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I think when I began having a pint, I was actually working as head barman in a place named the Crows in Crosby, Liverpool - a Higsons pub in those days. I think the price of a pint of Guinness in 1988 was like 89p a pint. A damned steal in those days imo =) No Watney's though heh

This thing remarkably is still bubbling away, albeit rather meekly. I took a reading yesterday and it was 1040 ish. Tasted it, there's a slight alcohol taste there, bit umphish. I think the yeast is having a hard time like honey with the syrup and breaking it down. What sort of gravity...

I am really glad I made this thread as throughout is has been an education in brewing =)

Ok so who runs the monthly competitions on here? Obviously, first time grain brewer so that's not been my brewing focus in the past. Quite happy to type out the recipes to give people a choice of which one they would like to brew. Rules could be a clone or an improvement or some...

And yea, for a first time brew at all grain. I think some would see this as ahem a rather large gamble, enough for some to put me off for life as the first try allegedly being so bad - I'd give up brewing. Not a chance when I can have mi old guinness from 1988 back ;D

Aha, ok that's fair enuff. But Special first. I think i have enough money to buy a fair bit this week after I buy my peco boiler, mash bag and muslin bag =)

I can just imagine it now. All the blue collar workers clocking when the new delivery of ale was due in and then piling in because they knew it was gonna be a decent nights beer rofl.

I am certain you won't regret it ;D

Louis Pasteur, you have much to answer for ;d

I am certain that is the case. The only ullage in my house is the yeast left at the bottom of the keg - long after I have harvested my yeast - which is then disposed of pronti pronti (I sugar carbonate my brews). I have vinegar in my kitchen ty, no need for harvesting dead ale hehe. I do pity...

Thanks mate!

Yea, that yeast content does seem rather alot by today's standards.

Yep it's directly from the book. Well failing to find the cream stout, I am probably going to have a stab at the Watney's Special Bitter to be honest. After doing much reading about Watney's over the past day or so, no one mentions that beer at all. So that does intrigue me as to why. So...

That was mostly on the days out with the girly puffs. Mostly I was in the Farmer's, Percy, Broken doll and the mayfair to be honest =) Looking forward to taking a trip up there later this year xD

Watney Mann (type font is too small to scan for good reading) so I have typed this directly from the book and checked it. Starlight bitter Well balanced light gravity keg beer. Stage 5 Gallons Original Gravity 1032 25 litres 1 4lb Crushed Pale...

Ok gimme a few mins xD

Yea I also note in this book a Whitbread's Tankard Ale. I've never heard of it hmm

The prevalent thing that comes to mind about Trophy. It was very much a session ale so to speak. You could easily quaff 9 pints and walk home only with hiccups and a mild feeling of being pished. Nice to know you tried brewing that. I would try brewing a Trophy with more abv to see how well it...

This is possibly where the beginnings of where cane sugar got its bad name for brewing ale. Although my first recollection of it was during the 80's, everyone mostly in poverty, thousands of homebrew kits and using cane sugar as a cheap way of brewing beer. Ironically, it wasn't the sugar...

Must admit, there are still some rather lousy commercial brews being sold. I will never, ever bloody ever touch a pint of stone's bitter ever again from a pub. Worthy's eww. Most lager's nope. There's even been some real ales I've had in the past couple of years where the barmaid has missold...