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I've being doing something similar lately, but without the freezing, i collect a litre or so of the wort in a conical, put some tinfoil over the top and once a day for three days heat it up until it looks like its just about starting to boil (the process is called Tyndallisation). After three...

AG all the way its one of the few things that bucks the trend of 'you get what you pay for', its cheaper than kits (monetarily) but the quality is much greater. There is of course the time issue but most of us here do it as a hobby so we don't include that into the equation just as you wouldn't...

Nice conversion but to be honest i've never understood the fascination with completley draining the mash tun, a few lost litres of the final runnings when the OG is low anyway translates into what 1 maybe 2 pints (in a big setup) of finished beer. Surely it would be better to minimise loss in...

I use a 60W bulb, worked fine over the winter.

Any nice brewing related pressies, i got a chimay and a kwak glass (and stand) amongst a few other bits and bobs, i shall be having a bottle of each in the new glasses tonight :D

We share the same birthday, have a good one :cheers:

Well said :thumb:

They were obviously good quality rhizomes you got russt, which supplier did you get them from?

Why? All seems a bit pointless to be honest.

Had a gander at the prices at that campsite, not to bad. Makes the 25 euro a night :shock: that we had to pay for camping down in County Kerry seem even more of a rip-off. The republic is so damn expensive (especially food and drink) its amazing that they manage to attract any tourists.

You should take a look at thermarests, much more comfortable than sleeping on a leaky airbed. They are more expensive but they are quality items and built to last. For me they are the difference between waking up knackered and stiff and waking up refreshed and ready to go.

Its a dark wheat beer, essentially a wheat beer with some roasted malt for the colour, dehusked roasted malt is the order of the day as this tends to be smoother than ordinary roast malt like choc etc.

Heres one that a fellow NI brewer jymbo came up with. There is challenger in the recipe below but jymbo actually thinks it would be better if replaced with northdown. He also used US-05 for this but that was simply because thats all he had in, S04 or windsor would be ideal for this if you have...

EB im looking to the solution of the problem of heating my kegerator during the winter months, it holds 4 cornies snugly so no room for a tubular heater, do you think one of those mats connected to an atc800 (the freezer is controlled with it so might as well use it) would be adequate to heat it...