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Which of these do you want to do away with first: the NHS, free Schooling, British Owned Companies, The Armed Forces, Emergency Services? The Tories have a record of trying to sell all of these off, usually to the lowest bidder. Mind you they then wrap themselves in the Union Flag so it makes...

So I made a quite simple AG with this (ignore the two different types of base grain as I was at the end of one and starting another) here are my results: For reference the poison is just me saying hop bitterness. I found this to be one of the best new hops that I have tried and I have tried...

My wife bought me a youngs lager kit set up with one bucket etc. I left it for a year and then started to make it and once I was drinking it I thought soon I can go back to my normal Kronneberg or whatever - all I have to do is get through this 40 pints. I then got to a beer that had been...

Sounds good. I will probably do the same with the Opus - Just pale ale and maybe light crystal or carapils - to get the feel of the hop. I would do a Smash but to be honest I am not looking for a new bittering hop so will put it in later additions.

Got some and looking forward to trying this out!

I think Fusion brings a mild fruitiness but nothing massive - on those beers I did it was the malts that really stood out - if I did it again I might just use it in a Golden or IPA style beer to try and get to the hop profile. I am now going to try the Opus and learnt from the Fusion results so...

Great review. I used Chevalier in a Porter and wondered why I had such a high final gravity. Might make use of your mash schedule although that looks like a long time first thing in the morning!

Of course yes - I really want to spend more on my cheese and diary products and have to get visas etc to travel around Europe. Also so happy that my children wont be able to study (for free!) in European Universities - its going to be wonderful.

I was being a bit tongue in cheek with MO - although I love its malty flavours. In other beers I use all the other malts depending on the style. I do like GP but sometimes that is more expensive than MO. Used to get my Hook malts but the delivery charge is per box whilst some of the others are...

Maris Piper in my opinion are the best potatoes for Roast apart from the top of the range Tesco ones (can't remember what they call that range). King Edwards, the ones I grew up with, seem to be half black inside (haven't looked up what that is about) and the other types are ok but not up to MP...

I saw somewhere that the idea that Rye is spicy comes from the taste of Rye bread which has other things in it that makes it Spicy - therefore Rye itseld isnt spicey when used in its natural form. Will soon see as I am making a rye beer shortly.

Yep..missed that bit so therefore I agree :-)

"don't understand why the top plate is there " I like it for sparging - used to brew on an open mash in a converted tea urn and all that shaking to get the sparge water in every part of the grain bed was a pain - I figure the holes in the top plate take my work away!

I used to use the Simply range when I brewed kits as well as Coopers (especially the APA) and experiment with hops in them ...great base kits.

I have done this once with a Kit I inherited. Didn't want to just chuck in sugar or shell out for dried Malt so made a full AG and used some of the hopped wort with the KIT and added a few steeped grains - won me a prize at a local summer faire beer comp!

I did an experiment - three beers one with DRC, one with Melanoidin and one with Aromatic - I liked the Aromatic the least - it had a harsh edge in the beer I made compared to the other two.

"My own experimenting with Imperial Malt has gone badly wrong because I was also testing the DRC malt too. Something taste good (probably Simpson's DRC) but I don't know what. Which is why you don't change two things at the same time. I know this, but do I take any notice? " I like DRC - it...

It was your symmetry line - I wasn't thinking in terms of balance I think I was assuming as someone did the recipe then 1 third of each would have enough conversion - once I opened my eyes/mind I realised that 2 of these bring flavour/sweetness etc but no conversion, if that makes sense. Looking...

Myself and two other brewers swop beer (in a car park which looks dodgy but we are all social distanced!) then meet up on line and taste and give our reviews and opinions. We have done two of these in the last few weeks and they really work. Still like the beer festivals though as I am too old...

Every year my Brother in Law and I go to the Baldock Beer Festival - loads of beer and at least three bands during the night. No entrance fee and good food on offer. Sadly not this year so we attended the Beer 52 on line beer festival - good fun but not as good as the Baldock one!