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Been to farams picked up a bale of each challenger 6.85 % and styrian celeia 3.87% leaf looking to sell on 4 kg of each bale ideally I would like to sell in kg units and offer this at virtually cost price although I have added a little for fuel and packaging ( vacuum packed) I will sell smaller...

Hi all thought I better reintroduce myself as been away from the forum for a little while not been to prison or anything more serious ( like stopped brewing ! ) have got caught up with house renovation ,kids and working life.Did not help the organisation I work for censoring all alcohol related...

Any suggestions to how i can get a drier taste to my brews ,could i alter the fermenting temp? i use so4 and think it might be fermenting in the high 20 ,should i change to another yeast ?

:wha: I had some issues with burco boiler recently when i get to the boiling stage of brewing it starts playing up by boiling for some many seconds then stopping for about a minute or so then boiling again.At first i suspected the wiring but could not find anything amiss there i then thought may...

I am hoping to create a clone of hasket markets scafell blonde and from their web site i gather they use 3 hops for bittering goldings northdown and challenger .I,ve never given much thought to bittering hops as i always thought most of the flavours got destroyed in the boil so the differences...

I thought i would give eskimobobs hefevescent a go but use wb 06 instead will it produce clear or cloudy beer ? i aim to use no finnings and keg it as soon as its fermented down to 1010-1014

:hmm: Would it be possible to reclaim a yeast from simply buying a bottle of hoegaaden tipping the entire contents into demijohn with some spraymalt and growing it on from there.I ask only because the yeast is held in suspension?

Not sure where i can pick up sterilising cleaner from my local HB has moved and can work out if wilkinsons or morrisons still sell bruclens also my local chemist has stopped selling betadine i know i can buy on line but is there still shops in the high street thsat still stocks any of the above?

I just cant believe it ,it only feels like 6 yrs ago i replaced the element :( and now its died although strangely not during a brew :wha: i checked all the wiring and the plug and the wall socket and the circuit breaker but just left with the element being the culprit,anyway ordered one off...

thought my try this recipe from ollossons book 4.5% alcohol content bittering u 32 pale malt 4320 g crystal 825g fuggles 3.3% 48g 90mins goldings 4.0% 60g 90 mins goldings 22g l5mins goldings 5g dry hopped not tried this b4 has any one else ?

I tried cocker hoop last night thanks to highwayman sharing the recipe .The problem was i seemed to have a higher mash efficiency and ended up with the dilemma of what to change i had banked on a brew lenght of 23 litres at 4.5% alcohol strenght if i wanted to keep to the exact brew lenght i...

Ok i have only tried caramelising twice and wonder if i am doing it right ,i usually aim for 23-25 litre brew lenghts and i take the first runnings filling up a creuset saucepan 3/4 full which i think is about 3 litres i then boil this down to about half its original volume i also leave the lid...

:( Been brewing landlord tonight just got the boil going and realised aint got any irish moss left so looks like have to do without .Any suggestions of emergency household alternatives or is it just a cloudy pint scenario

FOR MY FIRST ATTEMPT OF THIS CLONE I USED US_FIVE YEAST WHICH WAS OK BUT NOT SENSATIONAL I THOUGHT MAYBE A LIQUID YEAST MIGHT ADD THE QUALITY I AM LOOKING FOR ANY IDEAS EITHER MY COMPUTER KEYBOARD IS BROKE OR THE FORUM MESSAGE BASE IS AS I CANT GET THE SHIFT OR CAP LOCK TO WORK SO IAM STUCK...

Has anyone made this red wine kit i fancy giving it a go also wheres the cheapest place to buy from?

I have just bottled my california conasiour rioja wine kit and now started to think should i have treated the water i never bother for brewing beer but is there an ideal water for wine .I have slightly acid water with no limescale

I had the great fortune to be handed a sample bottle of flowers original from the vossy brewery and after tasting this finely constructed brew i am :sick: WITH ENVY :clap: :clap: I dont know if it would be close clone of the real thing i cant image the original 'original' being as good as...

Is there a rule of thumb regarding what beers you can drink after each other without ruining ones pallate as i sometimes find if i start of with a beer with a bitter characteristic this seems to stop the taste buds from tasting the hops in another beer .This was the case last night although i...