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A little experiment to deal with a huge glut of massive icicle raddish. Japanese style pickled sea raddish. These produce a slightly sweet salty smoky style of pickle. Icicle raddish / daikon cleaned and sliced 500g Carrot shredded 150g White onion 50g 5 spring onions sliced Pickling...

My question. Hello bard, I need help with a brew in a bag 10 litre beer recipe similar to Harvey's of Lewes best bitter Bards answer. Sure. Here is a recipe for a 10-liter brew-in-a-bag beer similar to Harvey's of Lewes best bitter: Ingredients: * 2 kg Maris Otter malt * 200 g Crystal malt *...

https://www.devonlive.com/whats-on/whats-on-news/american-says-buckfast-tonic-wine-8084685?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#google_vignette Worth reading the Reddit comments lol

So on a different group I saw someone make blue raspberry bon bon wine , well I have a friend that makes sweets so bit of research and this monstrosity was born. Essentially it's blue raspberry lollies minus most of the preservatives they would have along with slushy syrup , dextrose. Lime juice...

Finalised all orders and this is what we're going with this year . Ghost mini pumpkin Monstrueux De Carentan leeks Telephone Tall Climbing Pea( if you like peas try these they are amazing ) Burgess Buttercup Winter Squash (Vine Type) De Ríogordo Vine Tomato Millefleur Yellow Vine Tomato...

Doing 7 for Samhain, we always put a good show on for the local street urchins, on average we get around 300-400 trick or treaters , lots on our street go and decorate etc and we have community groups etc that come up.

Hi all done a couple of kits and would like to get my hand on a selection of grains / hops so I can get creative , been reading up and from what I can see crushing yourself is better for freshness so I'm looking for a small budget friendly mill , max grain bill wise would be around 2kg from most...

Hi all I'm hoping someone could point me in right direction, I have noticed a faint but distinct metallic taste in my beers both kit and the AG biab . Our water in Torbay is soft as hell but has quite high iron content , our soil turns local sheep pink lol. Anyway I can treat this or will I have...

Well I went and dived in feet first and it's actually bloody good, so here goes . 4 x 1l bottles lidl fresh pressed apple juice 500mil strong tea 2 x tea bags minimum. 500g light spraymalt. 1 TSP pectolase 1 TSP yeast nutrient Half pack Voss kviek yeast. Came out at about 5.8%. Going to do...

Hi all I spotted this BrewDemon Conical Fermenter and was wondering if anyone has seen anything similar for sale here in the UK ? Currently using a 8l bucket with lid ,airlock but for when I go up to a 10l batch something like this would be brilliant. If not any suggestions as buckets may be...

Well I finally plucked up the courage and dived in , crossmyloof we're all doomed mini 4.5l biab kit , currently on the last 40 mins of the boil , final volume is looking good ( notched plastic brewing spoon at 1l marks for my pan) . Next stage is Irish moss at 10 mins then 60 min hop stand...

Hi all , the lovely peeps at crossmyloof have pointed me in the right direction , I have a couple of their 1 gallon biab kits to try which I'll have a bash at over the weekend all being well ( were all doomed and hibbies Irish red ale ) . Just need to figure out the water volumes I need for...

Hi all discovered these on Amazon ( sure you can find them elsewhere for better price ) But these have proved really handy for those that bottle their brews. Been cleaning bottle as I'm using , then giving them a squirt of sanitiser, leaving to dry then capping with these till next bottling day...

It's as rough as a badgers behind but it'll do. Made from reclaimed timber from an old bed base. Need to make at least 3 more , need to figure out a way to make next one stack securely lol.

Hi all this might be a bit rambling so please bear with me. My body is shot to bits , very bad accident as a teen which has deteriated over the years (26 years ago ) to the point I need crutches to mobilise and the real crux for brewing is moving the heavy fermentation bin 40 pint kits . Im...

Hi all I have a choice of a few yeast to play with for the peapod & rosehip wine , it's currently sitting in a covered bucket letting the campden tablet and pectolase do their jobs. So I have to hand Young's dessert/high alcohol yeast Yeast Sachet - Youngs Dessert / High Alcohol Wine Yeast 5g...

Hi all still very new to all this , got the bits together finally for the first brew from the garden , given this bloody hot weather and hotter to come should I hold off for a week or just go for it ? , Most of the bits either are frozen or can be frozen but very limited on space and the good...

Well I did my first kit st peters ruby red and it turned out very drinkable. Decided to go for a mild this time , Geordie mild was gifted to me a while back so I used that as the base , used some crushed chocolate malt 250g in water 65/70 °c for 30 mins then sparged , then mixed sugar in half...

Hi all I was a Sussex born and bred lad and Harveys was the beer I was bought up on ( motorbike rally's nut brown ale as a lad 13 then on to bitter about 15 lol ) anyhow I know Harveys don't do kits but is their any kit even vaguely similar to their best bitter , even if I have to add additional...

Hi all , I have a recipe i fancy having a crack at , it calls for 1/2 lb sultanas per gallon. Looking around and they all seem to have an oil coating. Any advice/tips on how to deal with this or a source of non oiled ones , even the organic ones seem to be coated.