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+1 Welcome :cheers3: Cheers

Qusimodo won't be happy

Yes understood Clint, one has only got to visit the Cloth Hall in Ypres - 'The best ventilated place in town' - according to 'The Wipers Times' to see how well reconstruction can be done' But it's sad to see such an iconic & ancient building devastated. 7

just seen this on BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-47942176 Fire seems very bad, I hope they can save as much as they can

It could be your water, soft or hard can make a difference. Also do you treat your water with a campden tablet to remove chlorine etc. Cheers

Aye Chippy, when I was a little lad me Mum would bath me in our sink. Outside toilet too - airy in summer, bloody freezing in winter! Ahh... the good old days - thank God they are gone. Cheers

Well...that's one donut I don't fancy eating. But seriously it's a superb piece of work by the teams involved Well done! Cheers

Anyone remember C J J Berry? I still have his paperback from the 60s/70s - And the advise to use a small fish tank heater in the mash to keep the temp. up! No Grainfather etc. then. :eek: Cheers

Good to see you on the forum Martin, +1 from me on the refractometer advice, they are great for pre fermentation gravity readings, you could do as I do and get a 'Finishing Hydrometer' - this has a scale from about 0.990 to 1.020, (rather than the usual 0.995 to 1.080 odd) and are therefore so...

Just finished 2nd. brew of this year, I've been lazy and drinking up my stock. For 23lit 5kg Maris otter 500grm porridge oats, el cheapo from Aldi 60grm Cristal malt 90 min mash at 67c + 15 min mashout/dunk sparge at 75c Total boil 35min 38grm Summit hops - first wort 25grm Citra + 25grm...

Sadly, it's a part of the demise of the local high street, in the past few years I've seen 3 local or fairly local HB shops and 4 Model shops close down. Buying on line is the way everything seems to be going. Just look at your local high street now, once there would have been a range of...

Well,,, there's Danziger Goldwasser & Silberwasser so why not Don't think your local HBS will have stocks of Gold and Silver flakes though! :eek: Cheers

You are right - it is 568 ml. But as I'm half a Scot (Mother from St. Andrews) :laugh8::laugh8::laugh8: I probably do! Cheers

If one always has used Imperial measures - then that's fine, it will be easier for a lot of people I'm sure. After all we still ask for a 'Pint' in the Pub! - not 530ml. For those of us who used the metric system in our working lives, as I did, then lit. Kg. and grams is no problem. The thing...

I think you will find that Mikes book is a US publication and he will use US gals (I may be wrong) but you can check this out As 1 gal US is about 3.79 lit. that's still 68 lit. - still about twice as much water than you will need Cheers

That's a 7.7 kilo grain bill Well running that through Brewers Friend gives - 5gal (23lit) OG 1.078 FG 1.013 IBU 216.05 ABV 8.44% Where did you get that from? I'm sure you will not need more than 32 lit. (7 gal.) of water in total for this Tell you what though - once brewed and conditioned -...

- Can you post the recipe (grain bill) for this beer that would help any replies / advice, sounds like you have a large brew set up there! Cheers

I'm a little confused by your numbers there, I can't see how 12.5 gal. will end up with only 5 gal. after a boil of 60 to 90 min. I mash with 20 lit. of water for a 5.5 kilo batch of grain. I drain this and get 15 to 16 lit in the boil kettle, I then dunk sparge / mash out with 12 to 13 lit at...

Yep! talking and drinking samples of home brew - meets every 2nd Wednesday at 'The Font' pub in Chorlton 8pm start. I think the Manchester one meets at 'Beermoth' in Manchester once a month. Cheers