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I've not bottled mine, but can send you some Oslo slurry if you would like it? Just pm me your addy.

Well I used .3 of a gram in a 28 litre batch and it was done in 2 days!

Yeah I think so, but they hand them out to anyone these days I think!

Hiya, Just thought I'd let ppl know that there's an alternative to Ashbeck sold at Makro, £2.49 for 3 x 5L bottles so works out a bit cheaper, plus you don't have to queue up for hours just to find out that the shelves are empty like you do at our Tesco! It's called Aqua Pura and the mineral...

Thanks guys, I think a computer fan is a great idea, I'll see about fitting one in there. The problem is that it's in a dark warehouse, so there's probably heaps of mould in the air. I had the drain plug out for some air circulation but fruit flies kept crawling in and that annoyed me so I...

Yeah I've disinfected it and left it open to air out now. I'll grab one of those moisture thingies from the pound shop, good idea.

I've just opened up my fermentation chamber (a chest freezer with Inkbird) after my lager's diacetyl rest, and the thing is full of mould. The beer is well sealed obviously so no issue there, but just wondering how you all avoid this problem? This is only the second time I've used it, the first...

I've never remembered to close the tap on my kettle when transferring hot wort into it. Plan to do this sometime. :tinhat:

I'd love to be in please. I'm interested in the Fermentasaurus Gen 2 starter kit. Pressurised fermenting is the next step I'd like to take and this would fit the bill perfectly.

Not a growing post per se (my chillies suck this year!!) but I managed to get ahold of rather a lot of Carolina Reapers fresh, if anyone is interested I'll pass them on at cost. I just couldn't resist buying them, but have far too many!

Ok so I just tried a taste of my Oslo brew.. sort of a pseudo lager-y type thing (but with pale malt as I didn't have any lager malt in stock) and there's a definite hint of banana coming through. Is this likely to age out do you think? It's not unpleasant, but I didn't expect to have that in...

I had to ride it back from Norfolk when the OH bought it, 2 hours. I felt like I'd done 20 rounds with Tyson the next day!

+1 for colchester homebrew. I'm in Martlesham, and will be getting another sack of Crisps Clear Choice pale malt in the next couple of weeks so if you want to pick up a few kg just let me know. @nickjdavis good to hear there's a local club, will look it up.

No jokes, the bikes and cars I've had over my lifetime, if I'd kept I'd be a millionaire!!

Yeah, it's in mint condition, the OH did it up over lockdown. It's a US import so hasn't been subjected to rain/salt/frost thankfully!

48, 675R, Suffolk (oh, and there's an XT500 in the garage too).

Just found this treasure trove of wisdom, thanks @strange-steve ! Just wondering if L-ascorbic acid would work the same as ascorbic acid for reducing chloramine? (I'm soooo not a chemist!). My water authority is one of the rare ones that uses chloramine not chlorine. I've been using campden...

Brilliant, thanks for the info mate!

Hmm, no I'm not sure.. I didn't realise there were more than one kind! It's an 23L Italian cornie that I bought years ago. I've not seen them either before or since.

Thanks @foxbat and @Banbeer , it was a sort of combination of the two issues. It looks like when the OH attached the beer out disconnect it went on wonky and had dislodged the little rubber O ring that lives inside the beer out post. I managed to wiggle it back into place, sort of, with a...