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Treacle and rich molasses from this Fullers bottled conditioned ale

I was making Kefir for about 6 months but stopped as it got to be a bit of a chore keeping up with the cycle of draining the grains and adding them to a new water/sugar solution every 3 days or so. I added pure fruit juice which makes a fantastic drink as a tonic in the mornings, great for your...

Pellets I chuck in loose on around day 10 once fermentation is finished, they drop out with all the trub after cold crashing. Whole hops are more problematic as loose they will sit as an immovable raft so I tend to keep them solely for the boil. If I do dry hop with cones I find best way is to...

MJ54 is often listed as a sub for Wyeast 2112. It's the best of similar options for steam beers and pseudo pilseners in my experience, far superior to Novalager (which is also unsuitable in some recipes due to its high attenuation).

Aren't they all repackaged yeasts by other brands such as Lallemand and Fermentis any way ?

I like MJ54, for Cali Commons and more recently a Steam Pilsener which turned out lovely. Also used MJ84 for a genuine lager with German hops which also worked really well. Never had a problem with attenuation using either 🤷‍♂️

Guilt as charged ( I have children to sort out my tech ! )

Tettnang, Saaz & Hallertau Blanc steam pilsener fermented with MJ54, while I wait for a curry. Having a chicken Xakuti ( Goan with coconut, red chillis, ginger, garlic ) as a change from my usual Dhansak.

Aperol spritz mixed by my eldest daughter who also makes a mean Margarita ! Bit tizer ish, nice summer tipple.

Call me a luddite but I avoid anything controlled by an app.

Nearly at the end of this Vienna lager, just a small 10L batch I made as a user upper but one I'll be brewing again. Not usually a big drinker of hazey beers but this single hop Vic Secret pale ale is right up my street, lovely bitter grapefruit and pineapple fruitiness.

Birthday beer from one of my daughters, an English IPA from a local brewery. Sat down listening to some vinyl presents, a few classics from '77 - Low (Bowie), My aim is true (Elvis Costello) , Live and Dangerous (Thin Lizzy) , Sneaking suspicion (Dr. Feelgood).

Couple of pics I took wandering around Stowaway festival over the weekend

I can remember my mum cleaning out glass bottles with loose lead shot from a shotgun cartridge, swirled round in some sort of light scouring solution.

Day 3 at the festival and down to the last can. Poor choice from the bars on site - best option is Korev lager. On gin and juice tonight to see the final acts, last night was Leftfield who brought back a few 90's raving memories.

I recently made an IPA with Admiral, Challenger and Verdant. It's a good combination for a definite fruity orange taste and aroma.

Hands down my best Steam pilsener yet - Tettang ,Saaz and Hallertau Blanc,. fermented with MJ54.

Kegged this Admiral & Challenger IPA a week ago and still clearing but tastes promising. Surprisingly fruity aroma and taste, I was expecting some orange from the Admiral but the Verdant yeast plays a bit part in this I think. Original recipe was an Archer IPA, but had to change plans mid brew...

This guy has got some moves !