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Currently enjoying...and i mean enjoying...Why Weizen...an 8.4% barrel aged weizenbock (aged in duro red wine barrels) from Black Isle Brewery..absolutely delicious...

glad to see am not alone in Inverness area

Well another year older today so was treated to a voucher for Black Isle brewery..so have a choice of multiple beers today. Spider Monkey, Blonde, Goldfinch, Treehouse, Oatmeal stout, organic porter, Why Weizen, Organic pale, to name but a few .... decisions decisions

Yes mate only a couple of miles away from me

Have been invited to visit Black isle Brewery on Tuesday by the head brewer...looking forward to this

i am just outside Inverness, we are treated as if we live on the islands...sometimes its 20 or 30 quid additional charge for delivery...only other company that is reasonable..£7.95 is Homebrew company in Ireland..so thats where i will go to now...its strange though as mainland supplies delivery...

Such a shame..makes things harder getting supplies up here in the highlands due to ridiculous shipping charges

Best malz described as BEST Smoked gives beer a typical smoky flavor similar to that in smoked ham. The quantity used will influence the intensity of the beech wood or whisky flavor. This malt can not only be used for beer but also for distillate production. It has high enzymatic activity.

Thank you for this...the area i have is unlimited, i have an old chicken enclosure thats around ten feet high with roof which is all made of chicken wire so am sure everything could be trained to grow up and over so to speak, failing that i have a further 25 acres or so to make something lol...

thank you..was swithering over that tbh...will scrub it.

Really interested in starting growing hops myself and in the same area...ross-shire....are they difficult to grow up here?...i have a an area in the garden earmarked with a fencing etc in place for them to grow up. just looking for somewhere to source rhizomes now.

a user upper MO - 4kg Smoked Malt - 500g Amber - 300g chocolate malt - 150g light crystal - 110g melanoidin - 100g roast barley 100g Hops..have a lot to choose from but was thinking bittering with Northern brewer to 30 ibu then saaz at 10min and 5 min additions. any thoughts?

Big book of clone recipes and Clone brews arrived today..collection building nicely, one more still to come this week Historic German and Austrian beers for the homebrewer...

Instead of ten pints have 20 halves simple!

Picked up 'The Little History of Scottish Brewing' by John Alexander...

making a not strictly Smash...Maris otter...bit of light crystal and plenty of cascade....at the moment... 4.85 kg MO 390 g Crystal 8g cascade @90 10g Cascade @60 32g cascade @ 30 63g cascade hopstand @80 degrees Plan to use US 05 all going well at moment IBU should be around 41 5.6 abv or...

Thought i would have a crack at a mead...based on the joes orange mead ..two demijohns one with mixed fruit one with citrus...see how it goes...might do a full brew tomorrow...thinking an IPA of some description

Nice one thanks

Tell me more..might try that myself