Recent content by ScottM

Don't worry about it too much, it'll come to life when the temperature rises again. Try and store it somewhere around 15 degrees if you can :)

Put down a deposit today :D

I use 6ft of 3/16" for 11psi lager and it works a treat :)

A fistfull :D

Anything would definitely be better than nothing :)

I couldn't quite put my finger on what was so familiar with my first AG brew. I was trying to replicate Grolsch and although my beer has a VERY strong hoppy flavour, it was more citrusy than I was after. I put this down to using too much saaz and overshooting the flavour that I was going for...

No problemo, one major downfall of the kit is that it's really lacking in hops, other than that it's a really good beer. Did you add brewing sugar as well as the brew enhancer? The brew enhancer alone won't really be enough for 23L, just right for around 20L though :)

One of the best kits IMO. If I was brewing it again I would go with one of the following.... Euro Lager Kit 500g Extra Light DME 1kg Brewing sugar 25g Saaz (or hop of choice) Boil 6L of water Take off the heat, add the DME, brewing sugar and lager kit Bring back to the boil then add the Saaz...

Spot on, thanks :) Think I'll go with what I planned, should be fairly dry once finished at that.

I understand that the quality of the malt that we have means that we shouldn't need to do a protein rest or anything like that, but I was reading around and as I understand it in order to get a drier, more fermentable, beer I should do a stepped mash. I'm thinking of doughing in aiming for...

The hunt is definitely on :D Trouble is I'm looking for a black 530d manual M Sport with full black interior (carbon or silver inserts), pro sat-nav pack with less than 80k for less than 12k. I don't think I'm unreasonable with the money, but ticking all the other boxes is proving VERY...

Cheers :)

Yeah, this is the sort of thing I'm wondering... if it actually makes any difference. At the moment I'm using northern brewer, which is reasonably high for bittering. Don't want to waste hops for nothing :)

Na it's really not my thing. I've always preferred the simplicity of a manual. Also the semi-auto's aren't really that great till you get up to supercar standards. They don't do what you want when you want at these levels. I actually couldn't find a single 535i, I wasn't sure if it was a US...

Ahh, I thought you were helping out with Grolsch lol. Didn't realise you were just answering the saaz for bittering bit :)