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Interesting you're quoting Orwell. I'm a massive fan, particularly of his essays, but he he had some pretty dodgy attitudes, particularly towards women. He was a person of his time, as we are of ours As concerns "Swing Low", the consensus I hear is don't ban, but understand & be sensitive...

Brewed a 5lt BIAB barley wine yesterday (Hopped with northdown & golding) I added yeast I'd harvested out of a Shepherd's Neame 1698 bottle thinking it would'nt work But I came down this morning to find it merrily bubbling away...athumb..

I'm brewing at the moment as it takes my mind off things..I dont want to lose my rag but don't believe the **** they tell you.... My Trust, because it's mental health, still hasnt got all the ppe it needs-the acute wards only started getting stuff a couple of weeks ago. Steve worked in a crisis...

I'm not going to say much as I'm pretty angry. A colleague of mine died this week, a really lovely guy who worked as a mental health nurse working in Newcastle. All I can say is that we weren't/aren't prepared for this and whose bloody fault is that?

There are a number of ways you can make your urn fit for brewing. This guy does a good tap conversion It's also a good idea to include a weldless thermometer or even a sight glass There's plenty of info on BIAB brewing out there. BIAB brewer is pretty technical & takes a lot of digesting -...

That's a really interesting (if disappointing) answer! For me, part of the interest in home brewing is finding out how different brewing processes and beer styles were adapted to a variety of contexts.

A really interesting thread. Thanks. You've spurred me on to pop down to Morrison's tomorrow to pick up a bottle (along with the loo roll and hand sanitizer :roll:) I only hope my results will be as positive as yours. Has anyone tried harvesting yeast from Pedigree, since Marston reintroduced...

Doh, Yes of course! At the moment I'm doing one gallon BAIBs in order to fine tune the recipes of beers I like and to do small batches of beer styles I don't drink often, such as porters & barley wine. So your suggestion would work really well. I'm planning to start with Shepherd's Neame 1698...

Thanks for resurrecting this thread. It's useful to gen up on the techniques in harvesting yeast from bottle conditioned beer. It's also good to see how other people have done.

I don't want to take the subject too off topic. But as someone new to brewing, I'm really interested in storing yeast strains from different part of the UK. I'd like a sample of the yeast Timothy Taylors/Black Sheep use for brewing a Yorkshire best bitter . Likewise, l found the Wilko...

Yeah, but I have to cook dinner afterwards....

It's not said enough but some of the new (but in fact old) brewing techniques such as BIAB has taken brewing back from the brewery/ garden shed/ garage/ laboratory /man den into the kitchen. I think it's a good thing. Brewing a decent beer can be about the quality of the ingredients, in just...

I've never brewed beer before. But last month I went in at the deep end with an AG BIAB one gallon kit I bought off ebay. I'd always wanted to brew beer, but was put off by the inflexibility and quantity of beer produced by traditional kits. To be honest, I was also a bit intimidated by all...