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You should have seen the face of the girl who designed our wedding invites when I asked her to paint my Wedding Tackle! She's an artist friend and we are asked her at the launch of her latest pictures at the local art gallery. Took her a while to calm down after we let her know we just wanted...

I haven't brewed for a few months, work got in the way, and last weekend there was an 8 foot drift against the barn door. I'm getting hitched in June so time to start brewing for the reception, in true tight Yorkshire fashion we are doing most of the reception ourselves using our barn as the...

Cheers BY. Just the threat of somebody coming around to look may flush him out. Would be nice to be able to actaully have somebody to go around in case he says yes, but he coudl be calling my bluff. Just got a scan of his driving licence and "Driving Licence" is spelled "Driving License" so I'm...

I've just bought something expensive on e-bay and the guy has zero previous transactions and wants a bank transfer before delivery. Its a bit too far for me to check it out in person, just want somebody to check the item exists and its not a scammer. I will pay anybody willing to do this, the...

we've had a slight dusting here up in t'pennines. its less than 1mm thick so probably no school/rail/air/mways tomorrow and panic buying in supermarkets ;) Its stopped for now.

cling film seems to be a winner until I work out clever gizmo that will sell millions of units and allow me to retire early - I wish :D

Building a bar is not a bad idea, would feel a bit lonely in the barn though, I'll have to invite mates around more frequently and I already pay a hefty beer tax to them :D Glad to see your putting that kit to use, looks like your brewing a fair selection of ale there :thumb:

Just been down to the barn to grab a pint from the cornie, on the way back the wind (meteorological not sprout generated) blew the head off my beer? Whats should I do? Move house to somewhere less windy, device a cunning head protection device or become a southerner where they don't care for a...

I can't find an obvious command in the REX PID manual to delay the putput however that may be just me not understanding all the options :oops: I would welcome a second opinion. EDIT - heat side proportioning cycle - can be set between 1 and 100 secs, normally set to 2 for an SSR output or 20...

We left a party at 11:30 to celebrate with family I took 4 gallon of HB, they were all well merry when we left, with about a gallon left. I like it when others enjoy what I've made :D Happy new year to all :party:

I think I checked at the time the first one went, however I may dig out the manual and have another look, The Auberin ones might. :wha:

I've ruined two tubular heaters now by using a PT100 and SSR, they pulse very quickly and after 2 brews the heater expires. I'm trying a different manuafacturer of heater now to see if this helps, I found one I bought for the boiler room years ago but didn't need and it feels more substantial...

Darcy I've got surplus 1/2" SS ball valves if that helps, I used less than I thought. Cheers Andy

yer 'onor, I had the misfortune to have to partake in a stroll around the supermarket today where they were sellings mountains of crap beer to the masses. I'm sure the court in the Hague would like to hear about this as a crime against humanity. Only good point was the special offers. There's a...

:shock: Which won - the boiler or the chiller? :D

Yippee - it did turn out OK - very nice in fact :thumb: If I had a grumble it would be that it is not crystal clear, but it only a very slight haze and its only been in the bottle for 2 weeks so there's time yet. Taste wise, after 2 weeks its great, its turned as expected given the hops I...

Too true Bob- I wouldn't mind a ****-up free brew one day just to see how boring it is :D

My last brew was pants, experimenting with different yeasts and dry hopping and got an infection so going back to basics with a standard bitter type beer with no dry hopping and nottingham yeast. Must have beer for Christmas and down to my last cornie. Decided to use all the opened hops in my...

Thanks for the kind remarks and suggestions. :cheers: I think I will dig a bear pit lined with carpet gripper rods and broken glass in front of the brew room with a siren in it. I'll put a few bottle of my last brew in the bottom to keep them company, it was terrible :sick: :D Cheers Andy

My dad has a couple of old vintage motorcycles in his shed that he's worried about, He's mesh inside the windows and its boarded out internally and has a couple of chunky door locks. His other technique is to pile so much junk on top of the bikes that a) the thieving little sods can't see the...