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Trying to keep this short. I've made a dozen or more all grain brews now and loved the taste of each one. However I have been disappointed by the carbonation and head in them mostly. I've tried to follow suggested measures of drops (I've not used table sugar yet), I tried pressure barrels...

Hi all I've been a bit absent for a year or so just had too much going on but as soon as I got the bug to brew again I caught up on here. Just wanted to say a very brief thank you for all the advice here it's immeasurable and has saved me a few times from cock ups. Thanks to all who run the...

An age old discussion but anyone know of any current cheap glass Grolsch style bottles in the supermarkets at the moment? Thanks.

After a "career break" I'm looking at doing self employed deliveries from April. Have done some research and have the insurance information and a mate recommended me an accountant who will take care of that side of things for 350 quid. Sounds cheap to me but I'm told he is reliable. I wouldn't...

So - I did a pre packed ingredient all grain kit from here recently. As I always do I put everything through Brewfather to get the mash and sparge water amounts as The Malt Miller instructions don't suggest them which is fair enough as they don't know what we all use. Brewfather came to this...

Tried a quick half out of the pressure barrel tonight and I can only guess this is the band aid flavour I've heard about. Am not worried about the odd problem but am more puzzled as I fermented it early September and primed it in the barrel about the 18th - I tried it each week since in a tiny...

Hi all Tomorrow I am making a Doom Bar clone and the recipie calls for a hop stand step at 80 degrees for 60 mins. I usually use bags to put hops in the kettle so would it be best to also leave these boil step hops in during the hop step alongside those hop additions or remove them at the end...

Who gets complacent on sanitation? I would bet there are 3 different levels. 1) Complusive do everything all the time. 2) Half and half probably started off as 1) but having had no issues maybe take a few short cuts now. 3) Still rinse and use boiled water but having had no issues not too...

I have a Buffalo boiler and am doing an extract brew with grain steeping this weekend. I tried it out today just with water and got up to just about 98.5 c with what looked like some decent boiling action on the water. Left it going for 10 mins and it stayed pretty much identical so quite...

I bought an Oculus Quest 2 VR headset on the weekend and I've been amazed by it. I still have the PSVR but won't be using it any more and will probably try and sell it. The Oculus has so many advantages - the spec is much higher and it can be used cordlessly which is a massive plus. You can...

I've made a few kit beers now which have gone well and want to move on to Malt Extract brewing - am not considering All Grain quite yet. Will start with DME. I want to boil away from the kitchen in the garage where I have 240v sockets. I was considering using a stock pot on the hob in the...

Am incredibly busy at work at the moment but have looked when I get chance. Really looking for one or two pressure barrels to put the fermented ale in but just about everywhere is out of stock or asking silly prices. It's not urgent but has anyone come across anything decent in the last week...

So - after bottling my very first kit I am now thinking ahead to what comes next. I will get a second hand fridge to put in the garage for temperature control for fermentation with an inkbird, that is decided - I winged it a bit with my first one but got away with it. I came across this on...

Hi there I'm Martin from Wales and have decided to try this for the first time. From what I have read this isn't the perfect season to start but it still can be done. I've started with an Admiral's Reserve kit. Put it into the fermenatation bin yesterday and it's been bubbling away quite...