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Ive had given to me 43x 500ml coopers bottles. I only use glass and kegs, so if anyone wants to collect they can have them free. They have all got caps and where washed out before they where given to me. Located in Teesside.

Got an abundance of elderflower at the moment. I was just wondering what your elderflower champagne and wine recipes are?

Any thoughts on this. Was planning on doing something along the lines of purity mad goose, but a bit more hoppy. Biab to end 23 litres. Unsure of what yeast though. Normally use US-05, but I have crossmyloof cali common and us pale. 4kg maris otter 400g cara gold 200g wheat malt 30g pilgrim...

Well, had a great few nights in Newcastle. Some good beer. But,!! Gulp gulp. £6.30 for a pint of jaipur. Mrs had a double special gin. I paid the bill. Got to table and thought my God. I think most I've paid for jaipur in £3.80. But £6.30 your aving a laf

Well, after starting brewing last Christmas and going from kits to all grain. Last night opened my last bottle of apa bottled late last year, it went everywhere. I've probably bottled around 300+ beers and ciders and this is the first one to do that. The empty bottle went straight in the bin.

Managed to get hold of two single and one triple angram pumps. Paid £100 for the lot. The triple is missing drip trays and holder. But still think it's a bargain. Fairly clean and do pump. Also got a John Smiths old type illuminated pump thrown in. Just need to build the brew shed/ bar...

Thinking of brewing a red ipa next. Hopped with plenty of new Zealand hops. Was thinking along the lines of ilkley brewery kahika. http://www.ilkleybrewery.co.uk/our-beers/item/kahika-nz-red-ipa Just wondering if anyone has tried and tested any good red ipa for a background to use the hops...

Last night attended the Leeds international beer festival. Not sure if anyone else here did? Just so many beers to taste, didn't know where to start. Some great Nz beers. Hops coming through perfectly. Mrs doesn't drink beer often. But found out she loves sours. So the next ag will be one...

Anyone else off to the Leeds international beer festival this weekend? We are there Saturday night. I don't know where to start. So many beers available. Think I'm going to try and have a good go at the new Zealand brewers.

Busy day. De labelled, cleaned and sterilised 30 bottles. Brewed my 3rd ag. Apa. 5kg chateau pale. 325g crystal 15g columns 60 min 15g warrior 10 min 28g cascade 0 min Us-05 Hit pre boil 1 point up at 1044. Og 1 point up at 1052. Ended up with 21 litres in fv. A lot of hop and cold break, was...

Hello, did my second ag brew last week. A wiessbier. 3kg wheat malt. 2kg pilsner 200g porridge oats White labs Wlp300 Got estimated pre boil gravity nearly, 1044 expected, 1042 achieved. Og should of been 1052 with fg 1014. I only managed 1044 but one week on its down to 1010. I...

Got a white labs Wlp300 that I will hopefully be using tomorrow on a wiessbier. What's the general thought and what do you do for pitching with white labs? It's been in the fridge, have read that some allow it to raise in temp before pitching. But others use it straight out of the fridge.

Going to be doing my second biab tomorrow. Planning on a wiessbier. 3kg wheat malt 2 kg pilsner malt 20g hallatau at 60mins 10g hallatau at 10mins Wlp300 yeast Mash at 67oc for 60 mins 27 litres. Sparge 6 litres at 80oc. Ferment at 20oc as I've heard it will bring out the banana...

Going to be doing my second biab tomorrow. Planning on a wiessbier. 3kg wheat malt 2 kg pilsner malt 20g hallatau at 60mins 10g hallatau at 10mins Wlp300 yeast Mash at 67oc for 60 mins 27 litres. Sparge 6 litres at 80oc. Ferment at 20oc as I've heard it will bring out the banana more than...

First ag brew. Hbc's double ipa. 4 hours start to finish. Mash only lost 1\2 oc in one hour. Had 26 litres in for mash at 72, dropped to 65 with grain in. Bag removed dropped to 24 litres. Topped up with sparge to 26. 60 minute boil and ended up with 23 litres. Only managed to get just over 19...

Got one of the peco kits off Hbc with wort chiller etc last week. Before I do a brew I'm looking at fitting a diy hop filter, the kind made from a tap connector flexible hose. Im just wondering as a few have commented on the poor flow of the tap supplied if anyone has fitted a ball valve...

Well after only starting at Christmas when the mrs bought me my first kit, fv and pressure barrel.( I bet she wished she hadnt!!) I have brewed a few kits, 2 beerworks, 2 brewferm, a coopers stout tweak( which even the mrs likes), a coopers ipa tweak, 4 lots of wow and 2 turbo ciders. Also...

Normally the Mrs doesn't drink beer. Only time I have known her drink beer is in Prague, that was because it was a wiessbier and it smelt like banana 🍌. Just barrelled a coopers stout tweak on Monday and decided to try it today. 100g brown sugar. 500g medium malt. Tin of golden...

24 bottles of Brewferm Triple bottled today. Finished up 8.4%. It's just keeping my hands off them for 6 months. Also tweaked a Thomas Coopers IPA as they have them on offer locally for £10. Boiled a coopers light malt with 3 litres of water and 500g of kit enhancer as no dextrose locally...

Hello all, started brewing at Christmas. Been doing kits and fairly impressed. But have been considering starting a few smaller ag recipes. I've managed to get a 12.5 litre pan so I think as far as I know will be OK to do 2 gallon batches. One thing I wonder, does anyone have a recipe for...