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Well here it is, the review thread for the 2020 Secret Santa swap which will hopefully end this year on something of a much needed positive note. Hopefully your beer came with a label of some sort indicating a name so that the sender can identify it, and include a photo with your review if...

A weird thing earlier today, I went out to my shed and noticed that the temperature on my STC controlling the brew fridge out there was sitting at 4.8c even though I have it set at 3c for lagering my German pils with a 0.3c differential. Odd, I thought, has my fridge packed in? But on closer...

Just wondering, what's with the heavy-handed moderation with regards to the new off the record forum? :?: Saying that "there's no point in discussing it" seems odd, if you were to lock every pointless thread then the snug would be a very quiet place. Why can't the members discuss the forum...

The thread about this was locked so starting this one. @Chippy_Tea said: What about those who do want to see them but aren't "supporting members"?

Well here we are again, halloween is out of the way with only one more stupid holiday left before we can put finally put this crappy year behind us. But that also means it's nearly time for the annual Secret santa swap! The swap has been a big success over the last few years and hopefully this...

I've noticed this happen a few times before, as you can see there's a lot of foaming occurring during the mash. That foam isn't coming from below, the bubbles are coming through the recirc arm. Any idea what's happening here? Air being pulled into the pump system somewhere? Off-gassing from one...

I've recently started getting into coffee in a more serious way (which is very worrying because I really can't afford another obsessive hobby) and up to now I've only been using a Moka pot and French press, but I think it might be time to upgrade to an espresso maker. I've watched a lot of...

Apparently Five Star products are available again: https://www.brouwland.com/en/five-star-relaunch

In a couple of weeks I'm planning on brewing an export stout and am very tempted to add some brett B, has anyone here made anything like this? I'm not sure how the earthy brett flavours will mesh with the roasty stout flavours. Any recipe adjustments you'd suggest? I'm thinking reduce the...

This is an odd one, but a few days ago a made a coffee in my little moka pot as I do every morning, and as I was about to take the first sip I got a definite whiff of lactate (think sour milk, although the coffee was black). I took a sip anyway and yep, definite lacto sourness making the coffee...

Just wondering does anyone have any experience with these yeast strains? I like the fact that they have 250 billion cells initially rather than the usual 100B. The Homebrew Company had them on offer so I got the Brexit one to try it out:

Hi, as a means of staving off boredom I've been learning a little HTML and JavaScript and I put together a simple little online water calculator. This puts together the various formulae that I've been using for a while in an Excel sheet I made for my own brews and I'd thought some of you may...

Finally some good news amidst the corona virus doom and gloom, Budweiser are releasing a nitro-infused lager with "notes of toasted caramel malt for a bold, flavorful taste". Can't wait to try it o_O https://www.brewbound.com/news/anheuser-busch-to-release-budweiser-nitro-gold-lager

I brewed a Munich dunkel with this yeast a couple of weeks ago, checked the gravity a few days ago and it was at 1.020 from 1.055, only 64% attenuation. At that point it had been at 19°c for 5 days and should have been pretty much finished. So I gently roused the yeast and still at 1.020 today...

This is my first brew of 2020 and a bit of an impromptu one, but I found myself with a free afternoon and an empty house so why not. Now I've never even tasted a weizenbock let alone brewed one but this recipe is somewhat based on a BJCP best of show winner so hopefully I can do it justice...

Thanks to everyone who got involved in the swap this year, please post your reviews here. The tasting period runs from now until the 1st Jan :hat:

Very impressive that it tastes remarkably similar to normal Guinness :rolleyes:

Well here we are again already, Halloween is thankfully out of the way and it's getting near that time again. The secret Santa swap has been a big success over the last couple of years and hopefully this year will be even more popular :thumba: For those that are new, the idea is that you will...

Apparently there's a legal battle in progress between AB Inbev and MillerCoors at the minute because MC have allegedly stolen "extremely valuable" "precise recipes" for Bud Light and Michelob Ultra. Not even making this up, see the story here...

For a while now I've been thinking about writing a more in depth look at some of the various aspects of water treatment. The problem with that though, is that I'm not a chemist, or a scientist of any kind in fact, and so my understanding of this very complex subject is pretty superficial, other...