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Pass or fail? My first IPA and my first home made recipe. Was a cracking pint... Y Ddraig Haf - The Summer Dragon James

Can't do Sundays unfortunately. I have the joy of driving back to Portsmouth. :(

Bump, how did this turn out? I'd like to do a smoked beer myself.

To be honest, I don't really know how to do a stepped mash as I'm using a converted coolbox. I'm thinking 10g of crush coriander seeds, 2 Oranges and 1 Lime to start with. As for the yeast, it's only recently I've started using liquid yeasts. In the past I've used Safbrew WB-06 which has...

Evening chaps and chapesses, I've ordered some yeast and grain to get a brew on, on Friday. The recipe is as follows: WLP550 Belgian Ale Yeast 2.0Kg Pilsner Malt 2.0Kg Flaked Wheat 1.0Kg Munich Malt 0.500g Rolled Oats Saaz 30g 90 Mins In the past I made a Hoegaarden Clone that replaced the...

There's a little stream that runs behind my house. That inspired the name of mine. James

Have a look at some of the Penderyn single malts. I'm a huge fan of them, especially the Portwood. If you could stretch your budget to £300 (I''m taking the mick by the way lol), one of the nicest drams I've ever tasted has to be the Penderyn Bourbon. The Madeira cask is also a very very good...

Congrats! Sounds suspiciously like the company I work for lol James

Bloody hell! Well done! Good luck with your venture. James

6th would be best for me. Thanks for taking over :). I got in from work at 7 this evening and will be back in at 6. Oh joy.

If somebody else would like to take over organising I'd be extremely grateful. Real life - well work - is getting in the way of everything at the moment. James

Sorry, I've been wrapped up in work for the past few weeks. My social life is going down the pan lol I promise I'll get the dates up later today. About 4'ish.

Personally, I'm not a fan. I used to be a Stella drinker until I found real ale (around 19ish so about a year of legal drinking). Nowadays I can't get on with that either so if there isn't ale on tap or 'real' lager - for lack of a better description - I tend to stick to Kronenburg but at £2.70...

I don't have a beard, so nope lol I work in an office and wear a suit (don't think that fits the stereotype). However, I use a badger brush and a double edge razor to shave (suppose there's some stereotypical points there). I tend to forage. I do have a belly on the way but that's because I'm...

If memory serves me correctly, April won the poll (I'm on Tapatalk and it doesn't show the poll). I'll add another tonight for the weeks in April but to get the ball rolling; can I have a show of hands for the following weeks in April. 1-7 8-15 22-29 James

I've just remembered this thread. You can bring who you like with you, the more the merrier. I'll more thank likely bring a friend of mine along. I'll start posting dates and times, shortly. James

That looks ace! I'd be well up for that one day. James

I've tried two different glasses to eliminate that. I read somewhere that dish washer cleaned glasses can cause head retention to go down hill. Could the serving temperature have a bearing on it? The bottles are being stored in my garage which is around 8c. James

It's nice to see this taking off. James Ps the poll is closing in 10 days!

That's what I thought the flaked barley would do. :wha: James