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Hi Guys, So I have a glut of strawberries from the allotment, more than I actually know what to do with, so naturally I am thinking about making a strawberry beer in the style of the Belgian beers (kriek and so on). My plan is to do a 0.050 beer using pale malt, hopped with a little amount...

Well, after around 5 years of faithful service, my kettle elements have failed. I ordered some new ones from the heating element company (the Haden 10amp 2.4Kw version). That was over a week ago and no deliveries. Phoned them today to ask WTF and they said they had a record of my payment but...

£15 in Tesco!

Hello all. I pressed 5 gallons of must out of wild apples, some cox, and some various other apples that I scrounged. Its been sitting in the garage since October. What to do next? Should I leave it till spring and then rack it off and bottle? Should I check its reached a minimum SG before...

I have an old dj full of turbocider that wasnt very good. I removed the airlock as I needed it somewhere else so its been sitting there for some months with no airlock. Should this be vinegar by now? How can I tell if its vinegar? Is there anything else I need to do to it to make it cider...

Hi All, So the other day I heard the news that my dad might be over from South Africa for crimbo! This is probably going to be the first, last, and only time he will get to sample my home-brewed beer and he is strictly a lager drinker. I dont have the ability to lager properly, not having a...

Just heating up me water for this one..... for 23l 2kg Oat Malt 2kg Rye Malt 2kg Marris Otter Probably hop with Summit. And I just realised I dont have any protafloc! :doh:

For a 23l batch: 2kg Oat Malt 2kg Rye Malt 0.5kg Toasted till golden rolled oats 0.5kg Torry wheat Would this work or would I end up will a mash like a gelatinous lump of granola?

....he turn round bite you. Having just done another Summit IPA today, I'm ready for more punishment! For 5 gallons, I'm going to do 5kg Marris Otter with 250g Vienna, mashed at 66. I'll sparge tonight then boil tomorrow. FWH will be 50g Bullion @10% AA Then a further helping of 50g Bullion...

I'm trying to unscrew a fitted wardrobe cupboardy type thing. I want to unscrew it because if I rip it off, it might rip half the wall down with it. Some of the screws are amazingly tight though. As in I just cant get them to budge with a screw driver. Anyone have any tips for loosening...

Fancy making something stupidly hoppy for the summer, if it ever arrives! For 23l Malt 5kg Marris Otter 1kg Vienna .25kg Torrified wheat .25kg Pale Crystal Hops 50g Chinook as FWH At 5 mins from switch-off 100g Apollo At 0 mins 100g Columbus 50g Chinook Dry hopping 100g Summit What do you...

Any allotment holders out there might be interested in this piece of kit http://www.standwelltools.co.uk/ I took mine down the allotment today and deflowered it. Planted two massive hop rhizomes in grassed-over heavy clay soil, and it only took me about 10mins in total. This is by far the best...

Bit baffled by my shiny new driving license the DVLA sent me for free after I paid them £20 under threat of a £1000 fine. It seems from looking at the back that I have category A motorcyle on there. Strange as I only did a CBT about 10 years back. :wha: However there's something in column 12...

A fantastically complicated pale mild I'm brewing today and tomorrow (mash & sparge tonight, boil tomorrow). The complex grain bill comprises of 3kg Mild ale malt And the complicated hop schedule consists of the following list of additions 50g Williamette as FWH. Going to pour in onto a...

I have a 3kg bag of mild malt. Planning to brew a (wait for it) mild soon and was wondering if anyone had any tips? I'm thinking of the following for a 23l batch 3kg Mild malt 150g Chocolate 250g flaked barley/oats Probably going to use Fuggles or Calypso hops and T58 yeast. Any comments...

Today I walked into Boots and asked for some deodorant. The guy there asked "Ball or aerosol?" I said "Neither, I want it for my armpits"

Last night I treated the water and set up a mash at 67C. Very simple grain bill, being one 5kg bag of Marris Otter for a standard 23l brewlength. By this morning the temp had dropped to 54 so that a pretty good result methinks. :thumb: I'm busy sparging now with 50g of Green Bullet as FWH -...

So was applying for a job over the weekend. Application form complete and double checked. Saved. Sent. :thumb: Today, filling out a different application so I go to my sent items to retrieve the application I sent yesterday so I can ctrlcctrlv some info. Ruddy thing is corrupted! Oh well...

Situation is this Sister in law lives in NZ. She met some bloke about a month ago and now claims he is a "very good friend". He is an unemployed Swiss recruitment agent and wants to come to London to become unemployed Sister in Law "why dont you stay with my sister and her husband for 2...

Not sure if I should be alarmed or not, but there's what seems to be copper showing through on one of the kettle elements in my boiler. Is this something to panic and flap about?