Recent content by m_rawdin

I'd be interested in entering for the BBQ thermometer or the mystery gift

I got a 2nd hand 6ft Samsung fridge freezer which is perfect. The fridge section is bigger than the freezer section so there's room for 3 kegs and a shelf at the top to store my hops and yeast. I store my CO2 cylinder outside the fridge, mainly cuz it's tall and heavy!

I made an immersion chiller not long back, less than half the price of a ready made one, plus you can get the dimensions exactly right for your kit.

I did used Centennial in my last SMASH which worked pretty well

I currently have 4, 1 for food, 1 as a beer fridge for cans/bottles, 1 as a kegerator and 1 as a fermentation fridge. I will be getting another one for the bar once it's up and running.

I'm going to be using their saison yeast this weekend, do you think it's worth fermenting at the higher end of their temperature scale?

All my brewing stuff is in a dedicated corner of my garage, yeast is in the fridge and hops in the fridge/freezer

It looks like Mondays aren't the best day for people so might move it to either a Tuesday or a Wednesday

So the next home brew club meet up will be at the Split Chimp in Newcastle, somewhere hopefully easy for people to get to. It will be 4th December at 7pm, hope to see people there.

Just a reminder the first Home Brew Club meet up is tomorrow at 7pm at the Bodega in Newcastle https://www.facebook.com/groups/341609746264187/

I get all my hops and yeast from them now and the fact they do free delivery is a no brainer really. Can't wait for them to start doing a lager yeast and grain will be spot on too, no need to shop anywhere else?

Just to remind everyone the first Home Brew Club meet up is a week today, Monday 6th, hope to see everyone at the Bodega at 7 o'clock.

Kolsch today, first time using crossmyloof kolsch yeast, aimed for SG of 1.046, got 1.044.

This is the one I got, perfect for the job https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F311713302863

I agree, Greg hughes home brew beer is the Bible for home brewing, got loads of recipes in it too. If you want something a bit more technical and scientific then try John Palmer how to brew.