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Well, my son was born 2 weeks ago, 3 weeks early, and I have the best reason to NOT store the beer I brewed in his honour - 20 litres all drunk! I made second batch, slightly modified with 100g less pale malt and 100g more dark malt. As a newbie to brewing from malt, it was interesting to see...

I love a bit of innovation. Congratulations! Now all you need is a shed to pump it into and you have a proper sauna :cheers:

Thanks very much. I may well do that.

I think this sounds like a noble objective! Does it give an actual recipe for that?

This is all good news :thumb: Thanks for the advice. I didn't expect it to be suitable for laying down with the alcohol content. I shall just have to content myself with a quick turnaround from brew to mouth while the next batch is brewing :cheers:

I am planning to put a few bottles aside for his 18th. But will also make a separate brew nearer the time, just in case it doesn't keep well :)

I love making home made sausages. Plus you don't have to restrict yourself to pork / beef. I make a Thai-style, with chicken, lemon grass, chilli, ginger, garlic and coriander. But you can't beat a classic banger with mash and gravy :cheers: Bon apetit!

Well, I didn't mention did I, I already have a Brewferm - Abdij conditioning in a pressure keg (had a couple of samples from that already with a couple of weeks left until its 'official' drinking date - just to monitor the progress ;) ) I also have enough malt and hops to get my next batch on...

On Friday I had my very first ever attempt at brewing a beer from malt and hops. I'm looking for something light and refreshing for spring/summer, so I've modified a recipe from the database - Hoofer's Doofers (#555) according to a lighter crystal malt they had in the brew shop. I managed to...

I brewed one of these kits a few weeks ago, my first in 15'ish years. My fermenting bin was near a radiator, final gravity was reached in 7 days. I've 'bottled' in a pressure keg and it's due to be ready in a couple of weeks. I couldn't resist drawing off a taster last week and am delighted with...

Hi All, I'm re-discovering home brewing after a 15-year break and finding how glass demijohns, glass airlocks and Boots brewing kits have either disappeared or been replaced with plastic equivalents. I've started simply with an old (but clean) fermenting bin that I never got rid of and bought...