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Brew Dudes recently did a comparison of three English ale yeasts with a blind taste test: Lallemand Nottingham, Wyeast Thames Valley and Wyeast West Yorkshire Lallemand Nottingham came last by some margin.

The message from Youngs is a bit rum IMO. Where there is a commercial dispute, it's a well worn tactic for one company to present a winding up petition against the other to apply pressure to settle a debt. They usually go nowhere because, even if the petition goes to a court hearing, the...

It's impossible to answer that question honestly because it's contextual. Would I uproot my family to go and live in Hull or any other of these places? Obviously not, but that's because we're settled where we are and have no reason to live there. Would I rule it out if I was single and was...

I don't understand this thread. We live in a country with such a rich history and varied geography that I'd wager every town maligned in these posts has something beautiful and unique. When we speak of a town being 'crap' really what we're talking about is a lack of money, investment and...

Good advice from @Obadiah Boondoggle above. I think it also depends on what you're brewing. If it's mostly traditional ales, a pressure fermenter will give you nothing over a bucket, lid and airlock. If you're doing more modern, hop forward beers, the main advantage of a pressure fermenter is...

Keg King's slightly smaller version of the snubnose (the Apollo is 30L, whereas the existing snubnose is 35L+) It's not available in the UK presently. Brew2Bottle will be your best bet as and when it finally hits these shores.

Calling all you computer techsperts... I think the bearing on the font fan of my Series X kegerator is knackered. It is now making an annoying rattling sound. The fan is just a basic 120mm 12V DC brushless fan that you can buy more or less anywhere. The actual replacement part that Kegland...

Curiosity killed the beer. The best advice to a new brewer I can give is to buy a PET fermenter with a tap. That way, there is no need to open the vessel to see what is happening inside or to take a gravity reading. Without wishing to sound new age, but my experience of fermentation generally...

How many bottles are you intending to fill at a time? If you are doing full batches, I would go with the Blichmann beer gin. I have v.2 and it works great. I actually quite enjoy the process of sitting down and bottling. If you plan only to fill a few at a time to take to a mate's etc, I would...

Using the tap also means that the cold break collected at the bottom gets left behind. If you use the pump, it all gets sucked through into the fermenter unless you're using a filter.

Another plastic paddle user here. It's the only bit of kit I am genuinely attached to and I wouldn't replace it even if I could.

If you look at the photos, it seems that the drain port passes through the pump before it gets to the tap, meaning there is no way of emptying the vessel without using the pump. That seems a curious design choice. Pump blockages will be a disaster.

As other threads have demonstrated, we all have different opinions on the merits (or otherwise) of fermenting under pressure. Probably best we don't go back there 🙃

@Eskimo John Wait to see the specs of the new Brewzilla 65L. There's a new one coming at at the same time as the new 35L. It's just they haven't released the specs yet. They might address the power issue. I would be surprised if they neglected the UK market yet again.

@Kye Here's my work in progress recipe. https://share.brewfather.app/783eG0tfxjc9iy I first put it together a year ago and, truth be told, I've not got round to brewing it yet! The other thing missing is water treatment. Again, not something I got round to thinking about. If anyone has...

The current 65L has 3 elements which take it over 3kw when all three are switched on. 3kw is the limit for UK domestic sockets with a 13A fuse. It means you would have to get an electrician to put together a custom installation to allow you to use it. That's meant the 65L is a bit of a white...

Just noticed that they've removed the central overflow pipe. I wonder what the plan is for safeguarding against overflow. The new style malt pipe doesn't appear to be perforated like the new Grainfathers.

The specs of the new Brewzilla Gen 4 are now available on the Kegland website https://www.kegland.com.au/brewzilla-35l-gen-4-home-micro-brewery-for-distillation-or-all-grain-brewing.html Have to say it's not as revolutionary an upgrade as I was expecting and I'm not seeing anything that would...

This year's now live on the website

@Buffers brewery The PRV does act as a sort of spunding valve - just one that has a single setting of 10psi