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So it seems I picked up a nasty on my computer despite being very careful and running AV. Luckily they didn't get anything from my Bank account (though I'm pretty unimpressed by Halifax's security) but I'm feeling a bit scared of using my browsers now. The bank seem to think I had some kind of...

This is my third attempt at my own recipe, think starting to get the hang of it but always good to have someone more experienced check it over! I'll be brewing this on Sunday with a couple of friends who want to see how it's done. Any comments greatly appreciated! Dizzy Izzy - named after my 2...

Today I'd planned to do a bit of a different brew to what I've done before, a NZ Jade Ale which uses Pacific Jade Hops and then Marris Otter, Munich, Biscuit and wheat malts. I've not really done anything with the range of malts before and first time with the hops. recipe I was following below...

A friend very kindly got me a jam jar full of nice fresh yeast from Palmers Brewery in Dorset. Apparantly the head brewer said it was enough for a 1bbl brew so obviously have far too much. What should I do about storing it? it's currently in the fridge, should I make a starter with it or just...

Thought there might be some interest here in a little pet project I've been working on for the last couple of months... For some reason I decided to map all the brewery tours that were available in the UK with details such as when they run and how much they cost. There's a total of 134...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/buyingsellingandmoving/10280502/For-sale-a-house-with-its-own-microbrewery.html House for sale in Kent with its own microbrewery! Sounds great to me (except the price!)

Well I finally managed to pick up a fridge for a reasonable price, £20 via preloved rather than the £40+ they go for on ebay round here. Bit of a novice at electronics but this turned out to be easier than i thought it would be thanks to guides on here and a youtube vid. Most time consuming...

HI I've just had a big delivery and part of it was some pacific Jade that I intend to use for a NZ style ale. Recipe is below Recipe Specs ---------------- Batch Size (L): 18.0 Total Grain (kg): 4.068 Total Hops (g): 40.00 Original Gravity (OG): 1.050 (°P)...

My boss has agreed to buy me a shiny new computer as my current one is starting to struggle. Got it all specced up and that's fine, only thing I'm not sure of is whether to go Windows 8 or stick with what I know works with Windows 7. Any help on which way to go would be much appreciated. Will...

Thought I'd try and use up some of the leftover bits of hops in the freezer with a bit of a chuck it in brew, this is my first attempt doing my own recipe so any feedback would be very useful. Pudding Stone Original Gravity (OG): 1.048 (°P): 11.9 Final Gravity (FG): 1.012 (°P): 3.1...

Just realised I somehow completely missed the flameout hop addition on my summer lightening last week. Would dry hopping for a couple of days before bottling help to make up for the omission?

As SWMBO is away I thought was a great chance to do a double brew day. Water is just heating up for a Hopback Summer lightening from GW's book. 5672g Marris Otter 46g Challenger 15g EK Goldings 23L Biab with 90 min mash at 66c, mash out for 10 min at 78c then a 90 min boil. Then while...

Yesterday I did my first brew with my new 50L brewpot that I recently got from the Malt Miller. Having a nice big pot with a tap made everything so much easier and cleaner, hardly any spilt at all! Did a Golden Cascade which was the recipe I did for my first AG Golden Cascade (English IPA)...

Just had one of these bad boys delivered thanks to the Malt Miller and an early birhtday present from SWMBO 50 Litre boiler with tap and hop strainer, can't wait to give a it a try. No more maxi biab working out sparges and top ups! Now to decide what the first brew in it is going to be...

It seems tomorrow could be my last chance to brew for a month or two so decided to get one on. Going for a 18L maxi BIAB OSH clone 79.5% Pale Malt (2.8 SRM = 5.5 EBC) 3405 grams 0.6% Black Malt (750 SRM = 1477.5 EBC) 26 grams 8% Crystal Malt 343 grams 11.9% white sugar 511...

With stocks beginning to run low and a nice big delivery from the Malt Miller, it's time to do another brew. Tomorrow morning I'm going for a Timothly Taylor's Landlord clone from Graham Wheeler's book done with a maxi-BIAB method. I wont post up the recipe, copyright and all that. I've a...

I moved my first AG bottles from the airing cupboard, where they'd been for a week or so, to the cool outhouse yesterday. When I moved them they had cleared nicely but this morning on checking them they have gone very cloudy again. Is this a potential problem or possibly just from a very cold night?

Last night I drank 3 pints of F*sters, for this I'm truly sorry! In my defence it was either that or McMullen AK :sick:

Have just got my first AG on and mashing away at the moment. Doing the maxi BIAB method with jamesb's Golden Cascade (recipeview.php?recipe_id=143) recipe in a 19L stockpot. 4.3kg Marris Otter 0.255kg Caramalt 35g - 90 Min 25g – 15 Min 30g – 0 Min All seems to be going well so far, but...

I've just put a Wherry kit on after which I'm hoping to give an AG brew a go. I've been reading up on BIAB and Maxi BIAB methods which looks like the best way for me to give it a go before investing in lots of shiny things . I'm intending to use the mash brew bargain pack from brewstore for my...