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Hi, We're holding a home brew meetup at The Coracle in Ironbridge, Telford on Monday 25th June if anyone is interested? A few more details can be found on the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1261021147367316/?active_tab=about

November is the third month of the new schedule so the category is Freestyle so you can submit whatever you like. If you're not sure if your beer fits the category just ask the judge for the month, it'll be their decision to accept or not. The judge is @Ajhutch assuming you're happy with this...

Here is the revised schedule based on the new format. Oct-17 Dark Beers - @Hoddy Nov-17 Freestyle - @Ajhutch Dec-17 British Pale Ales, Bitters and Milds - @IainM Jan-18 American Pale Ales - @MickDundee Feb-18 Dark Beers - @Zephyr259 Mar-18 Freestyle - @wfr42 Apr-18 British Pale Ales...

As discussed recently, the competition is changing a little with only 4 broad categories (American Pale Ales, Dark Beers, Freestyle and British Pales, Bitters & Milds) with an additional "seasonal" competition every three months. You can see the discussion here...

Does anyone have one? If so, would you recommend it?

In a recent thread about the forum competitions @The Idiot suggested a recurring competition with a loose brief. Rather than trying to explain it myself I'll just copy what he said at the time So, with the above in mind I'd like to suggest that we spend a few weeks getting together...

Hi, There has been quite a bit of discussion over the last few weeks about the format of the forum competition and how we can improve it to gain additional entries and also to provide something that works better for forum members. As such, the categories have been generalised to just...

As discussed recently, the competition is changing a little with only 4 broad categories (American Pale Ales, Dark Beers, Freestyle and British Pales, Bitters & Milds) with an additional "seasonal" competition every three months. You can see the discussion here...

Looks like Klarstein are having a sale on their beer dispensers: https://www.klarstein.co.uk/Home-appliances/Drinks-dispenser/Beer-tap-dispenser/ Are they worth the money? I've not really been drinking my kegs in the last few months as I can't get them cool. Also, what bungs do you...

The category for August 17 is Experimental Style Guidelines: Experimental Pine tree pilsner? Hot fermented lager? Bacon smoked bock? 24 hour boil DIPA? Seaweed and green tea stout? Rusty oil-can aged Weissbier? Peanut and pepper porter? If you've ever made one of these and want to see how...

The category for July 17 is Light Lager Style Guidelines: Light Lager (Includes all light lagers, including lager-based beers which have not been ‘lagered’ as a full fermentation and condition process. Does not include any other beers which might use Pilsner malt but are...

Made the first step of a starter on Saturday with the intention of using it stepping it up tonight for use in a 6% porter tomorrow. Made the 1.5l starter wort this evening but when I came to smell the first starter it had a definite bad smell to it. The yeast was a wyeast london ale and had...

The category for May 17 is Saison Style Guidelines: Saison (Includes Saisons, but not Brett-based Saisons or other beers made with sour wild yeasts) Saisons should have an OG of between 1.040 and 1.065 for traditional styles, although modern variants can go up to 1.080. IBUs of 20-50 are...

The category for May 17 is Single Malt and Single Hop (SMaSH) Style Guidelines: SMaSH Standing for Single Malt and Single Hop, all entered beers must be made with one grain type and one hop strain only. The idea if to marry up the grain and hop to make each shine. There are no limits on...

GrainFather Brew Day #27 - Northern Brown Ale Brewed this 4 weeks ago: Recipe: Northern Brown Ale Style: British Brown Ale TYPE: All Grain Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 l Estimated OG: 1.051 SG Estimated FG: 1.015 SG Estimated...

I never thought this day would happen! My missus got a bottle of Thornbrige Tart so I gave it a try and it's nice, I couldn't have more than one but it was very refreshing especially in this weather. All the other sours I've had have been quite Belgian which hasn't helped me warm to them but...

The category for April 17 is Bitter Style Guidelines: Bitter (Includes Bitter, Best Bitter and Strong Bitter. Does not include beers as identified in the HBF IPA or Pale Ale style guidelines) Bitters are typically 1.030-1.050, although strong bitters do run to 1.060, with IBUs of around...

The category for March 17 is Belgian Ale Style Guidelines: Belgian Ales (Includes Biere de Garde, Belgian Strong Ales and Belgian Pale Ales. Does not include Trappist/Abbey Ales, Witbier or Saisons) Belgian Strong Ales are typically 1.060 to 1.090, with low IBUs of 15-35. Spicy hops are...

I've been wanting to brew a really hoppy IPA for quite a while and also had some hops that had been in the freezer a while that needed to be used so I figured I could combine the two and cross my fingers for a good brew! :thumb: Recipe: Why Aye PA Style: American IPA TYPE: All Grain...

Anyone interested in a bottle swap for my American brown ale? I'm really pleased with it but would like a bit of feedback to make sure I'm not just being biased! Details are here: . . http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=67103