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There‘s definitely more going on in PBW, I am on the last dregs too, so need to figure something out...

That looks crazy, but can’t argue with the results! I guess there’s some adjustment that can be made on the spray nozzle part. I feel I need to make an experimental tap adaptor.

Looks interesting, it does say “no gas required” and connects to what looks like a bag in a box, so I’m guessing it does actually pump. I would like to figure out a way of dispensing cask-style from a corny setup, not sure I have the space for a beer engine though. I wonder if there is a...

Yeah, I had read three drops, and that works for for the water calibration, but I used to find three and even two drops of wort gave a really blurred, vague line. Flicking the cover up and down a few times cleared the line up but I think a single drop has the same effect of creating a very thin...

I’m yet to get reliable reading from my refractometer, but I find it is a useful guide. Mine was bought from MM (I think) and was around £35 ish and is supposed to be ATC, but I still have to calibrate it every time with RO water first and this reading does vary, I assume because of room...

I made the ‘everything’ topping myself, it’s just poppy and sesame seeds, onion and garlic powder and sea salt. When you take the bagels out of the simmer water they’re quite sticky so just dabbing them in the seeds gets them to stick really easily. I’ve since found a recipe that works better...

I like the sound of that. Kahlúa and coke is good, so must work. I don’t have any coke in the house, I did get a free bottle of Pepsi Max Raspberry with a pizza at the weekend, that may be a stretch to far though! 🤢

I always find the attachments on the steam wand add far too much air. I leave mine off (is removable for cleaning) and find the technique is easy to master. Have the end of the steam wand just below the surface of the liquid/foam to draw air in rather than blast it from above. The right milk is...

Yep, same music composer and some of the same cast.

I would love to see the BJCP style guidelines for that! 8D. English Airing Cupboard Bitter (English Pretend Ale) Aroma: Hop aroma negligible, plenty of vaguely familiar beery smells but light and fleeting. Nose should evoke a distant memory of pub carpet. Appearance: Watery yellow to murky...

Watched Heat last night again, forgot what a cracking movie that is! Not so much a movie as a mini-series, but if you like sci-fi in an Ex_Machina/Annihilation vein, DEVS on BBC iPlayer is worth a watch.

I’ve got four corny kegs of different ages and manufacturers and they all have single black ‘o’ rings, I’ve not seen those double white ones before. Yes, lift the collar up when pushing the disconnects on and they fit more easily. A tiny bit of keg lube on the ‘o’ rings will help too. Don‘t...

That sounds like an ‘interesting‘ proposition! If you were determined to try it for nostalgia purposes I couldn’t blame you, but I would set your expectations low and scale it down to something you wouldn’t regret having to chuck down the drain if it was undrinkable. If it was, don’t let it put...

I can vouch for this baby: https://www.beantocupcoffeemachines.net/reviews/delonghi/esam2800-caffe-corso/ I think they’re available on Amazon for £250 at the mo. This replaced my long serving fully manual Krups machine that started failing in places I couldn’t repair after a miserly 15 years...

I do like a tart beer and am considering brewing a kettle sour soon. I noticed the tartness last time I brewed this, but it was about five years ago! I was hoping the crystal malt would take the edge off a touch. I’ve never back sweetened before but I regularly use stevia normally so am used to...

So as an update, I think I have found a solution. My thermowells extend into the fermenter by 10cm, I have found that by inserting the probe only 8cm into the thermowell I am better able to control temperature swing to the extent I have been able to set my controller to +/- 0.5c. In my setup...

I may try upping it a bit then, sounds like the taste I’m looking for. I’m limited to a minimum mash of 23l and was intending on bottling 20x 500ml bottles, I don’t think I have many more than that. I have a 6.4% Belgian Blonde, a 4% Elderflower Pale and about to put on a 5.5% English IPA...

That beer looks lovely! 😍 I'm fermenting on the low side of temp because, yeah, I think the cloudy, silky mouthfeel of a wheat plus the oats will be great with the fruit; bananas, cloves, pepper, bubblegum, not so much. I'm hesitant to add more fruit this time, I wasn't looking to make...

Attempting my first cold crash in the FV prior to harvesting yeast and dry hopping. Balloon 🎈 deployed, 62p next day delivered courtesy of Amazon Prime!

Thats a good read @matt76 I'm about to try this. Cold crashing to 4c in the FV then I'll dry hop 30g Fuggles for 48hrs. I have Wyeast London III pitched which I want to harvest. I'm hoping as its "true top cropping" this will convince it to drop out so I can collect from the bottom dump valve...