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Where's the fun in that? :cool: I mean what I love about brew days is the unexpected accidents! The mess on the floor, the beer hitting the ceiling, taps being left open, blocked pumps. It's what gives the beer character :laugh8:

This weekend past I started brewing a kind of honey beer type thing. A good friend of mine is having a bee themed wedding so I thought it might be nice to brew a beer that had a honey tone to it. Started with 4kg MO as the base and then used 400g Gambrinus Honey Malt. 200g Flaked oats to help...

Wee update on the winter warmer. I added some cloves, star anise and cinnamon at the end of the boil and then also left some steeping in some vodka which I added after primary fermentation (the smell of the vodka concoction was amazing!). It's in the keg and carbing up nicely. Early tastings...

Feel free to give a shout if you're up this way. Happy to show you around my (messy) brewing area :)

I've had blockages on my pump before as well. I usually find that opening the valve fully clears it, although I have on occasion had to blow air from the arm back down into the hot wort to clear it. Where there's a will there's a way :) I'm in Caithness (Halkirk). What about you, where in...

Thanks peeps! Would love to hear how your mods go and if you find it makes a difference 👍🏻

After being pretty underwhelmed when I first used the whirlpool arm I decided (after quite some time!) to make a wee (simple) tweak to it. I reckon it's made it way better. Youtube video talks you through it. How's other peoples use of this contraption been?

First time today after continually hearing about it in the media :) Usually rubbish at these types of games but pretty proud of myself! Wordle 221 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Making the most of the Scottish bank holiday? ;-) I know exactly how you feel. I was back to work today (I take the english hols even though I live in Scotland, easier with the teams I work with), but used my BH to good effect yesterday!

Had planned to do a brew on New Years day but ended up going for a dip and a nip in the North Sea instead. It was invigorating (especially the dram!) :) Brewed yesterday instead. This time wanted to do a "Winter Warmer" after trying Lidl's version and being bitterly (boom, boom!) disappointed...

Clyne's Winter Warmer - 20L. Total: 219 litres

Hi @Jamesman - glad to hear it's turning out nice. You're being very restrained having left it for 8 weeks - well done :cool:

And the reason I came back to my thread was to update on my last brew day (2 weeks ago now, I'm rubbish with this stuff :laugh8:). Anyway, decided to brew up a nice mild bitter. 3k MO, 250g Crystal Mal, 250g Torrified Wheat 25g Fuggles @ 60m 25g EKG @ 30m Can't remember what yeast I used...

Oops sorry @Jamesman - only just spotted this question :oops: I just used enough to cover the chips in the jar, probably about 300ml give or take I'd imagine.

Update on here for everyone in case it helps in the future. I re-racked this into a 5l keg and put a campden tablet in. Force carbed it and left it for a week or two. Tastes delish. Quite tart but that's probably just the style of lager. No sign of any infection - either floaters, look or...

I’m just outside Halkirk and work in Thurso. What type of work are you in that brings you north?

Welcome @Beer Please . Where about in the Highlands are you? Nice to have another highlander on here, there's a few of us now (I'm in Caithness) :)

So I've been making a few batches of "real" cider made from "real" apples (kindly donated by a friend). Batch 1 went fine and is bottled and carbing up nicely Batch 2 I racked about 10 days ago and noticed at the weekend a bit of an infection. I've re-racked it, trying to avoid the scum on...

Hey thanks @pilgrimhudd - I’ve just checked my notes and it was WLP001. Really must get round to brewing this again as absolutely loved it! 😋

Can’t believe it’s been since August that I last brewed! Although I’ve done two batches of cider since then (really need to get some vids up on YouTube!) Anyway yesterday I did a third batch of cider (friend gave us loads of apples!) and also made my version of a nice easy drinking mild -...