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... Cheers, PhilB

Hi Nick Ahhhhh, a willing victim brave sampler wink...... ... some people just have no spirit of adventure :confused.: ... I do have a carbonation cap and could transfer some beer into PET bottles, I'll have to have a dig around in the garage to see how many PETs I have. I'll report back...

... unless anyone's brave enough to sample my smoked beer, the one that I'm quite sure was made with (too much) peated malt (it was probably a labelling error at the retailer) ... it's mellowing, but it still tasted like anti-sceptic last time I sampled any (about 6 months ago) aheadbutt...

Hi Nick Like I said to you in DM, in principle I'm up for this ... but like others above, stocks aren't great just now (and what I do have is in the wrong format (cornies) like OB) :roll: Perhaps we need to put together a plan for this bottle swap idea, first ... if we were to agree to do the...

... also, for those undecided ... I (re)found @cjibbo's post in another thread giving the malt specs for those available ... so if anyone else is having trouble deciding whether they should go for Super, Craft, BlendMO or Maris Otter Pale Malt, well at least they have the specs to see what the...

Hi @Obadiah Boondoggle and @chopps For planning purposes, how frequently are these group purchases likely to run? If end-Jan/early-Feb is too soon for some, when will the next opportunity be? Cheers, PhilB

Hi All Brewed the GH Patersbier recipe in late November, although I did swap out the hops for some Tettnang I'd been wanting to put into something ... for such a simple recipe, it ended up as a Pilsner/Tettnang SMaSH once I'd fiddled about with GH's hop schedule, it's turned out absolutely...

Hi foxbat ... I'm sure you're right in this instance, since the amount of late hops is likely to be relatively small in this particular beer ... but having checked with an experienced hop grower (on another brewing forum somewhere, who will have seen many more report on hop analyses than I ever...

One of the worries I had about kegging was that having beer "on tap", readily available, 24/7 would make it harder for me to control my consumption :confused.: ... TBH though I'm generally finding, since I can choose to just have a half/however much/little I fancy at times (I don't HAVE to...

How about a Rath trombone (link), handmade in Huddersfield Cheers, PhilB

Hi chopps ... whoahhhh there!!! FOUR!!! I've only got three!! Why are all you Sandbach toffs gettin special treatment with your extra wheelie bins??!! Do you need another one just for the Champagne bottles or sumfink?? :mad: ... apparently they do ... if you think back to when you were...

Hi Falco ... not really, no ... I've never measured the pH of a mash :tinhat: ... most of the fuss about mash pH is aimed at brewers with water having a MUCH higher alkalinity than ours ... with such low alkalinity water it's unlikely you'll end up with a mash that has a pH that far off, even...

Hi @Falco ... looks like we have similar tap water which shouldn't be a surprise considering we're just down the road from each other, but it's still a tick in the "consistency" box for United Utilities I suppose athumb.. I agree with Steve, not worth getting a full analysis ... but it will...

Hi Rod Yes, 200 or 250g of Crystal would probably suit better ... and, I think that would make a really nice bitter ... the only way to know if it's a Terrier or not, of course, would be to brew it and taste it athumb.. Hi CC BTW, meant to say in my earlier post ... I agree, it's a lovely pint...

Hi CC I'd say York Brewery give about enough info on their website over there (link) don't they ... ... something like, around 95% Pale Malt, 5% Crystal to around 1.042, then Challenger full boil to get you around 35 IBU and Challenger for 10 mins to get those last 3 IBU, should get you in the...

I think Clint's meaning to re-purpose the lid of a garden incinerator ... like one of those (link) Cheers, PhilB

... oooh, stow-ability clapa ... but does the cooker hood still work acceptably when the pipe is stowed like that? Will it still cope with a pan of sprouts, a pan of carrots and a pan of gravy on the hob (on Xmas day, say) as well as coping with 30L of Pale Ale wort down in the boiler :?: If...

I'm not sure if "Heath-Robinson-ness" is a word, but if it is I love that about it athumb.. Cheers, PhilB

... won't the real test will be when Mrs Chopps sees what you've done to the cooker hood :?: Cheers, PhilB

... yes, all calcium, however it's ended up in your water athumb.. ... more accurately, that calculator includes all calcium and all magnesium, but you're then comparing it with a hardness figure (from your water report) which will have measured all the calcium and all the magnesium (and all the...