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Looks good to me. I like glasses with a handle - I must use mine more often!

A few Tom Caxton real ales. Does anyone have a flake?

A bit of a special night for me. A decent amount of whisky followed by a raspberry cider home brew that I did a while ago. Happy Thursday 👍

No, I just screwed straight into the beams not at an angle.

The easiest way would be to cut the insulation tight and then fix the ply to the roof beams to cover it and stop any insulation ever falling out, but you will use a bit more head height. I build a garden room a few years ago and put the insulation between the beams and then over clad with 6mm...

I've edited mine so the last one is correct.

I'd say your garage is probably likely to be 1 or 2 degrees different to outside. It's a good pint though, I'm going to have a look in a bit to see the difference out of curiosity. You could wrap the FV with something, I used to use an old gilet which fitted perfectly. The volume of liquid...

Not a legal requirement but most of not all of the 'micro' breweries always proudly state where is was made and, perhaps, that the ingredients are locally sourced etc.

Its an odd one. If you still have a couple of your previous bottles left I would add more priming sugar to one and leave the other as it is and stick them both somewhere that is about 20deg for a couple of weeks and then open and compare them and see if this has any results. I can't think of...

23L of Young's American IPA and 4L of turbo cider (the TC has been fermenting for 7 weeks so not 100% from 2021 but I'll count it🙂) Total: = 1458 ltrs

I'd say something like Kingspan foil faced insulation boards cut so they sit tight between the beams, but polystyrene ones woodwork too as Hopsteep suggested. Be careful with trapping moisture above them and below the roof timbers though so you may need to add some for of vent to outside and...

About 15 years for me, although I had a break for about 2 or 3 years in-between. In that time my two local HBS both closed down, although I can't claim that was due to a dip in sales caused by me! A rear shame though as I always bought my stuff from them. Kits all the way throughout though...

I've stuck a Young's American IPA on today. I've had the kit for a while but had a good stock of beer. Today is the day though.

I love this thread. It's funny to read how many poor pubs people remember going into. I'd bet you'd go back again if you could 😁 I'll drop one into the mix. I can't remember the name now but there used to be a pub in Birmingham New Street station on the concourse. A bit of a dive, probably...

I found a 1L bottle of something I must have brewed ages ago, so popped that open. I think is a Coopers Canadian Blonde. Not bad.

I've had a fridge in my garage for years (not a keezer though) and my parents used to do the same when I was a lad too, and have never had any problems. I guess the temp is maybe 1 or 2 degrees above the outside temp in the winter, so could be well below 0 degrees at times. I'm sure it would...

A great picture. Just mind someone doesn't yank that lead which is plugged into the socket on the wall!

Well, it was still going yesterday when I had a quick look but I'll have a look again later and see how often the airlock goes. I'm half tempted to pop some more cider yeast in to get it over and done with!

I can't, but I am sure that they are not screw in on all pressure barrels, but come with a nut that goes inside the barrel the tap screws into.

That's not a brand I have spotted before. Let us know how it turns out.