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• Vinegar
• March 2021 Comp - Freestyle!!
• Best drink drunk?
• Looking to buy 2 corny kegs
• Joke of the day.
• Bit brave with my own recipe
• April Competition - Lagers/Pseudo Lagers/Kolsches etc
• Calling those fermenting under pressure!
• Maxi chiller for FV cooling
• Hello from foamsweetfoam!
• Rachael Blackmore wins Grand National.
• Supermarket Juice Wine How To guide and Recipes.
• Another dreaded "has my fermentation finished?" thread.
• Small Batch Irish Stout?
• Wood fired steak

Vinegar Posted: 10 Apr 2021 07:38 PM PDT Anyone make their own vinegar? I bought some fresh apple cider vinegar with the mother in a while back, I am making cider so decided to sacrifice a couple litres for vinegar. I made cider with store bought juice (8 litres apple, 2 litres mango and peach) then siphoned a couple of litres off and added the mother from the ACV. 2-4 weeks and it should be done and should get better. I want to use some to make pickles and use some for a hot sauce.

March 2021 Comp - Freestyle!! Posted: 10 Apr 2021 06:42 PM PDT Good Afternoon Homebrewers!! Perhaps a little early but buoyed by the beautiful weather and having just brewed a hopefully cracking IPA I thought I'd start the March Freestyle Comp thread! Judging will take place on either the first or second weekend of April. Covid dependant I may have a friend round to help drink them around a fire in the garden! Freestyle of course speaks for itself, but i'm looking forward to judging a wide variety of beer, whatever you have, i'll drink and judge... March 2021 Comp - Freestyle!!

Best drink drunk? Posted: 10 Apr 2021 05:50 PM PDT For nothing further than my inquisitive mind, please describe to me the best drink you have drunk. I don't really care for the drink generally, but rather the specific "one". Why was this one specific drink special That beer you ordered in a bar somewhere without knowing what it was, but can now never find again, on a stag do in Prague. That weird local drink you had one time on holiday when you were sitting full from a family meal with your family. That first legal pint after coming... Best drink drunk?

Looking to buy 2 corny kegs Posted: 10 Apr 2021 05:18 PM PDT Will probably order reconditioned ones online tomorrow, just wondering if anyone in West/Central Scotland has any they want to sell.

Joke of the day. Posted: 10 Apr 2021 05:16 PM PDT A joke to take the minds off the worriers and whittlers, who think we are all going to be wiped out with plagues pestilence and the off chance of a collision with a asteroid. In a small village in Russia the village milking cow dried up, the villagers were panicking wondering what to do. A village elder suggested they go and see the wise man of the woods, so they traipsed up to where the wise man of the woods lived. They explained the problem they had with the cow and he told them they... Joke of the day.

Bit brave with my own recipe Posted: 10 Apr 2021 03:57 PM PDT Just got into all grain brewing after a very successful time extract brewing (belly shows it) for around a year. I have done alot of reading around, looking into what goes with what etc. And I decided to start with my own creation. It's got a lovely brown colour almost like a Newcastle Brown colour Any guys or gals think these ratios and grains are ok, recipe as follows 3.4 Kg Marris Otter Pale Malt 68% 600g Munich Malt 12% 300g Flaked Barley 6% 500g Light crystal malt 10% 200g dark... Bit brave with my own recipe

April Competition - Lagers/Pseudo Lagers/Kolsches etc Posted: 10 Apr 2021 03:08 PM PDT Hi everyone, If you'd like to take part in April's competition it's lagers and lager style beers. Judging will probably take place first weekend of May so plenty of time to get your entrees in. Send a PM if you'd like to enter or ask any questions here. Thanks! EDIT: the full list of styles is lager/kolsch/pseudo lager to include European and American styles

Calling those fermenting under pressure! Posted: 10 Apr 2021 02:44 PM PDT Hi Folks, After one too many oxidised brews I've adapted a corny keg to allow for closed fermentation, initially I'd planned to just use a blow of tube. When I realised you could make a spunding valve cheaply I decided to give fermenting under pressure a go. I'm reaching out for any information regarding yeast types, psi and temperature ranges as I'm keen to experiment fermenting at higher temperatures. Do you ferment under pressure? Does it improve your beer? Is it worth it? I'm... Calling those fermenting under pressure!

Maxi chiller for FV cooling Posted: 10 Apr 2021 01:59 PM PDT Im using a maxi 210 chiller for cooling. At present I use the agitator python pump in order to pump the glycol through my chiller. This pump is controlled from the FV controller and the Maxi looks after itself on a separate controller set at -5C (agitator does not run). It seems to function great and much cheaper than a grainfather or SS alternative. However the Maxi python pump unit does not seem to have a massive head and the pressure is low. Could it need replacing? I seem to spend ages... Maxi chiller for FV cooling

Hello from foamsweetfoam! Posted: 10 Apr 2021 01:59 PM PDT Hello, I'm new to the forum and thought I would say my hellos! I've been home brewing for about six months now, with varying levels of success, though nothing undrinkable so far! Based in Manchester/Trafford, so there are a few decent home brew shops a drive away but I've mostly been sourcing bits online. For equipment, I've got an electricboiler that I've been using for mash and boil, with a mesh for dunk sparging, hoping to branch out mind. To date, I've put together an IPA, few pale... Hello from foamsweetfoam!

Rachael Blackmore wins Grand National. Posted: 10 Apr 2021 01:54 PM PDT As the guy on 5 live just said she beat the male riders on a level playing field so an amazing achievement just a shame it wasn't packed. Rachael Blackmore made sporting history by becoming the first female jockey to win the Grand National with victory on Minella Times at Aintree. The Irish rider scored a thrilling triumph aboard the 11-1 chance, trained by Henry de Bromhead who also saddled runner-up Balko Des Flos. "I don't feel male or female right... Rachael Blackmore wins Grand National.

Supermarket Juice Wine How To guide and Recipes. Posted: 10 Apr 2021 01:48 PM PDT Supermarket Juice Wine how to guide plus Recipes. Edited 29/9/2020 - Its generally agreed Orange Wine isn't very nice and few make it a second time the good news is the method used in the videos below is the same for all supermarket juice so if you are not keen on the sound of orange wine read on - Some members are finding their supermarkets are not stocking White grape juice but have Red grape juice, Red grape juice goes well with apple, cranberry, pomegranate or raspberry... Supermarket Juice Wine How To guide and Recipes.

Another dreaded "has my fermentation finished?" thread. Posted: 10 Apr 2021 01:39 PM PDT Stout started out with OG reading of 1042, a vigorous first few days fermentation followed by steady bubbling slowing right down in the last few days. It's now had two full weeks in the fermenter and today airlock activity seems to have ceased so I took a reading which came out at 1020, which is only about 3% alcohol. I believe 1020 is within the realms of credibility for a final gravity, but I am a bit surprised as 1042 was lower than I was expecting to start with and 1020 is higher than I... Another dreaded "has my fermentation finished?" thread.

Small Batch Irish Stout? Posted: 10 Apr 2021 12:48 PM PDT Having always said, 'I am not really a stout drinker', before Christmas I brewed a stout, mainly to give to a neighbour. This was based on a Coopers Irish Stout kit but pimped as per suggestions from @terrym. Well all I can say is that my neighbour didn't end up with too many bottles as I found it bl###y luverly. Anyway, I am now moving away from kits and brewing small batch all-grain beers (around 10 to 11.5L), so thought a stout should be one of the next to do, so I... Small Batch Irish Stout?

Wood fired steak Posted: 10 Apr 2021 12:48 PM PDT First Time cooking a Cote D'Boeuf on the wood fired oven. 90 minute sous vide at 55C then about 10 searing time on the grill. I've done this loads on the BBQ, but this was a completely different meal. The smoky charcoal flavours are gone, and the higher cooking temp delivered the most amazing depth of flavour to the steak. I could still taste it an hour after eating. Best bit was my 17yr old did most of the cooking, and he can't wait for the next one. (For the food nerds, grill bars were at... Wood fired steak

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