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You using different grain? I've been having efficiency issues for the past few months. I had been hitting 80-85% doing biab and was down to 65-70%. Last batch I started a new lot of grain. Efficiency that batch was 82%..

A few months ago I made a pale ale with pale, light Munich, and white wheat malt. One addition of EKG ten minutes before end of boil. Used S-33 yeast. This is very enjoyable. The hop aroma has certainly diminished but the flavor is still there. I like simplicity. I dont need nine malts and six...

For just a couple days you might consider just leaving the heat on. It's probably cheaper than having to warm up the entire house again when you return. Gone for a week or more probably worth dropping the heat. I know this has gotten expensive for you across the pond. If you do the math I bet...

I have a mild I make now and then that finishes about four percent abv and a gravity of 1.006. I use invert syrup in it to lighten the body. Beer has plenty of flavor from crystal and a touch of black patent. I make a stout with molasses. Molassrs does add some flavor and helps dry out the...

Wonder what happened? Would like to know how this came out after reading the entire thread. This is like follow up on any repair forum. Someone posts a problem they're having. They get lots of great replies from kind individuals. The last thing they post is, "Got it! Thanks for the help."...

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Older friend of mine worked at the Newport News shipyard in the late 1950's through early 1960's. Asbestos related lung cancer finally got him. My father died of brain cancer, a glioblastoma multiform. Doc said asbestos caused a lot of this. Dad worked in a number of heavy industrial settings...

I do all grain but hold the line at about 40 ibu. I read a story about people developing borderline hop allergies from drinking so many mega-ibu beers. Body can only take so much of anything.

2 row pale malt. If I need more maltiness I can add some Munich, Vienna, or similar. I keep some white wheat malt and Munich on hand too.

If you want something truly different and tasty you might try Belle Saison. The extra fruitiness would be fitting. It will go pretty dry though. Through poor planning I made a stout a couple years ago and used WB-06 wheat beer yeast. Different but got some good feedback on it.

Like someone else posted, I have a number off firearms and greatly enjoy working on them. I used to shoot a couple times a month until COVID ruined everything. I reload my own ammunition too as a hobby. I had to explain to my wife once that it would be extremely costly to give up my guns. Told...

According to people on the Coopers forum they use an ale / lager blend of yeast for this kit. Apparently it's to assure success with whatever temperature control noobies may or may not, have.

I made their Real Ale couple years ago just because you shouldn't look down on canned kits unless you've made one. I was pretty happy with the flavor overall. It was a bit too bitter for me but was overall a nice beer. I've read that the APA makes a better beer if you only make it to fifteen...

Might make some very tasty batter to put on fish before frying. I've had lots of great beer-battered fish.

Cooper's has their own forum you might look into. It's very well moderated and gets a good bit of traffic. Their APA is something I keep wanting to do but Cooper's kits here in the states are way expensive, at least to me. All grain is a lot cheaper. I guess you pay more but get a forty-five...

I've taken to adding all the hops at 10 - 15 minutes. One addition gives me bitterness, flavor, and aroma. Granted, it takes more but one addition is easier than three. I may do an additional ten minute post-boil steep before cooling if I want more aroma.

The thing I love most about getting older, I could care less what people think off me and the way I do things. What has become far more important to me is what I think about others and what they do. Meme I saw recently said, "I used too walk into a room and wonder if the people there would...

I bought a Lenovo Duet Chromebook that meets those specs. Very inexpensive for what it is. Detachable keyboard so it easily becomes a tablet. Now, it's not near top of the line but easily adequate for my needs. The keyboard with this device is actually quite usable for its size. I bought a...

Evan Williams, White Label, Bottled-in-Bond 100 proof bourbon. I'm fighting a cold so it's kind of medicinal 😉. Good stuff, especially for the money.