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I use the exact same thing mate, once i've sterlilized it i then give it a swirl around in starsan once the hops are in it to make sure any dust is gone. Then I put it in a hop sock, overkill maybe, but I get no debris at all in the brew.

Got this into a wilkos PB this morning. Gravity down to a steady 1.010 It looks like beer. It smells like beer. Small sample tastes like beer. I'll have a proper sample pint in three or four weeks and post a pic or two. Not that it's in any way economical, but I'm looking forward to tasting the...

So would I, I'm too tight to risk ballsing up a brew. I do use thin bleach for cleaning, but it's starsan all the way for me with regard to sanitizing. But steady on there old chap, he doesn't use a tea towel, it's a dedicated bath towel doubled over that he uses, bleached after every use. I'm...

A pal of mine ferments his bitter in a 30L kitchen bin, instead of the lid, he lays a towel flat over the top and holds it in place with a bungee cord. He only uses thin bleach to clean, no commercial sanitisers, but rinses well. When I asked him if his bin was food grade safe, he looked at me...

I keep a king keg in the cellar/man cave. No additional cooling with it. That suits me fine as I like my stout/dark ales at a low roomish temperature. In the shed I keep my basic wilko PB. I use that for IPA/pale ale type stuff. If anything, in the winter it gets too cold. Its all swings and...

yeah, cheers, somehow was looking at thread couple pages back. apologies one and all

brainfart TOTAL 10410L

x2 10L smash 23L ag stout 23L b&m aipa 21L b&m real ale TOTAL 9604L

Showing a pal how to make a simple biab/stove top 10l brew as he wants to take up the hobby. 2kg maris otter 250g crystal 100g flaked barley challenger hops for bittering fuggles and/or ekg for flavour/aroma. Haven't a clue what the result will be like, I either follow recipes religously or...

I used to be in the RN. At a time when being a drunk fat bleeder was not only accepted but usually encouraged. In them days 14 units would be considered a light day. I reckon I'm on about 50 units a week now. Fridays I go out with wifey and Saturday go out with pals. I'll have anything from 6...

The FV looks like it's ok, it comes with steriliser, sypthon maybe summat else, can't remember. It's just too small for me, don't know why I got it. I use it to store crisps, nuts and pork scratchings, in the mancave.

I gave up **** using a vape. Took me about nine months doing it slowly, decreasing the nicotine strength of the liquids as I went until finally went a month using nicotine free liquids, then just stopped. It served me well, but from what I see, people are mostly as addicted to vaping as they...

Chips cooked in the oven, ain't chips, they're roast spuds. Chips should be cooked in a chip pan, preferably overfilled and 3mm away from starting a house fire. 3 parts lard and 1 part dripping. sorted. I was born in Portsmouth, lived there until I was 17 then worked and lived in Scotland until...

Good find, well done mate. It may be because Wilko are increasing their own range of kits. Online they have four new kits advertised under a general banner of 'Artisan Brewing' or something like that. Each come with a sachet of hops for dry hopping. I've no idea how good these kits are, or if...

Named after the infamous night my lad had nine of these LOL https://ibb.co/e4i8BU

Well it's in the Fv now. 25g centennial boiled for 30 minutes, 25g bunged in at lights out and left to cool for a good bit. Sieved into the fv with 7 jars of hb malt extract. I use a hand blender and whisked the bejesus out of it with couple litres warm water. Topped up to 20L. Pitched yeast at...

Told my lad that I'm going gung ho tonight with this. He suggested I go the whole hog and ferment in the greenhouse at 28c, throw in some cloves, coriander, orange peel and frozen grapefruit. "It wouldn't be any worse" he said. I'm gonna go ahead with original plan and see what happens. I ain't...

Below in bold is a review comment from the holland and barrett site, for their jars of malt extract. "Malt Extract 8 of these makes the best 6 gals of beer you can make with Fuggel and goldings hop s try it nice strong beer your mates will love it" Well, I've stockpiled too many jars of this...

lol top drawer, not not drawer. it is a bit strong

B&M IPA This isn't just a good beer, its fantastic. Brewed exactly as per instructions, I pray to the big guy above, they start stocking these kits again, it's absolutely terrific. I'm a Grainfather owner, I like to make as much AG stuff as I can, but this kit is absolutely not drawer stuff.