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Second attempt at foxbat's Fuggle Duck, this one looking much more promising than my last effort. Base malt increased to allow for my less-than-stellar efficiency, and now I've nicely hit targets with 15 litres @ 1047 OG for a BHE of 68%. Lovely and clear in the testing jar too! And smells...

I went to Tonga/PNG, that was a cracking game.

Any league fans here?

It's not good, but I suppose sniffing glue was worse.

Sodium carbonate does exist, it's washing soda. I have a big bag of it under my sink. I wouldn't put it in beer, though.

All I can, say, Jim, is that there are absolutely no off flavours in the beer I'm drinking right now, a couple of months in the bottle. And it still smells lovely!

The last bottle of weissbier (bar one that I'm keeping for my son's visit in a few weeks). Still tastes nice and smells great. Will make again, cos it's easy. BeerCat's no chill, no boil simple recipe, plus a bit of tangerine peel and coriander.

I wasn't jibing about it, Leon, I really don't mind, just a bit surprised, that's all. But if that's the way you guys have done it in the past, fine. athumb..

Tonight I start with @pilgrimhudd 's First Gold Bitter. Carbonation just fine. A bit cloudy, but that's the risk you take with postage, I reckon. I'm not good at this, but I'd say a good balance of hop and malt flavours. A very enjoyable pint that I would have been delighted to produce. In all...

Bitter is a dark beer now?

Ever started a brew and then noticed part of the grain-bill sitting in the worktop in a bowl, weighed out, but not added? Well what kind of a fool would do that? 😛 Fortunately, with my 'open bag' system, it's not too much of an issue; undo the knot in the neck of bag (which is outside the...

Another from Lidl, Black IPA, 5%. never drank a black IPA in my life before, so no point of reference. Dark brown colour, lovely aroma, tasty, I like it! athumb..

Got my old notes out and reviewed them this morning. Not surprising that I found myself down on OG first time around; I can't match foxbat's impressive efficiency! So I'm upping the base malt to a value that should give a more realistic efficiency. I plan to leave the hops alone, though. I've...

Stewart Brewing DIPA from Lidl. This is way, way above my pay grade, being 7%. This is what happens when you don't take your reading glasses with you to the supermarket! :D I suppose the routine thing said about this type of beer is it 'hides its alcohol well'. Well it does, but I know I'll...

One thing that always strikes me with PBs is, there must be a hell of a lot of winners who don't claim. People were bought PBs by their granny when they were kids, since then, they've moved numerous times, have they kept check?

Oatmeal stout coming good now. I've remarked before that no-one seems to use oatmeal in oatmeal stouts, just porridge oats and/or naked oats. This one is porridge oats and naked. So smooth, it just goes down all too easily!

Second taste of my oatmeal stout. Carbonation is still some way off optimal, but past experience suggests that it will continue to improve (26 days in the bottle). Tastes just lovely, though, so smooth, with hints of coffee and chocolate. Bit reluctant to increase priming; I'll see how it is in...

I remember back in the day watching The Keiser Report on RT, and whatever you think of him, Max Keiser is a smart cookie. Back then, at the outset, he was encouraging viewers to buy bitcoin. If only I'd listened then (and I didn't dismiss it out of hand).

Lately I have been listening a lot to these guys, the Black Pumas. I think they are remarkably talented. There is loads of their stuff on YouTube.

I think it's fair to say that this point that whilst I wouldn't deny that cold crashing is desirable, it is not essential. All my beer, throughout the process, is either in my kitchen or my living-room (never in a fridge). So around the 19-21 deg range of ambient temp. It is in demi-johns with a...