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You know that feeling about an hour after you get kicked in the nuts? The sharp pain has gone and left an aching, sensitive nagging pain? I had that for about a week afterwards. The Op itself was pretty straightforward though.

I suspect your fermenter is leaking air, if the SG has dropped and the sweetness has gone then it has fermented, so there was a lot of CO2 produced, and if it didn't go through the airlock it must have escaped some other way. I'd check it and reseal now, as if it is nearly fermented out then...

If you boil the grain you will likely extract tannins and affect the flavour. It depends what grains you are using, but the temperature affects things like enzyme action and flavour so I should stick to the recipe for now. That's not to say don't do it though, much of the fun in this hobby...

Hello, is it going to be in a heated space, or a cold shed? If it struggles to keep warm enough you might be better off improving the insulation rather than adding more heating power- it will help stop the temperature fluctuating too much. Don't forget you will get heat from the fermentation...

Hello, Redneck please, thanks!

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I had my photo taken with the one and only Peter Purves when I was a kid. Also, my wife talked to some bloke who was married to Jordan when we were in a queue at a water park but I have no idea what his name was... Another one, I appeared in a South American TV advert for a vegetarian...

First pint of my Yorkshire Bitter after 10 days conditioning (can't wait any longer!). Based on GH recipe but fiddled with quantities and hops based on what I had. First time using torrified wheat, and the head has come out lovely. Still has a bit of clearing to go (unless I drink it all first...)

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Today I learnt that if you put loads of effort into building a really good brewshed, your wife will claim it's "too good for that" and decide it should be a "garden room" instead.

Hello! Just popping in to introduce myself. I used to brew kits + spray malt back in the 90's, and a few months ago decided to give it a go again to save a bit of money (don't laugh yet..!) My first brew was a Geordie Yorkshire Bitter kit which turned out great (better than I remembered) which...