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I'm trying to think how i want to cool the "cold cupboard" part of my bar. and thought that i'd like it to be ATC controlled. fortunately an ATC 800 is the perfect size to be fitted neatly to the serving side of my tap stand 8-) now i'm just thinking about how i'm going to cool it. i thought...

I've just read another thread where there was mention of Acid Malt and that got me thinking. my water PH is 7.4 and i need to treat my liquor when doing pale ales (and some medium bitters too). can i use this malt to "burtonise" my water instead of DLS and CRS? if so, can someone point me in...

Can anyone tell me if the kirb weight of your car includes or excludes the weight of a full tank of fuel? I'm assuming fuel weights 1 kilo per litre, pretty much the same as water can anyone clarify?

Many Hoppy Returns mate :thumb: :cheers: (i just spotted your birthday with just 42 mins to go! :oops: )

I thought I'd take some time to document the progress of building and modifying my bar after I just battled with it for 2 hours earlier this evening :lol: I guess I hope this will be of some inspiration to others on building a bar on a small and steady budget. This project has been ongoing...

I just received 40 vouchers from CAMRA valid in any lloyds and wetherspoons bars that knocks 50p off the price of a pint. each sheet of 10 is valid for three months, with staggered validity over the next year that's £20 right there! that'll get me ****** up on the cheap once a quarter :thumb:

MEB recommended it... I bought it... I've just ditched work for 30 mins to flick through it.... WOW! I'm gunna enjoy this! 500 odd pages of every kind of meat and every cut you can think of, complete with cooking ideas and even more info than you can shake a stick at for less than £20...

Do you guys with CFC's recirculate your boiling wort through it to sanitise it or use sanitiser? or a mixture of both?

Has anyone got any tips for getting their cat to use their nice, soft and comfy cat bed instead of random spots around the house? I bought my little Merry a cat bed for xmas as she kept nicking cushions on the sofa and frequenting spots on the carpet and causing hard to shift fur spots...

I've just read on another forum that someone gently brought their apple juice to a gentle simmer for five mins to boil off the preservatives... he said it fermented well and tasted pretty good! a useful find in case one of us accidentally picks one that's got preservatives in! :thumb:

My mums, and Paul's (barley bottom) birthday was yesterday... my mates littlern was born today, and a mate i've got in Manchester is about to become and Auntie as her sister went into labour a few hours ago, my bosses birthday is today too. my best mate's and his brother's was a week ago...

when i looked up my water profile i found out that my water comes from 3 different sources at varying and fluctuating rates throughout the day. So relying on the mean figure in a report done in September doesn't sound accurate to me when you look at how wide the lowest and highest readings are...

i've never used finings when bottling because i've always thought that the finings would drop the yeast out of suspension before it had chance to carbonate the beer. are my thoughts correct? or am i thinking bollox :lol:

I'll be brewing a celebration ale this weekend to mark the birth of my mate's son early this morning after a 30 hour labour :shock: Will think up a recipe over the course of the day Congrats go to my mate Darren and his lovely girlfriend Sarah and I will be raising a glass later to welcome...

I had no idea where this post needed to go, so stuck it here.... my beer mats from Thirsty's were finished today :party: can wholly recommend them if you're thinking of getting some made :thumb:

I thought i'd start this thread for links to companies that will stick your logo on various stuff, and don't charge the earth or need commercial style minimum orders. Thirsty's Beer Mats - Based in Northampton - i've just had a batch of 250 beer mats done by them and i'm very pleased :D

does anyone get an odd smell.... kinda "woody" and a really metallic taste on the first half pint poured of the day when pulled through their engines? every evening when i get home from work and pour a pint, i'm having to pour half a pint off and chuck it to get rid of the taste :? i'm...

I've only just noticed the news... 0.5% interest rates!!!! but is it still too little too late? :hmm:

With the warm weather around the corner :pray: and barbecues more likely, I want to try and make something that'll pass for lager ( :sick: ) for those that are just refusing to drink bitter/ale but without genuine lager yeast as i haven't got refrigerated fermenters yet do you reckon i can use...

can anyone reccomend a supplier? i just had a quote from AandH for £380 for just a 2 meter long 51mm OD stainless footrail with two domed encaps and 3 cantilever arms! :shock: **faints**