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Just listening to this latest episode of Brew Strong, a special on brewing competitions. Jamil and John hosting a Q&A on the subject. It's really informative; I've heard stuff like this before and it's always the same old stuff but some really interesting bits of info and insight on this...

https://www.brewcon-worldseries.com/ This is already nearly half full and entries only opened today.

Good evening fellow homebrew warriors, It's the 1st of March and Spring is upon us. This also is the month of the first Freestyle competition of the year! This means anything goes as I understand - so not just beers that don't fit into any of the other competition groupings but, simply, any...

Hi, I have a pouch of Omega Hornindal in my fridge which expired towards the end of December. With any other yeast I'd stick this in a stirred starter but not sure as to best practice with a kviek strain. I've heard in general that, due to the low pitching rates suggested for kveik, folk are...

BrewCon is on this weekend coming. Had hoped to be able to get down for it this year having missed it last year but sadly it was not to be. Really gutted as this years event is sounding great - in particular the famous club night. Hopefully next year. Anyhow, I do have a few beers in the linked...

Hi all, Just purchased a bench capper after nearly having a mental breakdown as a result of my wing capper behaving like a nutter (which in fairness has served me well for many years until recently). Bought the bench capper from the Malt Miller - not branded but seems to be a fairly standard...

Hi, Looking to get a feel for what the best dried Belgian strain is. I gather T58 is used widely on a commercial level so guessing it must be worth a look. Are there any others folk would recommend? I like the stronger ester/phenol producers generally. Cheers

Was looking to order up some Imperial Yeast from the Malt Miller and found them to be out of stock of every strain. Checked Brew UK and they are the same. Emailed MM who advised that the manufacturer are currently unable to ship it to Europe due to organic certification problems so it's...

Feel like there was a thread on here recently asking this question but can't find it. So far brew uk seems to be the best I've found - they do Bairds pale malt for £25. Most others seem to be £30 and over. Anyone know of any others that are competitive? Cheers

Not meaning this to sound preachy and I appreciate I might be one of the few one don't do this regularly but wanted to share my experience. Today I calibrated the 3 thermometers i use being a cheapo lakeland liquid one, an inkbird itc-308 and the digital one that came with my Ss Brew Tech...

We had our first homebrew club meet-up at the new Brewdog bar on George Street yesterday afternoon. Was a decent turn out - mix of experienced brewers and people interested in starting the hobby - good chat and good beer was shared. I believe the plan is for a monthly meet on the last Sunday of...

Anyone enter beers into this competition? First round judging I believe got underway last night, and is to continue every night this week. There are just over 400 entries involved and the top prizes are pretty insane. Champion brewer wins a trip to Manchester to brew with Cloudwater. Best in...

Looking for thoughts on how to enter an Imp Brown ale into a BJCP competition (2015 style guidelines). It's an English style brown ale brewed to 'imperial' strength (rather than American style). Nothing special about the recipe, i.e. no unusual adjuncts/sugars etc. My initial thought was it...

Wondering if anyone can help/offer views on this. I'm a BIAB brewer and have never sparged. I'm in the process of building a single vessel recirculating system based on BrewPi. Although I've never sparged, I've often heard that a stuck sparge can be caused by running off to fast after...

Anyone tried using a vitality starter for their fermentations? I did this on a batch yesterday, a Belgian Dark Strong starting at 1080, and the yeast has taken off like a rocket; I had signs of active fermentation within 3 hours of pitching. I read about it recently on the Brulosophy site...

So it's official https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2018/06/21/Beavertown-sells-a-minority-stake-to-Heineken

I'm hoping to move into kegging later this year and also hope to build either a kegerator or keezer for dispensing. Just looking to get views on what is better to adapt, a refrigerator or a chest freezer? I'd be looking to have minimum 2 taps but ideally 3 and I think this could be the biggest...

Hello, First time using this yeast after hearing lots of good things about it. I've fermented an oatmeal stout which finished up a couple of weeks ago - hit target FG and it hasn't budged since then. Krausen at the end of fermentation was huge and slowly dissipated over a week or so, however...

I'm looking to purchase a second hand fridge to act as a fermentation chamber for my new Brew Bucket - ideally under-counter size for space savings considerations. I've measured up a few in Currys and the main issue I foresee is the compressor hump and the way this infringes on the floor space...

I'm close to taking the plunge and purchasing a SS Brew Tech Brew Bucket. I have a cold cellar where I intended to keep the fermenter, i.e. using the ambient temp to keep the fermenting beer cool, and a brew belt in conjunction with a temperature controller to keep it warm. However, I've been...