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The page looks similar as it is based on the same competition management software platform. However you need to register separately for each competition.

Table 3 and 11 for me. Roll on Sunday afternoon.

mine got delivered by Parcel Farce late this afternoon....no proof of delivery image though.

Must remember to box my beers up this evening ready for posting in the morning. Lets see if we can keep the Scottish National title here in East Anglia for a third consecutive year!!

Far from it. Belgian recipes are largely simple affairs that often only involve a couple of malts and some simple sugars, but they derive their rich and varied character from yeast and fermentation profile.

Was a 25L brewlength, targeting 20IBU with an OG of 1.042 (i.e. a Bitterness Ratio of 0.48 IBU/SG). With very low or medium low AA hops, you may find yourself having to put lots of hops in the boil...something that may have detrimental effects to the long term stability of the beer or even on...

The normal Schelnkerla Rauhbier is decent enough, the Smoked Weizen has a little more character. The Eiche Oak Smoked Dopplebock is superb, as is the Fastenbier and my most recent tasting, the Weichsel Rotbier. Have some bottles of the Erle Schwarzbier (Alderwood) on their way to me as i type...

So some wood dust like this... https://hotsmoked.co.uk/shop/smoking-woods/wood-smoking-dust/ Burned in a spiral tray like this (other cheaper versions are available)... https://hotsmoked.co.uk/product/proq-cold-smoke-generator/ Inside a cabinet like this...

Was a 25L brewlength.

Not common I'm afraid. I've gone and bought my self a cold smoker and smoke my own malt using various flavours of wood dust. Funnily enough the first one I did was Alderwood in a smoked Baltic Porter. Going to try Cherrywood next in an attempt to do a clone of Schlenkerla's Weichsel Rotbier.

@dreaddan I wouldnt say that "PET are really that bad"...but my experience is that you do seem to get more bottle variation than with glass. Yes 2+2+2 is as you describe....sometimes I let my beer sit for three weeks in the FV to let the yeast really clean up. One of the techniques that I...

Ispindel is cheaper....can be had around £30 to £35

Well....I'm almost certain the comp in question was the Anglian Craft Brewers comp back in early September...and as the comp organiser AND one of the two judges who judged the OP's beer (I have copies of the scoresheets on my desk in front of me and they virtually mirror the op's summary of...

But its not even close to 75%...in fact its not even 65% attenuation. If I were the OP I'd give the yeast a rouse and give it a couple of extra degrees. However, we don't really know enough about the rest of the brewing process, especially the mash temp (if this is an all grain brew) and the...

I brew because it gives me the opportunity to explore and taste different styles of beer that would otherwise be unavailable to me on a commercial basis. I can neither draw, paint, dance or sing but the creation of a beer recipe, tweaking and refining the recipe composition to achieve a...

Its safe. I've used a pack of bottling yeast 5 times without issue....only use a couple of grams in my bottling bucket each time....would be an utter waste to throw most of the pack away.

What is the criteria for judging? Is it simply "I enjoy this beer more than the other" or is it "this is a better example of a Rice Lager than this is an example of a Stout" ?

Well, yes the rest can still be "modified" away (that's why I described them as minor issues) but if 1 and 2 are the primary reasons then they will still remain after any such "mods".

1) rinse after pouring beer 2) give a soak in VWP if there is any yeast residue stuck to the bottom of the bottle 3) rinse all VWP out 4) quick squirt of starsan 5) throw in a plastic crate un "capped" When it comes to bottling 1) give a quick rinse in warm water to remove any residue water...

Reasons for changing - Like all brewing systems the BM had some limitations/quirks/idiosyncrasies. Some of which could be worked around, some which perhaps linger as mild annoyances. For me I guess there were a couple of reasonably major points... 1...the 6-6.5kg practical limitation to the...