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Hi everyone I will be judging February Dark beers. This should cover a wide variety of styles, anything from a dark lager up to an imperial stout and everything in between. Judging will be the weekend starting the 9th of March. Thank you in advance

More or less a national strike planned tomorrow. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-67980892 UK government has tabled a 3.3 billion pounds package to address some of the issues. Currently the DUP are blocking the assembly from sitting. What happens next, the deadline keeps getting...

Hopefully this thread will encourage me to keep better records of My brew days. Currently on tap I have Belgian strong ale, Belgian single, hazy pale ale which I am not too keen on and a coffee porter. The coffee in the porter is really overpowering, it might age well. I brew using a burco...

The English government is trying to pass a bill to prevent ex-servicemen from being held accountable in Ireland. This is the first prosecution since the peace process. Victims should not be blocked from seeking justice. Hopefully Soldier F is next, he's responsible for 5 murders on bloody Sunday...

https://www.irishcentral.com/news/bbc-racially-insenstive-phrase-throwing-paddy I am not easily offended but is this a common phrase used in England. I have heard all the paddy joke's but not this phrase

@Chippy_Tea What ever happened to David Heath

I will be judging the July monthly competition. It's Belgian style beers which proved to be very popular last year. The plan is to judge on the weekend of the 29th of July. Looking forward to trying a wide variety of beer styles, the bar was set very high last year. 👌

I see in other threads forum member's starting to brew beers that will be ready for Christmas. @strange-steve normally sorts the Christmas beer swap. It's one part of the forum that I personally really enjoy. Hopefully Steve returns but it doesn't look likely. Would anyone consider stepping in...

This is the first time Belgian beer's have been allocated its own monthly competition slot. I am really looking forward to judging this, judging will be on the last weekend of July starting on the 30th. I am hoping for a good wide variety of styles, this could be anything from a single up to a...

Is this picture real. I seen some debate on it. I would be physically sick if I was up that high. Holding on like a cat crying my eye's out

I regularly swap beer on the forum. Currently I use royal mail second class to post a small parcel. It's usually 3.20 for under 2kg. I have started to use PET bottles if possible as it cuts the weight down. So if I was looking to post 5 or 6 glass bottles in one shipment what is the best and...

It's simple how do you clean your favourite beer glass. Long story short I poured a beer tonight into my favourite glass and I could tell it wasn't clean. I could hear and see the head bubbling. I know from working in a bar this is down to grease on the glass. So the question is what's the best...

I have been looking forward to this. This will be my first time being a judge, under normal circumstances I would of have had people to help me. Guess what, I am going to have soldier through this by myself. I will do my best do give you detailed feedback. Please could you give as much detail as...

Any other house waiting on A level result's. My son got A*,A,B in his mocks and got down graded to B,B,B. My sister's a teacher as well, her school grades are way of the predicted grades. One pupil went from a predicted B to a D grade.

Hi I currently have an English style IPA on using London fog yeast. I was planning a hazy IPA next. What other beer styles have people brewed using this yeast. I see mixed reviews on line with regards to its attenuation, it states 65-70% on the yeast spec sheet. Some people are reporting 85%...

I enjoy making soup for my two younger children. I normally make a good pot of carrot and lentil soup every second week. This also freezes well. It's really easy, I don't blend it as I like it the way it is. My mum used to make a really good vegetable soup with shin beef. I can't seem to make...

I got the brew dog book and this recipe is in it and it sounds like something I would like, has anyone tried it. I have not heard of bergamot lemon, could I use normal lemon as a substitute.

Has anyone used these for something like an imperial stout. ' ProvOak is a homogenous mixture of hop and wood powder pelletized as a standard pellet type 90. This US version has intense, sweet hop aroma – paired with the typical heavy notes of toasted oak casks, Red Berries, Vanilla, Bourbon...

I am looking to brew my first imperial stout and was looking at different yeasts. I plan to aim for around 10%. I am open to any ideas or methods. I brew biab so I plan a reiterated mash plus maybe some form of sugar. I have some Voss kviek but have had mixed results so maybe looking at a dry...