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I've painted my fridge with blackboard paint. Use standard chalk, wipe off with damp cloth. No prep. Very happy with it.

Lager & Alt all tucked up. Bit of a temperature issue on day 1. Hadn't fastened the controller temp probe properly and the brew belt tried to heat the fridge space - caught it as FV hit 17C and unplugged the belt! All sat nicely now at 12C. Next week will set fridge to control around 2C and come...

I'm in 😀

Sadly a couple of weeks off brewing now, lack of space, half term, etc. Have Alt and a Lager planned after the break which will occupy the big fridge for 3 months! Never made these before so quite excited 😀

Short on keg space so combined a couple of ideas into one brew. I have made an 'Elderflower Easter' beer the last few years - basically a Citra PA with a bottle of home made Elderflower fizz chucked in the bottling bucket (better then drinking it!). Running out of Citra and have something...

I'm in

Bottled my dubbel this morning, yeast worked wonders down to 1007 so 7%. Colour's a little light but taste is promising. This amazing landscape appeared as the FV emptied Not sure where all the 'muck' is coming from but it regularly looms menacingly from the depths so I thought I would share a...

That's some session 🤣

I have an old tea urn you can have. Can't boil in it but works fine - I used to heat mash and sparge water in it. I am in North Essex. Yours for a couple of beers 😀

Ghost of Box Mill today. Increased bittering hops to 32IBU and moved last hop addition back to flameout because I preferred my first attempt at this. Great brew day, forgot kettle finings so chucked them in at about 90C. Recently made a 'manifold' in the fridge so I can use it in summer Tap...

Attempt number two Now that's better, use of a dirtier child 😀

Enjoyed Mauldons Suffolk Pride so much over Christmas I kept the dregs. This week made my first ever starter from them (did a mini mash Monday to get some wort) - wow it went off like a rocket. Found a "beer almanac" in my wife's book collection that has Mauldons Suffolk Punch (I assume the...

Just kegged a Rye IPA and tried to force carb a couple of bottles. Happy to send one if you like although they are more squashy than I expected, always looking for feedback. May need to call it a Rye NEIPA... 😂 If you would like to try pm me your address.

Took Jeffrey out of the fridge yesterday to get him going today. Big mistake. Smells like my offish wild plum beer today. In the bin and a new starter made. Other daughter this time and I think she is going to name it Alfie. Hopefully a better effort this time 🍞😀

Kids tried the lite beer yesterday. From their faces they were not impressed 🤣 It's very watery - will add some lemonade later to see if that helps. The full version however is really good, i think she has stumbled upon a nice recipe that I will try again...

My favourite beer of last year was a Belgian "single" made with lager malt and candy syrup. I have not been able to get anymore syrup but do have some dark chunks. I adjusted the recipe to better align to the Belgian Pale Ale style and will make the original again for summer if I can get the...

A,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a - wow. Thanks Cowman, that's amazing. Congrats to dads_ale, Hazelwood and Dave😀

Currently trying to harvest CO2 from the FV with this in mind. Not working, I doubt a can get sufficient seal in a plastic bucket! Maybe some tape...

Looks good, planning to do the same. My one query is fill level. Do you simply stop at ~18l using the gradings on the FV?

Well I made sour dough frisbee Had for lunch with homemade pickles and chutney. Tasted bready and slightly sour but texture of old boot - wow it took some chewing. Two main problems: 1. Failure to read, understand and follow simple instructions 2. Failure to read, understand and follow simple...