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It's always going to be tough in this world when we rely on self interested career politicians and 'muck spreaders' to run things. It's best left to local government/councils to help the people that live and work in their areas to provide the services and support that the people really need...

I think it's 'Sleepy Joe' not 'Creepy Joe'?

How bad can it get for Johnson & his rich cronies? Oh dear it just got worse.. Reasons to be cheerful; Farage just dropped 10k on a loser! Go sleepy Joe!! 'Make Merca... America again'..

That's a nice name; Irish red, yes I think it's descriptive of the style. Truth is I'm tapping it way before it's ready, but I live in the real world so needs must! If I were retired with plenty of cash I'd brew a batch a week at least, and have half a dozen kegs with which to age the beer...

Thanks for your suggestions, duly noted. The reason I used the roasted barley was simply that I had some left over from a previous brew, which unfortunately went wrong due to the thermal cutout on my Mukshenk brew kettle deciding to fail! As for the hops, I do like hoppy brews myself, and am...

My last two brews have utilised Simpsons Golden Promise pale ale malt, which I have found to be an excellent base malt. The secondary malt in this brew is Crisp's clear choice ale malt, and with the addition of 100g of roasted barley has given the ale a really deep red colour. I guess as a new...

Yes, my bad, I mean the wort!

That looks great Clint, I'll have a gander. I'm I bit of a curry fanatic myself, over the years I must have made hundreds :-) I follow Latifs inspired Latifs Inspired among others, he's a good character!

Hi guys! THanks for your comments, I take them on board. I wasn't aware of the enzyme factor, as I say I'm new to brewing from the grain. The beer appears to be fermenting at any rate, I was more concerned about the boil failure to be honest, hadn't considered the chemistry too much. On a...

So I harvested my first year hop crop yesterday, aprox 80% East Kent, and the rest a mix of Hersbrucker & Progress. I decided to coincide it with a brew day, and use around half of the 810g yield. So far so good... The recipe was (my own experimentation): Mash vol: 23l Sparge vol: 10l Pre...

Yes it is a learning curve, but treat it as a hobby and enjoy the process! If you need any assistance please give me a shout. I found that frustration leads to joy if you persevere, like all things worth doing. My tip with Fusion is to look at the 'Project' function, it will turn that...

Thanks. Yes, there are things you can do to stop burning, like covering the ply with masking tape, but I didn't bother with these. All I did to finish them was to spray about 4 thick coats of Wilko's finest varnish! I make balsa/plywood model aircraft using the works Co2 laser, I learned that...

I managed to lasercut some beer mats of my brews. They could be used to attach to a beer engine pump handle etc. they came out really well. I'll probably mount them on my shed wall!

Thanks, They aren't papery as such, probably too early I would surmise. A few on the East Kent are turning brown but the rest are a healthy green similar to the pictures in this thread. I'll give them some more time! I did read up on hop growing at the time, the theory as I understand it is...

Just wondering, I've never grown hops before this year, I planted progress, Hersbrucker & East Kent back in March on my allotment, the hops are looking ready, but have no hop aroma when crushed, so is this abnormal? I expected them to smell like dried hops, but have never seen green hops...

It has to be tested! So I’ve lined up a brave volunteer for the mission, in the name of sanitisation, sacrifices need to be made..

Absolutely it won't, but I'm in the habit of flushing the bottling straight after pouring, a stitch in time an' all that!

Tell you what, I'll try it out on a PET next load, get back to ya!!

Fair point, but depends on the trays in your washer (his seemed extremely accommodating), plus, I wasn't suggesting adding any detergent, just the 60-70 degree water. I'm fairly sure I could get 20 500ml PET's per tray. I always rinse my PET bottles as soon as I've poured the beer, it takes 10...

I guess if it sanitises plates & cutlery then job’s a good’un?