started on kits, I'd do everything possible to prevent the kit sticking, so at the very least I'd rehydrate, otherwise make a starter. So I still feel a bit guilty sprinkling the poor defenceless little buggers onto the wort :twisted:

Don't know bristol, but a search at http://www.beerintheevening.com of real ale pubs rated 8.0 and above comes up with this: http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/results.shtml?l=bristol&search=search&ra=on&rating=8&search=search might be worth reading the reviews and seeing if any of the nicer...

284 Must stop doing this now....

This has been slowish to get going... but I was very lazy with the yeast. :oops: I just sprinkled the S04 pack onto the wort, which was still fairly foamy, then gave it a good stir for a couple of minutes. Pitched at 24c, but this then cooled to 22c. Before things got going, the yeast seemed...

Some pics: Fuggles at the ready. First runnings. Into the trusty (or not so trusty) Electrim. Reducing down some wort - could only get about 1.5l in that pan... First hops in, but not really boiling... At last... And into the FV.

Sorry to hear you were 12 points off - did you work out how it happened?

Thanks guys, Finally pitched the yeast at 6:30... Managed not to have any more boiler problems so things trundled along reasonably smoothly again. Other slight cock-ups: - The hoselock fitting on my IC decided not to fit tightly any more so as I walked back into the kitchen after having gone...