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Into a new week and a shoutout to a third sponsor....this time the IoT technology company Inkbird. Perhaps best known in the homebrew community for their 308 series of temperature controllers, Inkbird also supply sous vide products for use in the kitchen, garden irrigation controllers and...

Quite simply....it was customer demand!!! I was contacted by a couple of brewers who have brewed "clones" of well known beers (not the same beers) who wanted feedback on their beers. Otherwise...no, 34 would not have featured as an entry category. We will have to find suitable categories to...

We have started releasing details on the comp FB page of our various sponsors/donators of prizes... https://www.facebook.com/groups/393871611413656 Crossmyloof have provided us with 10 assorted 100g packs of hops along with 10 packs of their dried yeast. Hop merchants Charles Faram have given...

Magnum is my "go to" bittering hop for German styles instead of using low AA noble hops early in the boil.

My only additional equipment is a stainless bottling bucket with a stainless tap (its actually a basic Anvil FV)....takes less five minutes to clean out (oh...and a silicone pipe to transfer the beer from the FV). An O2 free transfer from FV to the bottling bucket (or at worst a semi open...

I sent three bottle conditioned beers...they were posted timed to arrive on Friday 5th to give them maximum standing time, which they did. One dark, one amber, one pale beer. All were "praised" for their clarity....with comments such as brilliantly clear, bright, clear, very clear, good clarity...

Right folks.....I guess that you are all deeply engrossed reading your feedback sheets from the LAB Open and planning improvements to your beers....where better to get your tweaked beers (or others that you might brew in the next couple of months) judged, than at the ACB Homebrew Comp in early...

Decent enough scores for my beers, no real major issues. My spiced Biere de Garde got 34 with mostly comments about the spices hiding the base beer which is fair enough. My German Helles Exportbier got 37 with perhaps some red apple esters being present....longer lagering might clear that up...

I believe that the Norwich guys did the same last year and we will do the same with our Anglian Craft Brewers comp this year.

I've never believed in the measure and adjust approach for that very reason....by the time you know if your mash pH is off, there is little that can be done about it. Predict, measure, record and then adjust for the next brew is all that is reasonably practical. Yes you might brew a different...

Just a quick reminder folks that entry registration will be live from 9am this Saturday (15th) morning.

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I've got a bottle of the Gouden Carolus Imperial Dark in my garage....must get around to drinking it one day.

Done. Order no. 19281

Clearing out the brewspace and I found an AZ8403 D.O. Meter that I had forgotten I had. Originally purchased from the Malt Miller three or four (?) years ago but probably only used half a dozen times over a three month period before I gave up worrying about DO...

I am happy to announce the 2023 Anglian Craft Brewers Homebrew competition will be open for initial registration tomorrow morning from 9a.m. This years competition will be held in conjunction with the Briarbank Brewing Company in Ipswich with judging taking place on Saturday 2nd September. You...

So I brew in my garage and when not in use the G40 sits on some racking along with a host of other bits including the tea urn sparge water heater. The secret is the stowaway shelf stored under the racking...you can see it just peeking out in the first picture. The hinged legs (see picture...

I've often found that Celeia (or other Styrian type hops) works well in Belgian type beers especially as a flavouring hop combined with German Brewers Gold as the main bittering hop.

No...I dont test the water each time. I assume that Spotless does what it says it does and is utterly free from TDS (I will test it once in a blue moon just to check but nothing regular). Although the tap water can be variable, because I'm diluting mine by a considerable amount, any variation...

I would take your guide from the beer you tasted in Austria....did it have a bitter balance or was there a hop character to the beer? If the latter then yea...20g at the end of the boil might introduce some of what you want. Depends if you want to brew a dark Helles...in which case the balance...