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Day 5 update: Well, you never stop learning in brewing. Or in my case, you forget what you have forgotten. I forgot the "skew" factor! Over the last 72 hours my refractometer Brix% readings have been: 7.8 6.2 5.8 5.6 ...and I cheerfully turned these into SG readings of: 1.031 Feeling...

In hindsight I think a high-end BB brew pot with a ball valve fitted would have been just as good...and a bit cheaper. The SS kettle is nice and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it, but at the end of the day it is just a stainless steel pot. I feel I have paid quite a lot extra for...

Steve I would be very interested in giving this yeast a go. I love yeast starters! If you have spare bottles I will happily grow some yeast. Happy to pay for postage etc. Kind regards Jon

Right, sorry for delay in posting outcomes. Finished up at 3pm and the wife took me to the pub... I've taken some pictures and I hope they come out okay. Some preview a bit big and there doesn't seem to be a SPOILER wrap around anywhere! Sorry if this messes up your...

Evening all After a gap of...let me count it...six years and seventeen days, I am preparing to brew another batch of beer. I last brewed on 22 May 2011. Much water (and beer) has passed under many bridges since that date. Friends have come and, sadly, gone. Not sure anyone on here will...

Not sure who is here who will remember me though? I'm Jon from Stokesley, North Yorkshire. Long time home brewer. Winner of Spring Thing 2011...I think, or it could have been 2010? How time flies. Set up a part-time 6bbl brewery in Leeming in 2011 (Rough Draft Brewing Co). Got made...

Well, looks like I can still do some brewing, thanks to a very generous offer from Dave Wall at Wall's Brewing Company in Northallerton. Dave has offered me the chance to brew my beer when he has spare capacity in his very busy and successful brewery. First off, I am hoping to make some...

Thanks for the kind thoughts. It is sad. I watched all my brewery kit being loaded on to a lorry on Monday. Still, it has gone to a good bunch of lads from Derby - The Golden Duck Brewery - so I hope to see it being put to good use very soon. Ironic then that Junction 51 - my newest beer -...

Thank you for your kind words. I just can't tell whether or not people will like my beer, and I still take whether they do very personally...I know I shouldn't. I have good days and bad days. Yesterday, a landlord told me that my Leeming Gold beer had not gone down well in his pub...oh, no...

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Spring Thing is down to 1.031 after twenty four hours. Looks and tastes good so far. Take care Jon

Happy to report that 520 litres of Spring Thing has been brewed today and is now sitting in the fermenting vessel with ample quantities of WLP002. Should be ready to drink in three weeks. OG into the FV was 1.0488...I was looking for 1.048 so I am pleased with that. The late addition of hops...

The logo is not yet on the clip...would you be able to send me a graphic, please, and I'll see if it can be included? THBF or Spring Thing weekend or even Hot Break...send me whatever you think will work. Cheers Jon

Thanks Phil. Much appreciated. I still cack myself everytime I send my beer out into the real world. Encouragingly, First Cut was the best-selling beer at a Meet The Brewer night I held at the Station Hotel in Northallerton on Thursday. First Cut is still very much a rough draft at the...

From www.beerreviews.co.uk... Andy seems to be a really good chap and it is a really nice website. See Here Just some background and some news about Spring Thing. Got made redundant from the day-job today...perhaps it's a sign and I will have time to spend brewing. Take care Jon @ Rough Draft