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Hi everyone, After quite a long period of reduced activity I'm pleased to say that I'm back and I've got some news. I'm now an assistant brewer first and electrician second. Since July last year I've been helping to build, wire and design a 12bbl brewery for Tenby Brewing Co. In early Feb they...

Hi guys, it's been a while! I've been rather busy of late so I've not brewed properly for a few months. Anyway I decided to take the opportunity to start modding my kit. I've relocated my kit to my workplace so that I can work on it after hours. I'm gradually turning my two vessel single...

Just so that everyone is aware, Tiny Rebel Brewfest is on in Cardiff over the weekend starting Friday 1st of September. There are a ton of great Welsh breweries there, Brewdog will have a bar there too. http://www.tinyrebel.co.uk/news/whos-coming-to-brewfest/ I'll be there, I'll pour you a...

If anyone would like it, I am volunteering my services to knock up some HBF competition certificates to be issued as PDF's to those who are entering the competitions and placing. So the certificates will have a HBF logo and watermark. They will have the placing, category, entrant name,forum...

I'm Off to New York City tomorrow, until next Monday. Can anyone recommend any places to go for a drink and talk about beer?

I'm over on the Isle of Wight Monday to Thursday helping to commission and snag the new Chain ferry that goes between east and west Cowes. Does anyone know where I can get a good pint over there? We are staying over in East Cowes. Cheers!

I had my water analysed so that I could start adjusting Chloride and Sulphate. Here's what came back; Murphy & Sons PH 5.94 Nitrate 6.8 Total Hardness (CaCO3): 32 Calcium: 9.37 Magnesium: 1.43 Chloride 17.65 Sulphate: 4.89 Alkilinity (CaCO3): 20 When you look at these you'll...

I'm looking to complete my system with a brew kettle. So far I've been doubling up and using my HLT as a kettle too. I'm after a burco style boiler or a buffalo, even a home made stock pot boiler will be fine as long as the build quality is reasonable. All I require is that it is made from...

Thanks for taking the time to organise a competition and taking the time to sample my beer. Congratulations to the winner @JFB and runner up @dan125 Here is my recipe, I didn't originally create it as an IPA, but I made some adjustments and ramped up the hops a little so that I could enter it...

Hello there, I've just set up a blog to cover my brewing activity, brewing news, interviews etc Head over to www.grizzlybrews.co.uk to check it out. If you want to follow me on twitter I'm @GrizzlyBrews

I am delighted to announce that I have been asked to collaborate with a local brewery in making a guest/seasonal brew! I will be formulating the recipe and the brew should be available to buy around December. We'll be making around 110 Gallons. Some will be casked and some bottled. Can't...

So this was my first all grain brew, numero uno, AG#1. It was also the very first recipe that I designed my self ,by hand. No brew calculators involved. It's a California Common, aka steam beer and I think it was good enough to share with you guys. PP refers to the hops, Phoenix and Perle...

I made this beer over a month ago and I've got to say it's pretty good.Dont take my word for it, give it a go yourself! Notes: Appearance:Cloudy,Pale, Straw coloured with a thick wobbly head. Aroma: Wheat,Malty, Slight citrus. Taste:Wheat,Spicy yeast,Bread, low levels of orange/citrus and...

So I've had a few of bottles of my Witbier and have had them at varying temperatures. I've found that they serve best when lightly chilled/ just below room temp. Any colder and all the body and nice flavours disappear. Is this pretty normal?

So it begins, after sorting out the brakes on my car all afternoon it was time to set up shop for tomorrows brew! This one is for the October competition, so the recipe is under wraps for the time being, but there are some hints in the name! I'm particularly excited about this one as it's the...

So I was rummaging through the shed to gather some bottles to bottle up my Hasselhops Porter when right at the back I found some full ones. I Checked the caps for my mark and it turned out to be a Belgian Tripel that I had made from a 9L Brewferm kit over a year ago! I remember that it was...

Here is my first ever attempt at a Belgian wit, it tasted nice whilst bottling, albeit flat.It was my own recipe too, I'll share it if the beer turns out nicely when carbed. The only problem was the FG at 1.013, which was a little high for the style. Only bottled a few in clear bottles to keep...

So I brewed a porter last weekend with an OG of 1.058 at 20 litres. Mashed it high at around 68-69°C. Unfortunately after doughing in I left the valves open and ended up with a mash thickness of about 4l/kg when I had originally intended 2.5 l/kg. I also ended up with a hotter...

Hi all, below are a couple photos of my rig as it stands; Kit: £44 - New 27L Cygnet Boiler ( with energy regulator installed instead of stat +£12) £65 - 32.5L Thermo pot £22 - 24V Food safe(to 100C) pump with PWM speed controller and power pack. £15 - 3 Meters food safe...

Hello, my name is Tim and I'm 27. I used to be an electrician and I'm moving on to electrical design engineering and most importantly I've got the brewing bug. I'm mainly into beer, but I'm not averse to the odd batch of hedgerow wine. I've got three all grain brews under my belt on my...