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Seems like a nasty piece of work! Strange, he always came across as such a happy chap! (FAO chippy.. sarcasm)

Haha he played left wing chippy 🤣

If I open a bag of ekuanot and stick my nose in, I can smell green peppers. Everyone has different perceptions of flavour. My dad can’t taste diacetyl, whereas I can smell it in a pint from about 3 foot. It might be that some years are worse than others for the pepper thing too. Hops can vary a...

Ekuanot is definitely a marmite hop. Some of my friends can’t taste the green pepper thing it’s got going on. It ruined several beers for me. Not my favourite.

Brewing an old favourite today that I haven't done for a long time Bluebird XB. 4.8%ABV / 38IBU Volume 25L 5.5Kg Marris Otter 150g Light Crystal 200g Wheat 30g Challenger 60 mins 30g Challenger 30 mins 30g Mount Hood FO

Not done it for a while but I always used to use Worthington white shield and fullers Bengal lancer or 1845.

I use carafa a lot in dark lagers, shwarzbiers and cascadian type dark ales. It's used when you want a dark beer but not a lot of roasty flavour, so you can use as a replacement for black/chocolate or roast malt but not as harsh. Special B is more roasty and adds stone fruit/raisin flavours to...

My last boiler had a vigorous boil that used to splash out over the worktop during the boil. I used to calm it down a bit by put the immersion cooler in and just cracking the water on to it. This should reduce your boil off rate.

I started my move to AG with 2 can wherry kits. I’d use one can plus I’d boil some hops (think the first I used were cascade and amarillo) with spray malt in a big pan in the kitchen. i found the results amazing at the time and never looked back. After that started steeping grains too. That was...

I haven’t got the book. What’s the recipe?

I used to use sterilised marbles in a hop bag, but don’t think you get all the flavour out of them compared to just chucking them in, which is what I do these days. Whole hops are a pain for dry hopping cos they just sit on the top looking at you. Pellets are much easier for dry hopping. They...

You can drink bottles after 1 week carbing but it usually takes two at least. I put bottles in the airing cupboard for a couple of weeks. That always does the trick.

I always rinse my no rinse sanitiser. I don’t like the idea of starsan in my beer either. Never had any problems.

We went to stay with a friend in Cyprus in the early 80s. He was married to a Cypriot girl. We went to a christening up in the hills north of Akrotiri, which went on all day. The old guys outside the church were setting up a BBQ like this and I asked my Dad “where’s the meat to go on the BBQ...

I had a gas BBQ. charcoal is just so much more fun. Man make fire! Ugg! Something primeval! The Weber kettles look great! Might get me one of those! how do they compare to the Aldi kamado?

and getting points when you bought petrol to save up to get a free glass!! What was that all about!! Seems crazy now looking back!

Do you remember tea cards

Haha yeah remember that Bamboozel!!

Remember scrolling through hundreds of pages on ceefax to book a holiday. If you didn’t write the number down you had to go through it all again.

What a beautiful day it’s been today! Someone told me it’s been the hottest day in March for 50 years! Shame to let that pass without a couple of pints in the back garden! Just tucking in to my second pint of vic secret/citra pale ale. This is a great combo imho! Very morish!