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  1. Druncan

    Cost of Home Brewing

    CML TT Landlord £19.95 23L posted! (2 x =£39.9) -They do give us discount as well!!!! But it is even cheaper as @Agentgonzo said to buy in bulk. (Still got most of 250kg Crushed planet malt in the loft as my winter playtime materiel clapa)
  2. Druncan

    Maxi Cooler and Fermenters

    Hi @stuarts I have been using our old restaurant Acask cask Jackets on my BrewBuilder conicals. (75L & 150L) They work fine on the 75's and two get wrapped around the 150L (with internal coils - insulation only) I now have two Elitech STC 1000Hx (+ 100W PTC element) modded Brandels sub zero...
  3. Druncan

    Dry hopping timings

    At the moment it's after conditioning as I keg. ashock1,,, Just seems to work for me! However, I have been experimenting with bulk conditioning a while regularly dropping trub as we use it to make bread. Beer goes into kegs almost clear. But it's a *ugger cleaning the unitank cooling coils even...
  4. Druncan

    Dry hopping timings

    I may be stirring things up :roll: but, I seem have found much better way of adding hop aroma to brews after fermentation. I use the equivalent of a cafetiere (french press) Sanitise then add hops and boiled and cooled 60*C water. Insulate and leave 15 mins. Add cooled tea to brew. Repeat...
  5. Druncan

    R.I.P Thread.

    Aaaargh, my mind slips back,,,,,,,,,,Hawkwind, Newcastle 1976, Newcastle City Hall. The original spacepunk rockers. (goggles and top hat) athumb.. asad1
  6. Druncan

    DIY cheapest Yoghurt?

    Ooooo! @chthon, never tried Kefir! it's on the list. This is great for probiotics and beer!!! https://www.milkthefunk.com/wiki/Alternative_Bacteria_Sources
  7. Druncan

    Implementing a design for a beer logo for a bar font?

    Cheers @Sinktipper,athumb.. What sort of help? 🤔
  8. Druncan

    DIY cheapest Yoghurt?

    @RichardM - That's why I use the dregs of Yeo/Fage works spot on!
  9. Druncan

    DIY cheapest Yoghurt?

    @Yellow Car - well maybe the prices have gone up since the OP Jan 22? :roll: It was mainly as we have UHT Full - our storm no ferry backup and if you run low on yog it's an easy option (as above.) Just checked online - Now the best I can get is Tesco 4 pints full cream milk £1.55...
  10. Druncan

    Implementing a design for a beer logo for a bar font?

    This is the original i'm trying to update. Cu Donne is 'brown dog' in Gaelic. But unlike the S&N original mine doesn't dissolve concrete (I was there in the bottling hall ashock1) Ours is soft and gentle with a hint of biscuit - just like Jinn our good boy lurcher,,, wink...
  11. Druncan

    Best radio or streaming station for the brewery?

    Wow, Cheers I never would have thought it was still going. Nice one @Keith 66 athumb.. :cool:
  12. Druncan

    Bonfire night

    ( Apols to the OP!!!) @Slid Winter - Aye it's "bracing" and character forming,,,,:roll::eek: It's the windchill that get's you. But no frosts as we are warmed by the gulf stream. There are two hotels on the other side of Tiree. We live on the side facing Newfoundland. But - Did...
  13. Druncan

    Bonfire night

    I get most of my wood by special delivery from the sea. Then store for a year or two (to wash the salt and stinking Toledo worms. I have my stashes on different beaches. Nothing makes me seethe more than finding a heap of ashes when some fek'n tourist has torched all my collected flotsam in a...
  14. Druncan

    Implementing a design for a beer logo for a bar font?

    Anyone have skills for this? What App/software is best? Suggestions welcome?
  15. Druncan

    Best radio or streaming station for the brewery?

    Update; Smooth chill radio Magic FM Non Stop Play Soma FM Relax FM El Gouna radio athumb..
  16. Druncan

    Cask-conditioned style ale out of a keg/Cornie (the "treatise")

    @peebee yup,,,,,, I remember "Why you buying that? more bl88dy brewing cr*p" but it's for the business and it triples the life of a cask. Otherwise I'll have to keep drinking it!! "OK, THEN! but nothing more OK?" - bloody worked as well Turns page 3,,,,,, :tongue:
  17. Druncan

    Cask-conditioned style ale out of a keg/Cornie (the "treatise")

    When I sold cask beer in our restaurant, I found this to be the absolute best way of maintaining real ale quality. RLBS Cask Aspirator / Breather Valve Easy connection to my keg CO2 secondary gas board.Strangely, my keg beers outsold the cask to a point where it wasn't worth the hassle of...
  18. Druncan

    Best radio or streaming station for the brewery?

    I like damm good mix of banging choons and sometimes good chat - even podcasts. What are your fresh hidden brewing gems when scrubbing dried cack off the FV's? My fall back was radio 2,,,, But Scott Mills,,asad1 Back to El Gouna radio or six music! Help?
  19. Druncan

    Electric cars.

    We have been very lucky with vehicles. On our 2nd business van (Citroen 1.6D med 48mpg) that is our mainland car + MOT'd as vehicles on Tiree are exempt from MOT ashock1 (- most held together with bailer twine and prayers,,,,) our Island car is a Toyota Yaris Verso 1.4D - costs next to nowt to...
  20. Druncan

    Dextrine malt for head retention

    ashock1 I have a tablet for that,,,,:coat:
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