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Anyone ever used this website: https://www.beautifulbeers.co.uk/ ? I'm only just coming round to the idea of ordering specialist beer online, having always depended on a local bottle shop. They seem to have a really good selection of international and specialist beers, although the website...

I know it's not quite October yet, but I thought I'd get this rolling early to give all you busy people a good chance athumb.. October is dark beer month and if contestants are happy, I'll take it fairly literally and throw it open to any beer dark in colour, from stouts and porters to BIPAs or...

So I'm 1 year and 16 brews into my brewing adventure, and thinking it's time to start looking at a brew fridge. I've thought through a few different options to fit my needs and have landed on a bit of an odd idea, I'm not sure if it's a good solution to my needs or just stupid :tinhat: Some...

I recently got a few 5l demijons for playing around and experimenting and just brainstorming ideas which could be fun at the moment. I was thinking of brewing 20l Imperial Stout around the lower end of the style (8-9%), then after primary bottle 5l plain, as is, and split the remaining 15l...

I've just come across this blog which discusses adding other chemicals to Oxy clean to make it closer in cleaning power to PBW (Specifically Trisodium phosphate or green equivalent + a comment mentions citric acid as a chelating agent)...

Morning all Does anyone know if the lactic acid they sell for cosmetic purposes is different than the food-grade stuff? I've been using powder but it was kind of annoying me, so I bought some liquid. wasn't till I read the back that I realised it was being sold for cosmetics. On the front it...

So I'm planning to brew the Semi-Skimmed Occultist from Brewdogs DIY dog. It's a target 1081 OG for 8% abv (73% attenuation) and for a 20l batch the recipe calls for a hefty 11kg of grain total. Having plugged it into brewers friend I make that a 52% brewhouse efficiency required. I know...

BOGOF Ginger plant starters at http://www.gingerbeerplant.net/shop.php for the next err...2 hours :/ Apparently they're genuine oldschool 'plants' but can't vouch for them yet. Just ordered a couple to find out

I recently moved from stovetop BIAB 10l batch’s to 20l by building a diy pot from a hdpe bucket and 2 cheap 2.2kw elements cannibalised from kettles. First brew went perfect, used both elements to heat water pre mash and both to bring to boil before turning one off to maintain a rolling boil...

Hi everyone, Started brewing last summer and have been lurking on forums, soaking up all the great knowledge, thought it was about time to sign up! I've been brewing stovetop BIAB with 10 x 10l brews under my belt (with some success and some disasters!) and just DIY'd a 33l plastic bucket...