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Mine is Portslade, Brighton, East Sussex

It seems that some do water things down at least they are accused of it... https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/02/budweiser-watered-down-beer-lawsuit/317949/

Is it just me or does anyone else think that commercial beer tastes "watery" compared to home brew that has similar ABV? It's not the alcohol taste or the flavour of the malt but I have just had a Speckled Hen that tastes a lot "thinner" that a home brew of the same strength. Is it an...

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I have discovered that the still water sold in Lidl as their own brand called SASKIA comes from a spring source just outside Burton on Trent. This, presumably, would make it ideal for brewing Burton style beer. The chemical breakdown is...

Looking at the water calculator it requests the volume of water used overall and the amount of that water used in the Mash. If 25 lt is used overall and 15 lt used for the mash the difference, 10 lt, is to be used for Sparging. Or is it? Later on in the process instructions the salts are...

Hi fellow brewers, As a result of buying out a retiring home brewer I have a surfeit of 6 FVs that are cluttering up my garage I would like to dispose of. They are going for a princely sum of £5 each but it would be best if you would come and pick them up (PM me if you are interested).

I had a go at brewing a Belgian style "thumper" so I only needed one pint of a evening instead of the usual (?) two. I plugged in the grain and hops into the Brewers Friend recipe builder and brewed it up. I am very pleased with the outcome as I like a nice strong beer and this certainly fits...

FirstBashMash Specialty IPA: Belgian IPA 20 Lt Secondbashmash English IPA 23 Lt ET Phone Home Standard/Ordinary Bitter 25 Lt My Peroni German Pilsner (Pils) 21 Lt Thrashed Six - One Strong Bitter 17 Lt Mannequin Pees Belgian...

Yes you are right... my eyesight and memory must be failing - time for another I think...

Here is my tribute to England beating Panama. I'm about 8 pints down on the batch now but this is my second tonight... it may not be my last. I might even go on to My Peroni later - if I survive dinner. Tastes great. Recipe in Brewers Friend.

If yo udon't have it already here is a link to the manual: https://www.hygienesuppliesdirect.com/files/static/burcomanual.pdf

Hi Bezza, Yes now I see the boiler you have I have looked at the circuit diagram and, you are correct, you only have one TCO - the boil-dry cutout - it is the one in the centre that can be manually reset if required. Looking at it the boiler is so simple - and the manual says that position...

Hi Bezza, If the circuit diagram above IS of your Burco boiler (there are many versions out there but I am making the assumption that it IS the correct version) then the "probe thing" you are talking about is the thermal detector (probe) for the THERMOSTAT that should look like this: this...

I've started a Facebook Group now so we shall see just how many are interested in brewing locally..

the Boil Dry Thermo Cut out is the one set to 135C just below the Element in the diagram. That won't cut out untill 135C is reached. It is the other cutout - in line with the thermostat - is the one that stops a full boil. The Boil Override switch shorts out the limiting cut out and the...

Hi Malhal, Here is a circuit diagram of the Burco URN. If you want to retain the Burco as a normal "variable" temperature boiler but have the ability of having it do a "rolling boil" for a brew you need to modify it with a suitable switch - suitable for 10Amps minimum - with wiring as shown...

Hi Foxbat, Thanks for info. Yes I'm working on the water profile now... something to do this evening - over a beer of course. I'll add the water profile to the recipe when I have worked out what to do... it's all very complicated at first but I think I know what to do. I'll revisit all my...

Well, I have gone through all my equipment defaults and updated them to accurately reflect the TRUE values of Grain Absoption, Boiling Losses, Mash Tun and boiler losses and dead space so now the Recipe calculator gives all the correct levels and readings. I have even done my own spreadsheet...

Hi Dave, I experimented making a MashTun insulating a FV. Perhaps this may help you to: https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/mash-tun-advice.74387/#post-716832