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13th brew of 2013. Churchill IPA - see video section or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FikS_n5hCcc&feature=youtu.be for part 1 of 4. uploading as I type so be patient. Fermentables Pale Malt - Marris Otter, 3.8kg, 85% Crystal Malt, 0.225kg, 5% Wheat Malt, 0.225kg, 5% Demerra Sugar, 0.225kg...

Firth brew competition, Orkney. Well done buffoon, 2013 best beer. Stand out beers at the evening. :thumb: Rob Hill's Pale Ale on tap wasn't half bad either. :D

Been some time since I posted a brew day. Didn't take that many pics as I was trying to video the brew with an IPwebcam and the cheap digital camera. Not really that successful; no1 son trying to whip the footage into shape. Could always post the IPcam link so you lot can watch the whole brew...

After loosing Sally to cancer in May we decided it was time to have a dog in our home again. Meet Suzi, Took her home on Monday and now I'm started the toilet training, and that's hard! With a new pup I've taken some of my holidays due so now have three weeks off. :D Hope to do a brew later...

Malting some Bere grain. Started with 12kg. Using tumble dryer, in the last 20 years shmbo has used it twice so think it'll be ok.

Best pint I've ever had. A few friends came over on Saturday for been and curry but only drank about 60pints, so I have a couple of polypins in my fridge. Not often I blow my own, but.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po6zRCHqRGs&feature=youtube_gdata_player

For as long as I can remember my cold break formed in fluffly cloud like clumps leaving bright cleat wort between the clouds. This usually happened when the temp dropped to the mid thirties. About a year ago I noticed the cold break was getting less noticible, so I put this down to old irish...

BBC radio Orkney did a small piece on home brewing on 15th Feb as part of their Island Fayre February program. Yours truly agreed to be interviewed. :hmm: Radio Orkney has a facebook page so you can spot THBF tankard there...

Luckly enough to be handed a bag with 1kg of Bere. Bere is not exactly the same as modern barley. http://www.agronomy.uhi.ac.uk/html/Bere_history.htm Stage 1 Malting First I soaked the grain for two hours in plenty of Luke warm water, we don't want the water to go stale. After the soak I set...

Ok, I'm cutting it fine to have this ready for Christmas :oops: Something is sure to go wrong today. Didn't get much sleep last night, bit windy up here with wind speeds over 55mph and gusts over 80mph. :shock: Tried my oatmeal stout last night :drink: that's a keeper, well chuffed :party...

First time our dog's been ill. :cry: Were having a weekend in Keith and she's picked up a sick bug. She started looking a bit under the weather yesterday morning, by noon I took her to the vet here as she was walking about as if she'd been drinking brew. Vet gave here a couple of injections...

Not bad considering how far north I live, but I've never attempted a Scottish Ale. Friends at work want a 70/- so put a WYeast Scottish starter on today and was going to brew tomorrow. Only thing is now I have to go to a meeting first thing, (work :x ) Well, should get the HLT on at about 1pm...

Can anyone give me some formula for colour of brews?

9th AG of 2011. Green Lady, the spirit of Killimore. http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/recipeview.php?recipe_id=697 This is a brown ale I make every so often which I really like; a sweetish malty feel balanced with the fresh hop note of Styrian Golding and the bittering of Fuggle. OK, it is...

Well, finally got round to making a bit of a control box for my mainly plastic brewery. The control box. This is what I cobbled together. Not much but it made a big difference to the brewing experience.

Well, it's snowing here so I'm going to try and learn how to brew a mild. The mash is on and the HERMS is set to give a mash temp of 69.3 Going for a 75min mash with only 1.5liter sparge. Never brewed a mild so any advice greatly received. :pray: It's about 0deg out in the garage, strong...

My system was a copper coil inside my 5 gallon HLT controlled by a PID and using a 12v solar pump. Found this setup worked fine, however I could only control the mash temp by setting the HTL temp which was a bit if a black art. So I decided to change my setup to have a small HERMS heating...

So it's the first brew of 2011. Has to be an EverySecond. Difference is that I'm trying a packet of bought dry yeast, first time I've done this for a good few years so we'll see what the difference is. Second change of 2011 is that I'm using my recirculation system to bring my tun up to the...

My garage contains crime against all that I hold dear, two FZ750 in need of TLC. Set them aside to build our house and so far too lazy, and skint, to get them back to their best. :oops: Turning out a lovely day here. Better brew then :thumb:

I'm getting to a bit of an impasse so asking if anyone fancies swapping a brewer two by post. Ideally swap similar brews but most importantly feedback on the finer points where I might try something different. And how do you post beer?