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Welcome to the forum! I studied at BIMM, but sadly haven't been able to get back as much as I'd like over the years. I hear there's some good places to drink there now.

I'd like to be in on this. I just had a Wyeast farmhouse pack delivered. I also have a sorachi ace saison conditioning now with Lallemand farmhouse yeast, however it's really clean. Do we have to get as close to style guidelines as possible?

Sorry, didn't see that!

I'm in!

I didn't get your beer unfortunately :(

I make a lot of lacto fermented pickles, one day I'd like to try using pickle brine. These days though I use Philly sour which I really like.

Congratulations to the winners! I've sent out all feedback now so if anyone doesn't have it please let me know. Also some of you have been asking questions about feedback as I've been sending it out, if I've missed any questions please let me know and I'll reply 🙂.

Ok, so the winners are: @Leon103's Export India Porter @dave_77's Schwarzbier @matt76 Hurricane porter and @Gio 's RIS Also with so many entrants I wanna give a shout out to @Nottsbeer's dunkel and @Broken Toe 's imperial stout. Both very good beers which scored well. Feedback will follow soon.

I've finally finished judging. It was a bit of a mammoth task, I don't think I've judged that many beers before. It was split over 2 days in the end. I think every beer had something to offer and the feedback is constructive criticism on what I (and friends) perceived, and I've tried to give...

I think they're also looking for judges if anyone is interested.

I'm gonna get started real soon, I have 21 to sample so it will probably be over 2 days. I'm really excited. Anyway, here's the dream team: @Hazelwood Brewery @AJA your beers have turned up today. @gibbo_sd just to confirm I also have yours

As I say, buying a product in bulk and selling it on, there's nothing wrong with that especially if it's cheaper. I've not bought any MJ yeast in a really long time so can't comment on how much it costs compared to the yeast's it might be based on. Also, blending yeasts is definitely adding...

I get people to help. I don't like to waste beer of course so if it's divided up between a few people we each sample a bit. I find 100ml is a good sized sample and then I'll be having 1.7 litres of beer, which isn't outrageous. Previously I have split it over 2 days when I couldn't get enough...

I love witbier and would love to give this a go, but I currently have about 4 other wheat yeasts sitting my fridge 🤣. I think yeast is my favourite ingredient to play around with. Yeah definitely, dry yeasts are getting better and I do hope dry becomes equal to yeast in both quantity and...

I got this email back from the Yeast Bay:

I've not really noticed TBH. I can always cold crash as well which helps compact trub. I tend not to save the yeast from those batches either. When I made cider in November I ran out of glass demijohns and put 25 litres of juice in my Fermzilla and it's been tied up ever since. I can't say I've...

I have a stainless steel FV, Fermentasauraus, I've also used a FastFerment, but I think I've now come full circle to plastic buckets with a tap. I don't pressure ferment that much and really could live without it. SS is nice but I think the options we get here are kind of small or expensive. The...

I've got ~17 so far with one more on the way maybe. Friday night/saurday morning I will post a photo of the lineup.

I'm sure side by side many would be able to tell the difference between US05 and WLP001, but even after reading that I still stuck to US05 because it's really good and the ease of use outweighs those gains. However, I got my hands on WLP060 American Ale Blend and it's my favourite Chico yeast...

I do prefer the ease of dry yeast over liquid but I think for yeast forward styles liquid tastes better. For making saisons, Belgians, wheats etc liquid has always come out better than dry equivalents for me. I really like to brew lager styles too and when I think back to my best batches, they...