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I've decided to make a Porter for Xmas (using an all grain Dark Rock - Smoke on the Porter kit as a base). I had a plan of making it more festive by adding some extra ingredients or flavourings. Quite fancy something smokey / sweet maybe slightly spiced. I was going to add a tin of treacle...

Dear fellow brewers, I usually drink quite pale bitters and have recently got into my lager brewing but I do like a nice stout to dib into now and again. My last stout (United Stout of America) has lasted me nearly 18 months in an old king keg (gives a surprisingly good pour at garage...

I know the subject of low / no alcohol beer is an evocative one on the forum so I'll tread carefully. Just had a Thornbridge Big Easy as I'm off any quantity of booze for a while and I have to say it's the nicest low alcohol beer I've ever had. Only 0.5% so it's a good one to look out for if...

I managed to get my two 2kg cylinders refilled today for a fiver each. And also acquired a 6kg bottle for 40 quid. 10 quid a refill. No rental contracts. The gent I dealt with was incredibly helpful and had me sorted and on my way in about 5 mins. I understand it's best to visit early as...

Just in the process of upgrading my kegorator. Currently have one beer tap and a single gas feed. Just upgraded to 3 beer taps and a 4 gas feeds via a 4 way gas manifold. I have space for four kegs in my fridge. I tried to get the gas splitter in my fridge initially but realised it was too...

Hi I've managed to acquire an old Belfast sink for my garage to add to my brewing area. I have water and power in the garage but no waste water. I only brew about once a month so I was planning on running a 4m length of 32mm flexible hose from the sink waste out of my garage door to the...

Evening all. I've been making all grain brews for the past year using exclusively Maris Otter pale malt. Approx 4kg for 23l batch. I've just ordered some Hook Head Pale malt after reading some threads on the forum. But before I start that I've got some MO to use up. I've bought some...

Evening all. Off to Harrogate at the weekend to meet some friends. Can anyone suggest anywhere decent for real ale or craft ale. I don't to waste any precious drinking time trawling the town for a decent pint. Any suggestions gratefully received.

I've got my corny kegs in a fridge. My inkbird tells me it's about 4 degrees in there. I've got an IPA and a Mary Jane clone on the go. They both taste ok but my dad commented they were a bit cold on the stomach. A quick Google round tells me cask ale is served at cellar temperature of 10-12...

I've used my GF app three times for brewing with no problems at all. I logged out of it tonight on my mobile to show my dad how to log in and it won't let me log in again. It just times out. Reading on Google store reviews this seems to be a very common problem with no obvious cure. I've...

Interesting query that I'm sure someone will answer instantly.... I was keenly showing off my new Grainfather to a friend and explaining the stages eg mashing / sparging / boiling / cooling etc He wanted to know why you had to boil for an hour. He suggested once it had reached the boil...

Hi all Just about to indulge and purchase a Grainfather. Have found the information on the forum absolutely excellent, especially the thread on water quality control by Steve. Have done kits for ages, then more recently a few poor BIAB brews. Looking forward to the precision the GF should...