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Yipee mine have arrived!!.. I've been cursed with this comp in previous years... 2022: DHL somehow just couldn't deliver my parcel and took them 5 attempts to actually get the parcel where it should be.. So yep that was 4 times, the parcel was loaded onto the van in the morning, bounced around...

Not knowing how you do things, but a couple of things I used to do when I ran with a coil chiller which may help you reduce water was that as the wort cooled, I used stir the wort very very gently with the chiller coil to help speed up the temperature transfer throughout the wort. Also as it...

I'm similar in wanting to be green and economical with water usage throughout the process. My current setup is that I have a counterflow chiller which I use conservatively to just make sure i get somewhere around 40 as it goes into the FV. I'm not aiming for pitching temps out of the CF as I...

I use aliexpress lots for small, light, non-urgent bits and bobs, never an issue.. I don't quite get how I can get things all the way from China cheaper than buying locally.. often most things arrive in about 2-3 weeks

Only if the purchaser of said bottle becomes infamous for whatever reason, or ends up in a sea wreck for 100 years :laugh8:

looks like only 2 left... better get in quick.. Problem for me, is that if I were to buy something as exclusive as this, I know that one day, I'll come home from the pub steaming, crack it open, drink a couple of mouthfuls then fall asleep in my chair until silly o'clock in the morning and it...

Yep another nod here for Brewdog - I don't drink them much nowadays but they one of my gateway breweries into craft many years ago and I spent hours skimming through their DIY dog recipe booklet for ideas when I started homebrewing. Weird beard - again another brewery I loved when I found craft...

Yeah a couple of days ago, will prob start the cold crash in a day or so and get the beer out and kegged prob at the weekend

I don't think the netflix prices are that bad, I happily pay for the standard package because mainly for the kids to watch but i'll often grab a film from it on a friday/saturday. Normally I just pick one from the top 10 to save hours of browsing! I do have freesat but never watch it... Most of...

I've doing this kit now, and exactly the same as me!.. I used the 1.2kg malt enhancer and into the FV at 1.050SG, so about 7 points lower that it should be IIRC and constant 20C.. nothing for nearly two days. As the kit + yeast was past its best before by a good year, I decided that the yeast...

Hi, currently the beers are all marked as received (i guess because of the software to stop edits or something like that iirc?) so will this indicator be reset as part of the unboxing/check-in's so that we know the beers have actually made it ok please? Thanks!!..

Just dropped mine off as well.. Never brewed a Belgian style beer before, and generally don't actively drink the style either, but somehow I lucked out with something seriously crushable!.. no idea if it really fits the category I've put it into, so looking forward to the feedback :laugh8: But...

I have a tall smeg larder fridge that I got off ebay and it works really well. I can store 4 kegs in there, plus still have a shelf at the top of the fridge spare for bits all in the typical 600mm footprint. Although i made my own wooden shelf for the upper 2 kegs to sit on rather than use the...

Scoresheets have appeared for both my entries

Well done all!.. Really good audio/video for award announcement.. Thanks to nick and and the team for organising the event. really happy with silver for best bitter (first bitter i've ever brewed!) and a HM for a schwarzbier.