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Ok so i had a sneaky brew day that i havent written up but it was a quick last min job. I had all the bits weighed out from an aborted brew a couple of weeks ago so when SWMBO took her mum out for the morning sat 11th I got my brew going quickly :party: All washed up and put away before she...

Anyone heard of this? Not sure quite what to make of it! http://www.fastcask.com/

So several months ago I posted about an interview. well i didn't get it However, for the past month I have been having skype interviews, webex presentations and IQ tests for another role. I had a presentation on Monday to 3 VPs in the states and 2 UK reps and i got it! More pay, USA...

I, like most people, get spam in my email and most of it is innocuous enough Canadian pills for this, Girls in my area if those pills work. The occasional prince from various countries trying to give me loads of money for no reason.. I have even found out that I have relatives all over the...

anyone else had this from sainsbos? Mrs picked me up a couple when on offer... god i love it! :party: :cheers: Stout but hoppy, light and fizzy 6% I would say that most of the colour coms from steeping the black malts rather than mashing with them as there isnt too much of that flavour but...

Hi all I am having a cornie keg problem and who better to ask than you lot! Basically My coffee stout is all foam. As a stout it is at very pressure so as to not over carb but it wone come out through the party tap. If i bump up the pressure it does come out but all foam (ie to 20 psi ish) It...

I have a job interview today at 4:30 and i feel proper edgy! Basically the IT firm called me, we had a chat on Friday and the job sounds great! good 30 min on the phone talking about me... no problem the odd recruiter calls every now and again so i am fine talking to them. At the end of this...

Forgive me farther for i have sinned it has been 5 months since my last brew. A mixture of no time, work, and lack of permission from SWMBO has led me to dwindling stocks. I have 3 cornies empty at the mo and 1 almost there. 2 king kegs also doing nothing! Finally getting permission to do a...

After a clear out i have found an old laptop and rather than buying a Raspberry Pi i am going to Linux up the laptop so i can have a play with that! Only down side is that the laptop is non pae so i am going to have ti install either Lubuntu or Xubuntu then play a bit. Then I will sort out a...

some genius corrections in there clicky

I need to have a rant somewhere so sorry if i bore you all! I am a contractor in the finance IT sector .. so dull. Anyway I am part of a large project at the moment so quite busy and have a few people wanting my time so when a manager asks me to "Fix" a report they need for month end i reply...

if you find any cash lying about :rofl: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-motorbi ... 35c1a8675b It's all in a good cause but a) I dont and probably never will have that much spare cash hanging about b) my pockets are too deep and arms too short!

Seems like a bad day for brew animals :cry: Last night our brew cat had to be PTS following an fight with an unknown metal object posibly on the building site next door or the fairly busy road. I will post pics later but any suggestions on the recipe? based on one of Mark Ollsens from his real...

I have been given 100g of liberty hops for my bday, "recommended" to my mother by the HBS near to her. I was thinking of a SMASH with MO any other suggestions?

Thanks to a great sister i have the SNPA clone AG kit for my birthday. Has anyone done this? My usual SNPA clone has pearle, magnum and cascade, this one is only northern brewer and cascade. I am going to follow the suggested recipe but wondered if anyone know how northern brewer compared to...

Seem to be building a long list of beers i want to brew but not getting round to making them! anyway 3.5 kg MO 0.5 kg German Carafa II 0.5 kg Chocolate malt 0.34 kg Crystal 40°L 0.34 kg Crystal 80°L 50 g Black Patent malt/roast barley 28 g Magnum 60 28 g Magnum 45 14 g Cascade 6.0%...

ok started last night with the fabled over night mash decided to take photos this time :grin: first brew espresso stout. 4kg M/O 600g oats 300g roast barley 300g crystal 200g black malt 30g ekg @90 42g fuggles @40 15g fuggles @20 irish moss @15 6g espresso @5 min nottingham yeast

ok i have found a great stash of wild hops so when they flower i plan on getting a few bags and having a brew. They are wild and on public ground so not worried about anyone getting upset if i pick a few.. and a couple hundred grams aint going to hurt anyone.. but what would you recomend i...

Ok I have 3 cornies and 2 barrels and a bunch of bottles. 1 cornie full of cider, 1 of AG ale, 1 barrel of ale. I have 2 batches of lager in my fridge ‘lagering’ of which I am going to put 1 into a cornie and the others into bottles. So that leaves me with 1 cornie, and 1 barrel. I have a...

No not me.. the company is called Naked wines. A friend put me on to this company Naked wines. every once in a while i buy a case from them. It is actually really nice stuff and i cant make wine for love nor money. Anyway each year they hold wine tasting accross the country and i have tickets...