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  1. J

    Show us your labels and pump clips

    Couple I did for brews that went out at xmas, both named after my 2 month old daughter, Isabelle
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    Hop plant supplier

    Ordered myself a cascade and an EKG yesterday. Hopefully planning to train these along a nice long section of sunny fence ... just need to put the fence up first!
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    brewing resolutions

    1. lose 14KG for 2014 (just over 2 stone) 2. move from biab to 3 vessel 3. experiment with different yeasts 4. perfect a house ale
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    Secret Santa 2013

    Just finishing up CH5 and it's a lovely pint! A nice mild mix of fruit and spice on the tongue mellowing to some nice malty flavours and slight nutmeg aftertaste. It's a lovely rich and dark colour with a nice head on pouring. Very nice and well put together beer, well done to eh over brewed...
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    Merry Christmas everyone

    Merry Christmas all! :cheers:
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    New Zealand Ale

    I've used Pacific Gem once and it's a strong one! I had about 20g in at the start of the boil and it gave tons of flavour. I used EKG as my aroma hop. I didn't like the beer on first try but after a month or two conditioning in the bottle it mellowed quite a bit to give quite a nice fruity...
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    Brewery Tours

    Thanks for the info, I've added Scarborough and Burton Old Cottage to the map. Freedom was already on there, hopefully in the right place!
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    Secret Santa 2013

    CH5 Has arrived safe and sound, looking forward to giving it a go!
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    For those that worry about 'cloudy' beer

    Great article, thanks for posting. Now I wish I hadn't decided to experiment using gelatine for fining my latest brew yesterday!
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    Whisky and/or Cider pubs in London

    I went here http://www.saltbar.com/ earlier in the year with some friends. We did one of the guided tastings which was superb, think it was the £25 one we did.
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    PC Security - Hacked Bank :(

    Router is the virgin super hub and has a firewall. Browser wise mainly used Firefox. Going to boot up with Ubuntu in the morn and run clam av to see if there's anything still lurking. Check your security settings brewers, worth making sure all up to date.
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    PC Security - Hacked Bank :(

    Thanks All for advice. Think I've got my pc locked down now but going to run a few more things like the boot AV. Have upraded to the full Kaspersky suite with a few tools for occasional scans. Think just going to be paranoid for a while now. Just to note I'm very careful with what I open etc...
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    PC Security - Hacked Bank :(

    So it seems I picked up a nasty on my computer despite being very careful and running AV. Luckily they didn't get anything from my Bank account (though I'm pretty unimpressed by Halifax's security) but I'm feeling a bit scared of using my browsers now. The bank seem to think I had some kind of...
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    refractometer

    As Markmark says they're great for testing the gravity during/after the boil and getting an indication. Much easier than trying to cool a few hundred ml of wort, and of course it doesn't waste any as only need a tiny drop. Mine seemed pretty accurate, when I first used it before pitching the...
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    It's official...

    Great stuff, well done! what will you be doing there?
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