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  1. BlakenhallBrewer

    Show us your pressies

    @TRXnMe - that'd be one of my brothers in law, i believe he's rebuilding a BGT but I've yet to see it running. :) The tankards were a bit of a project. I posted a forum topic on how they were made Here
  2. BlakenhallBrewer

    Show us your pressies

    What I got was a bottle of Glenlivet 12 year old single malt and an apron for my brewery. What I made to give as presents was damson gin and vodka for my sisters And Leather tankards and beer for my lads and brothers in law
  3. BlakenhallBrewer

    Just ordered my DE razor

    Tried my new Edwin Jagger DE 89 BL out, using one of the Derby blades that came with it, for the first time last night and was mightily impressed. One slight nick by my Adams apple but I can live with that. I've just ordered a new (decent) brush and a sampler pack of different blades - can't...
  4. BlakenhallBrewer

    Modifying Coolbox

    If it's one of the Coleman Xtreme one's it's easy. Here's how I did mine The Ice plug just unscrews I went to my local plumbcenter and got a long tank connector as a standard one is just to short Before fitting it to the coolbox I drilled it out with a 15mm drill A ball tap fits...
  5. BlakenhallBrewer

    Had quite a productive day today...

    Firstly I cleaned and sanitised one of my empty Cornys using Tubby Shaws excellent tutorial I then filled it with an AG SMASH that's been sitting in a secondary FV for the last week It's now sitting in the shed carbing up. :) I then decided that I'd make up one of the kits that I bought...
  6. BlakenhallBrewer

    delete account

    Now't wrong with doing kits Mick. I'm lucky and have a full ag setup but i still bought 2 kits from Wilko's yesterday as they were on offer. I'm looking forward to doing them as soon as I've a free fermenter. +1 for Mick to stay
  7. BlakenhallBrewer

    What's your vessel?

    This one.... Hand cut, tooled, sewn and beerproofed by myself. I'm pretty pleased as it was and only my second attempt at any type of leatherwork. If you'd like to see how it was made Here's how my third attempt turned out :D
  8. BlakenhallBrewer

    Scilly Isles?

    It's been a few years since I've been, I must admit, but I'd recommend a holiday on the Scillies to anyone. I'd stay on St Marys if I had the choice but that's only 'cos there's more pubs, more to do and it's easier to get to all of the other islands from there. Friday night used to be great...
  9. BlakenhallBrewer

    Fancy running your own pub/micro brewery?

    Six Bells I always used to pop in when I was anywhere near Bishops Castle and ended up preferring the Six Bells to the Three Tuns but I don't think I could get a £300,000 purchase past the missus even though she likes my beer :D
  10. BlakenhallBrewer

    look at........

    Lol - Sounds just like the time we told one of our lads at work that the word "gullable" wasn't in the dictionary. It took him about an hour of trying to convince us it was before the penny dropped :D
  11. BlakenhallBrewer

    Early Christmas gift - Made a Leather Tankard (Pic Heavy)

    I got all the bits I used from http://www.tandyleatherfactory.co.uk in Northampton and http://www.theidentitystore.co.uk in Matlock. They both do a great mail order service or you can visit them to pick up what you want (I can vouch for them being very nice people in both, as I visited both...
  12. BlakenhallBrewer

    Winter beer. ..Old Tom or Sarah Hughes?

    I've brewed the Sarah Hughes from the recipe in Grahams book a couple times now and both times I've been really pleased. I don't live far from the Beacon in Sedgley where it's brewed so I can get decent comparison and I'd say Graham's recipe is pretty spot on. Saying that I was looking at the...
  13. BlakenhallBrewer

    Getting our keys today

    Congratulations and good luck, it'll have been worth the wait :)
  14. BlakenhallBrewer

    Early Christmas gift - Made a Leather Tankard (Pic Heavy)

    Cheers, Thanks for the comments. As I said I'm a real amateur at this, and this tankard is only the third thing i've made. With a bit of patience and a little help off the internet I'm sure anyone could produce one. If you want to see some real craft the take a look at some of the stuff...
  15. BlakenhallBrewer

    Early Christmas gift - Made a Leather Tankard (Pic Heavy)

    After I saw a bloke drinking out of a leather tankard at Shrewsbury Folk Festival last year I thought to myself "I wouldn't mind one of those..." I looked around for one and found the Hidebound site which looked very tempting. But as ever, just buying one seemed too easy and I kept thinking "I...
  16. BlakenhallBrewer

    Daily Mail crossword

    It's an anagram of the first three words of the clue :idea:
  17. BlakenhallBrewer

    Brewing beers like the ones you buy Dave Lines

    Still got mine 1984 edition. Coming across it again 18 months ago led me to this Forum :thumb:
  18. BlakenhallBrewer

    100 Years on and we will remember them

    The wife is heavily into family history and has done extensive research into our family in the first world war. On her side several of her great uncles were killed but on mine everybody who went came back however NOBODY spoke of their experiences and one that I know of committed suicide shortly...
  19. BlakenhallBrewer

    Driving test is in 2 weeks

    Passed first time in 1983 two days before my 21'st birthday. My driving instructor was good at drilling into me the need to evaluate and anticipate different hazards. It must of worked as I had to do an emergency stop for real in the middle of the test when a pedestrian walked out from behind...
  20. BlakenhallBrewer

    Stir plate flasks

    Pittsy, You might want to also give these a try http://www.scichem.com/ as they do glass conical flasks of all sorts of sizes. They are based on an industrial estate in Bilston so they are not too far from you and you can pick things up direct from them which might negate the need for expensive...
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