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I'm on the east coast ish and wind hit last night not as bad as some places, not been out yet to see if there there is any damage . I was expecting the brew shed to be misssing its felt but looks intacked . hope any brewers have not got any more then minor repairs to do , I think fencing...

as a family we are planning to got on holiday (Wales)in a few months and while i was putting the little ones bottles in the sterilizer(stream) i though we are going to take the whole thing with us. more space taken up in the cars. i carried on washing up and see my spray bottle of saniclean got...

i got a lemon, orange and grapefruit that im going to add to my school night brew when i dry hop but whats the best way to dry the peel to get the most flavour?

i picked a few bottles of each today from aldi are they any good? batemans was £2.29 and the fraoch was £1.39, i got the batemans as its only 30 miles from me but im not a great fan of there bottles but the cask stuff is nice the heather as iv not got a clue but at the price worth a punt

I see this, i dont think its a bad deal for for a basic starter as the bottles and bucket are not far of that price on there own. i know its a half brew kit still not bad

the mrs wants the get our little girl Christianised at the begining of march so dopped the idea of me making the wine, beer and cider for it last night " its not the hard im sure you can do it" (talking about brewing) if i had started last month i might have had a chance of some thing drinkable...

while have a look at argos online i see they are doing homebrew bits http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Search/searchTerms/BREWING.htm looking at the kits i cant work out if there are 2 can or dme but they are 2.8kg with hops with a little search the price seem to go from 35 to 100 for the same...

as many of you know i am looking for another job . i had been 8 years since i had been on a real-ish one. went on one this week part time at a local b&q, min wage. 13 people turned up when there was meant to be 9? spend 1h 1/2 in a assessment getting to know each other, doing a sales pitch on a...

while cooking tea . i helped myself to a pint of wheat, walked in the front room and picked up my little girls teddy went to give it back to her but she was more interested in my pint. i know shes only 4 months but got to start them in the right direction early :whistle:

iv got a can of harvest in the cupboard and thinking about doing it with out sugar and malt to keep the alc as low as possible for school nights . thinking 15-18L but will it become out of balance? not sure how to work out the abv before i think about putting it on, and dont know how gravity...

as iv got 5 mini kegs that are empty and my wilko hoppy copper is going down the drain (TCP) iv got 2 tins of youngs harvest bitter and 2kg of wheat dme(1kg is a month out date) 100g of hallertauer 4.2 acid, 2x12g hop teas tattnanger, 15mls of grapefruit consecrate(ment for 75cl of vodka), the...

after 7 years and one under cooked xmas dinner the mrs has said we can get a new cooker :party: i know its sad but as i do 90% of the cooking the electric one we have got is just not up to the task. so going to get a duel fuel :grin: i miss having a gas hob. stirfry's and steaks just dont...

what time is it to early to open a bottle on xmas day? im thinking when my rib of beef goes the oven about 10ish as its getting a bottle of my old brown cherry for the gravy im thinking one for the pot and one for me. :D there are only 2 days of the year i will drink before lunch xmas day...

iv been working for a month and im thinking i need a 9-5 not a zero hour contract job. iv been working random hours between 5am-10pm 2-5 days a week. sleep has gone to sh*t .i know how hard it is to find a job in the first place im not giving this one up just yet but. today was my last shift...

a friend post this on fb and my brewing brain kicked in https://www.facebook.com/equihotwash or https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=226840364158008&set=a.226840360824675.1073741827.226836647491713&type=1 its a like and share comp to win a Instant Water Boiler system 8litres per minute of...

iv orded myself so root beer soda stream as i love the stuff but the alc version you get in the supermarket is to sweet and bland so was thinking about making up a basic tc and adding the soda syrup to taste would it work?

the mrs and mother in law spend the afternoon shopping , so me and the lad went to to my old mans for a pint and a walk round a xmas fair. got home to find i had been brought a few bottles of beer (i have a shed full) it dont happen very often so im not complaining, got a M&S wheat, a M&S...

i will be getting a nowtv box in the next few days as i wanted a hdmi wifi box for a while but as the smart tv boxes are not cheap, i have seen that the sky box can be hacked with easy. http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/av-distribution/now-tv-10-minute-hack-10-wireless-plex-media-player.html i...

i hope that no forum members,there friends or familys were hurt. my heart goes out to all that may have been involved

well yesterday was my first 8 hour shift in almost 3 years, got 3 more to do i hope as i see the time sheet has me down for 8days with 2 flips. feet are a little tender but thats my own fault for not getting my boots broken in. the good news this is 2 full time positions going so got to...