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hmmm...well I bought one.

struggling to comprehend chucking beer down the drain.....I just wouldn't buy it again :hat:

if you can stand it, old speckled hen in Aldi for a tenner

10 days after bottling, tested a 330ml bottle. Really over the moon. Will shift the rest into cold storage in the mancave at weekend.

Best beer I ever had was a shipyard rye ale hungrily guzzled outdoors direct from the bottle after a 5hr slog in the scorching heat up a Snowdonia mountain range. Context is important. Yes, I might have considered Carling in that context (for all of 2 seconds).

Bottled 40+ bottles yesterday. Tasted great. Strong.

The HB Shop has delivered my Landlord-ish kit. I'm feeling pretty good about this. The stouty in the mancave needs bottling this weekend. Probably.

Isn't blood temp quite hot?

http://www.harrisfilters.com/britewort/ - Carrageenan is well established in the brewing industry as an important processing aid. Originally, unprocessed seaweed of the species Chondrus crispus (Irish Moss) was used to good effect. As interest in the food industry for high kappa isomer...

Hi Col I requisitioned our old under-counter frodge when we did the kitchen last year. I popped in a wooden platform, and underneath is a small heating tube. I won an Inkybird off here - which is an absolutely genius bit of kit. So, my bucket of dark is currently mellowing away at 21 degrees...

As ever, Clint hits the nail on the head. I'm my own enemy. I think I'll get the GH book for Crimbo. I'm looking forward to my grain arriving, and with a bit of luck (good timing and familial facilitation) I'll get my Landlord-a-like away in January (sooner if I blag a 2nd fermentation...

I'm banned from the snug but Cheers to BigCol too clapa

Hiya @Bigcol49 Cheers! The cleaning up, and the fact that the current brew seems to be behaving itself (so far), has encouraged me to order an AG pack from the HB online shop. Cost me £22. A tad more than it would have from the Hop & Grape in Darlo, were it still with us. Never mind, if I...

Has somebody else had a sniff or taste? I know my sense of smell can sometimes be unreliable. I smell smoke a lot, and I haven't started any proper fires in ages.

Well, took me a while to get motivated. The mancave was such a disgrace after an autumn of DIY etc. Everything needed a damn good clean. Couple of weeks ago I finally got things together (sort of) and got something into the brewfridge. I still haven't properly dealt with my local brew shop...

Thanks chaps - I think that is just what the doctor ordered.

Last batch was "off" - a wheat beer kit. 40pts down the drain. Batch before was misjudged (sugar) and flat as a fart. Batch before that was misjudged (sugar) and fizzy as flip. Holidays and work have precluded any more work. Local grain shop shut down. Post-hols I'm going to clean...

They've started a range of grains via the website too.

the IPA is smashing

Couple of weeks ago I did a coopers can of wheat beer, and chucked in a couple of bags of wheat spray malt. Two weeks later, I thought I'd have a look at it today, since it's raining and I have no indoors jobs to do. Well... Looks ok. Smells ok. Seems to be mucho strong. on or slightly...