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well first brew in over a year, what a great day! 40l 7000g maris 400g crystal 100g terrified wheat ;) 50g black 80g Progress 5% 90 20g Progress flame off used all three pots today nice quick brew water on at 11 mash at 1pm 65 for 90, boil at 2:30 cooling in fermenter aerated...

Well I was going to use challenger as the only hop so was rooting around for a name for the brew as I set up Firstly I forgot to close the tap as I poured hot water into the mash tun to preheat it had to change my jeans and mop the floor :oops: Then I forgot my water treatment, all of it...

I have two split body seal s, "seats" ( bit around the ball) anyone know where i can get new ones?w

yes you read correctly they charged me £23,500 for september. their estimate was above my reading so instead of taking off a unit or two they decided i had gone around the clock and used 100000 units of electricity and 10000 units of gas. 6% rise my **** my bill was £93 when they finally...

The wife took her watch to the Jeweler yesterday as the winder crown had fallen off and gotten lost, the quote for replacement? You had better sit down guys I did, literally..... £580. For this They would send to to Switerland and pelace the winder and send it back. I could fly there...

don't worry folks I haven't started ironing but the missus' iron bought the farm this morning and she insisted on an expensive Phillips jobby to replace it, that or I start ironing :o . she got the iron, anyway the thing is water around these parts, coming from a chalk aquafer is ******* hard...

Done a few teaks and not brewed in a few months and found my camera so decided to plaster ciber space with photos. My newly built hop striner out of an off cut of perf stainless was concerned about the size but it was really good. the end is held on by copper wire twists more high tech...

Just thought I'd share this with you, just got a new 3kw element as the chrome went on the last one and I found bright green scum on the surface of the water after I had heated it. So thought best change it as copper poisoning is bad for you. Acid (wort is acidic) and uncoated copper are bad...

There was no play until 3 o'clock on day five, 48 overs to face and we bowled them out for 82 to a innings defeat. Who has stolen our cricket team? we are the ones who throw matches away like that. :wha:

in the last few brews I have noticed a phenolic tang to my beer along with a grassy note. The tang gets worse with age. All the research I have done suggests too much whole hopping, I treat the water for chlorine and chloroamines and there is no sorching on the boiler elements but I have looked...

Water at strike, grain bill ready, hops awaiting. 40L @ 1048 ebu 35 8200g pale 340g crystal Centennial confidential yeast confidential well here goes, wish me luck!

Just looking through autotrader and came across this Daihatsu, the price made me laughDAIHATSU CHARADE

type into google fat people a and look at the options. :rofl: now try why does my :shock: :o

Well just a few more bits to add to my brewery before it is where I will be happy for 5 mins but it is coming along It is a two vessel, full pre boil volume, recirculating infusion mash with no sparge, or the biggest RIMs ever. Left is the HTL/Boiler, right the mash tun, I have a 70l thermo...

this lovely creature was in my garage! I believe it is a "false black widow", Steatoda Noblis (male) the most dangerous spider in britian. I saw a female the other day aswell but it had vanished before I could find the blooming camera. This one is big for the species coming in at the top end...

Just did my first brew since May and I set up the equipment then stood like a lemon with loads of silicone hose and pumps and connectors. Put the water on and had a think, then remembered that I had redesigned the thing for two vessel; whole length mash brewing. It was a fun thing to do at the...

Is there a name for "not the hot break" at the beginning of the boil? Aleman says Palmer got it wrong as the hot break take place after 60mins as proteins altered, have heard the same from over sources aswell. Only yesterday I used the dog end of a grain sack so it was flourery and the "not...

just knocked up a ribena wine, used rocks blackcurrant as it was handy 500ml rocks blackcurrant (no need to boil as no preservitives) (310g sugar) 700g caster sugar 1/2 tsp tanin 1/2 tsp nutrient pinch citric (rocks already has citric so might be overkill there) 1 tsp standard wine yeast og...

As the title says I need gas bad all three cylinders are now empty and waverley no longer supply gas! :shock: :evil: :( any ideas? Thought about a trip to guildford tomorrow or but will ring Thameside fire protection Basildon first. Anyone around with a secret supplier that wants to help...

Just had my strike water ready via my pid and pt 100 so though id check with the trusty old thermometer . PID said 81 thermometer said 89 :o. so tried other PID it said 81 so tried other thermometer it said 90. Just had the thermometers in the pan not touching the bottom the first said 104c the...