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23L of Czech style pilsner. My last brew of the year. 8556 L total

I'm half way through & thoroughly engrossed. I'd warn it's quite violent & explicit in places though.

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Do you think it's worth the extra over their 'normal' finest Maris Otter then?

22L of a best bitter. Evolution of a favourite recipe, now with Northdown & Progress hops. Total 7670 L

I've re-used yeast once to date. About 5 weeks between brews & just the slurry stored in a jar in the fridge. Worked fine, except I put the lid on too tightly & it warped the lid a bit! I was reticent about trying this, but with the (likely) disappearance of CML it's going to be something...

Before I understood the concept of alpha acids in hops, I used ~40g of Admiral (it was cheap in LHBS) instead of ~40g of Goldings in a batch of stout. The couple of bottles I put on one side for about 4 years before opening tasted pretty good though!

22L of a 'best' bitter 6,206 L total

No, No, No! Experimental brew. No sparge. No boil. No chill. Brewed whilst "working from home" so minimal input required. A simple golden ale with lots of Harlequin hops. 14L batch & 100g Harlequin mash hopped only. It's OK. A bit cloudy. OG was a bit low so hot hit with some golden syrup...

23L of Czech style pilsner 5075 L total

I've always put it through a filter going into the fermenter to filter at least some of it out. I've read others don't & just dump the whole lot in. It'll all settle out in the fermenter whichever you do.

Now that my LHBS is no more & it's a two hour round trip to the (now) nearest I'm ordering online. Ironically(?) from the very same not so LHBS! Even if I pay postage it's cheaper than driving over to collect. Anyhow, that means I order enough for about 5 brews which lasts me a good six...

I did kits for a couple of years, then one extract + boiled hops then one stove top AG before going biab

Brussels day 2. This one is called Moederation an 8% Belgian Blonde.

Light & refreshing in a sunny square in Brussels

12L golden ale Total: 4614 L

Today I've tried something a little different. Doing a half sized batch of a no sparge, no boil & no chill golden ale. Aim is simplicity as doing this whilst working from home. Nominal 12 litre batch. 1.75 MO, 250g caramalt, 50g flaked. 100g Harlequin - mash hop. 60 mins 69C then 10 mins...

Nearby Lidl finally had some of these in stock 😀 Czech brewed if you've missed it. Though I think I still prefer Urquell.

I've done it a couple of times at the end of fermentation (using some bottled spring water). Didn't notice any issues but I guess you could overdo it & end up with something tasting thin (albeit with the desired ABV).

22L of MYO IPA. Due to a batch of wine coming out undrinkable, my "schedule" got thrown out & was in danger of running out of beer, hence a quick kit... 4382L total