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Much prefer bottles, only buy cans if there is a beer that particularly catches my eye. Part of that is a bottle can be reused though so added bonus.

Do you know if that would be more efficient than a stockpot on the hob? also guess you need to place it on something heat proof? Any problems with regular house electrics. assuming its just like running a kettle and don't overload the socket with anything else...

Or do I go with something like this- https://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/acatalog/30-ltr-electric-boiler-with-Tap-Hop-Strainer-and-Thermometer.html Stock pot with element fitted?

Hi All, so my wife has asked what I want for Christmas and having bombarded her with my dream brewery I settled on asking for a larger stock pot. At the moment I boil in 2x 6l pots Maxi BIAB style. I initially asked for a 33l stock pot with tap (assuming that my electric, hot plate style, hob...

Exactly the reason I never got any tattoos. Couldn't be sure I would appreciate the design in years to come.

When i say many, i am only 31...

Apologies, i like surfing and this was a picture i was thinking of having as a tattoo many years ago. Never happened so became my online picture. She will have aged a bit like me but still loves surfing...

Whats your thoughts on slow cyclists @MyQul

Its called the Belgian Brewer in Bishop's Stortford. They do (obviously) belgian styles and their mash takes 4 hours per brew... Only been going 6 months or so with bottle shop open fridays and bar open Saturday and Sunday's. I can personally recomend the wheat beer and Saison so far. Got...

Not sure whats allowed in terms of plugging businesses so will leave out specific names for the time being. Just thought I would share my experience of my ebay purchase for a second hand hop spider i bought recently. Having won the bidding i paid and messaged to see when i could pick it up...

Also can you transfer from one growler to another. Ie. if you had a 10l one, could you move 5L into a different growler and then take it with you?

had to eat them all before anyone in the office asked if they could have one

Hi guys, really getting tempted by this system. can I just ask how it works if you have one tap, how do you then move this to another keg? Do you only carbonate once you have tapped it? All new to me so basic questions I can't find the answers to!

Agree. A friend of mine was showing me some research recently that shows (and I am simplifying this a lot!) that the number of insulin spikes are directly related to long term health. Having frequent spikes is a lot worse than having one huge spike. High levels of protein can also spike...

Welcome to the slippery slope! Regarding spring, worth getting water tested, 1 just to make sure its safe to drink and use and further down the line you may want to start adapting the water to suit brewing styles. TO start with at least, I would recommend just keeping it simple. Theres...

I have written this whist eating my way through 6 bakewell tarts. No journeys on public transport were used in the making of this post.

I get your point but burgers in themselves aren't unhealthy. If all you ate was salad nicoise, you would not be healthy and still would have a need for the NHS. The problem really is that a burger is far cheaper to buy than a salad niciose so apart from if you have no need to worry about...

When bottling usual to do this on the same day. The sugar will then all be used for carbonating and you can accurately gauge how carbonated it would be. I don't batch prime (at the moment) but I put sugar in the bottle, add fermented wort and cap. give it two weeks to carbonate and 2 weeks...

Absolutely no idea what they are hoping to achieve by this. Public transport for most people in the UK is poor. surely the only possible positive result is that the small number of people who live 1 mile or so from where they work walk or cycle instead. Hardly worth it.

Best solution to this obesity crisis is to allow all families easy access to safe outdoor play spaces (this includes us adults who spend 40 hours per week sat at a desk) and make the price of food realistic. Think back 30 years, I bet chocolate and sweets were a treat afforded once per week...