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There’s nothing wrong with re-pitching and rising yeast. Hey I’m on generation 7 (7th re-pitch) of a single packet of Verdent yeast. It’s all about knowing the needs of what you want to ferment and making sure you have enough cells to deal with it. Makes a massive diff to your beer quality.

There you go. It’s an all to often overlooked issue. Easy to blame the ingredients and water.

So look there is an area that many people overlook and never pay close enough attention towards but do cause soo many of the off flavour issues people say they have. Also, no offence meant, but we do assume people are able to describe the off flavour correctly. Anyway, yeast pitch rate is...

Be careful, beer is on the Hermes forbidden list.

What are those coloured blobs?

I’ve not really thought about that. Can someone remind me what the beers were after “easy drinking pale” in round one. Maybe me and @Leon103 should put our heads together on that one.

Thanks for doing the judging again @beerison The smoked Porter was down to me. It’s been a beer I’ve been tweaking and working on for a number of years so to get 39 points is awesome. The smoked malt was cherry smoked malt and is defo something some people enjoy and some don’t. I like it 🤩...

Stick me in for sept 👍🏻

Last knockings of the night now. There does seem to be a general feeling of who will come out on top. Below that remains to be seen.

We are half way through and into @Leon103 entry

Into @dan125 american stout

Stomache has been fully lined

Yeah it was the distance between us that killed it in the end. There were many unanswered questions over brew kit, when it was all going to happen. But I got the impression they were going to go for beers brewed over consecutive days for each episode and then a return chunk to sort the...

Chuck me down on the list for 2

A total strip down and detailed clean with hot water and washing up liquid after every use for me. All the posts off and I have a home made long brush to do the dip tubes. Rinsed out and then add a kettle of boiling water with about 8ml of starsan. Tossed around for an hour and a quick press...

You can say I’ve had a bit of experience in this. There are the three main areas that require consents/licenses. HMRC - paying tax and registration as a alcohol duty paying business. Food standards - being registered as producing food products and doing so within allowed practise and in a...

A complex recipe topic to say the least. You need to decide how you want your Porter to be structured. Malty, deep, roasty and Smokey. Or a lighter, crisper beer still dark and Smokey. Yeast choice can be anything from SO4 to Verdent, London ale III. Smoked malts vary from peat smoked...

The beers have been drank. Now it’s down to @beerison judging. @dan125 @Leon103 @dave_77 A great night with these goons tho.

The brew off beers have been of a very high standard this time around. We will have to wait for @beerison judging result

It’s alright either way with me. Other than I’ve realised I had planned on doing my weekly “long run” on Sunday so I will just have to tailor my distance to how bad the hangover is 😂