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  1. Hagrid

    The Love Brewing Trick or Treat Giveaway!

    Red rebellion please. :)
  2. Hagrid

    Apple wine, to rack, or not to rack?

    I’d probably hang fire a bit longer. Sediment can give some off flavours if it’s left on them too long (I believe) but 2-3mm shouldn’t make much of any difference. It can sometimes stimulate the yeast to turn the music up at their rave a party and little bit harder but you also lose some wine to...
  3. Hagrid

    To drink or not to drink?

    No, and I’ve had this new cough and high temp for a while..... I decided to drink my GEB beers instead and chucked this. I’ve got a bit of VWP left so will give it another good scrub. It had been sat for a while so I scrubbed it to within an inch of its life prior to packaging. But when I...
  4. Hagrid

    To drink or not to drink?

    Mrs. H commented on why the sink stank of vinegar.... I think I made the right call. :) and no third nipple.
  5. Hagrid

    To drink or not to drink?

    Or worse... grow a third nipple?!
  6. Hagrid

    To drink or not to drink?

    I’ve been drinking my way through a bitter kit, which is nearing the end. It’s been in a PB and I’ve just pulled a pint off and saw something white blob through the tap. It came through in one blob but has since spread itself across the top of the pint. I know my seal on the cap isn’t great so...
  7. Hagrid

    Choc syrup

    🤣 my comment was a reference to a scene in the film where the lead male tries to impress/seduce the lead lady by wearing only whipped cream, cherries and chocolate sauce. I was being rude, childish and naughty. I have had a world with myself and sat on the naughty step and thought about what...
  8. Hagrid

    Choc syrup

    Rings bells of “not another teen movie” I think there was more whipped cream involved though....
  9. Hagrid

    Other hobbies

    I love a bit of fiore! I constantly find myself asking myself what posta I’m in. I never got on with longer pole weapons. I like to be up close and personal. A poleaxe was my polearm of choice. My harness was built in wales by a chap who’s done stuff for royal armouries in York. Love the back...
  10. Hagrid

    Other hobbies

    Was that C15th? Which group were you with? I’m sorry to hear your wife got sick, I really hope she’s doing well!! Also loving the landy. My brother is really into his landies (auto correct tried to change that to pandora! 🤣) and has got a TD5 90 and they use an MOD 110 as a tractor. Rough...
  11. Hagrid

    TC questions

    Good evening, You’re fine to rack it whilst it’s still bubbling, the yeastie beasties won’t mind. It can sometime get them a bit excited and they fizz a little bit more but you should be fine. I normally leave my brews (more mead than anything) until there’s a good layers of lees on the bottom...
  12. Hagrid

    Lavender Mead? How Much Lavender

    I’d be tempted to use a tea as your diluting water to which you add your honey. Maybe have a play with lavender tea as a drink to find the strength and then scale it up to your batch size. You tend to use the buds rather than the leaf with lavender in cooking (stews, cakes and biscuits.) a...
  13. Hagrid

    Process

    Commercial yeasts have a recommended temp range but 25+ wouldn’t kill them. It can, however, “stress” the yeast. (I’ve got images of all these little yeastie beasties talking about how they can’t handle the hot weather.... sounds like me really...) but I digress. Stressing the yeast in this...
  14. Hagrid

    Foraged Cider

    This is the link for applying for funds less than £10k from the national lottery community fund (I’m reckon you should be just about able to get a press for £10k.... just. :laugh8:) There are other community funds available too. It’s always worth reading up on bid writing and their criteria...
  15. Hagrid

    David Attenborough (Not a R.I.P)

    When I read his name then, I thought this was an obituary thread! Very glad to see it’s not!
  16. Hagrid

    Potassium metabisulphate

    It can also be used to neutralise wild yeast prior to pitching your wine/cider etc. yeast. Make sure you give it 24-48 hrs before pitching.
  17. Hagrid

    Foraged Cider

    You might also find your gravity (and flavour) is lower if they soak up some water.
  18. Hagrid

    So. Who remembers Beer Festivals? Which/where was your last?

    Bloomin’ auto correct! Honest.... @DavieC do you know them too?
  19. Hagrid

    So. Who remembers Beer Festivals? Which/where was your last?

    I went to one a couple of years back near me. Some cracking ales. It was just me and my dad, and we sat on a table with chap and his Mrs. We’d been chatting for a couple hours and sampling local beers when his Mrs. went to top up their glasses and my dad went to the loo to make space for more...
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