Recent content by Kentish Mike

Thanks for all the replies! The members of this forum really have a wealth of knowledge and I thoroughly appreciate your willingness to share. Given what you've said, I think we'll be forgoing the milling for now, but I am curious, why do (seemingly) so many homebrewers mill their own malt? Is...

Finally got to this 4.2% California Common today. Opened with a strong hiss and poured with a strong light head which lasted till the end. A nice amber colour and clearer than appears in the picture. It had a fresh, grassy? slightly fruity aroma with some bready/pale toast that carried through...

Hi All, So I have been considering making the switch to milling my own malt for a while, and as luck would have it, my wife recently brought up the idea of milling her own flour for bread baking. Obviously I'm now wondering if I could be fortunate enough to please both her and myself with one...

Annoyingly I've now come down with a bit of a head-cold/severe incapacitating man-flu. I have lovely looking California Common that's been staring at me from the back of the fridge for far too long, but I want to wait until I can smell and taste properly again before enjoying it!

My apologies to my secret Santas for taking so long to post my reviews! It's been an uncommonly busy Christmas with young children and hosting family from overseas. I finally got around to drinking the 4.2% milk stout on NYE. It was delicious! A very slight hiss on opening, and no head despite...

I received my second Secret Santa beer safely last week, but forgot to post! Here it is! I've been enjoying some different stout's lately, so really looking forward to it. Thanks!

I was doing a bit of research to find out some more about it, and stumbled across this: There's also this handy database: Farmhouse yeast registry

Got my bottles shipped out today, and when I got home, this was waiting for me! Thanks Santa!

Got mine packaged and ready to take to the post office :)

I'm curious as to whether these yeasts are single strain, or if they are mixed cultures, as found in the traditional farmhouse brewing. I've asked the seller, but no response yet. Do you happen to know?

I've decided to risk it for a biscuit, and gone for Gausemel and Jovaru. Looking forward to trying them out! Did you make a starter as the seller suggested or just bung it in? Also curious if you managed to save any yeast from your first batch?

Nice! Sounds like a good time! I'm thinking of having a go with some kveik so trying to get a feel. Might pop over to ebay then, cheers!

Curious to know how they worked out in the end/compared to each other?

Hi @Alastair70, I can see that I have missed the deadline, but as it looks like you mentioned Tuesday, I thought I'd try to Indiana Jones roll into the Secret Santa for 2 bottles! No worries if I am too late, but thought I'd try!