Strata, formerly known as X-331, is Indie Hop’s first hop variety to be released out of the breeding program at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. Born in 2009, Strata is the progeny of an open pollinated Perle located in an Oregon ...[Read More] Our Price: $2.99 [Add to Cart]
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We are looking at upgrading from BIAB this month coming, and I wondered if I could get some expert advice from some of you?
We have definitely decided on a Fermzilla for a starters. We wanted a Brewzilla too but can't afford both just yet. So my question is, if we get a digiboil, what will we have to do regarding sparging and cooling?
Is there a way to sparge without having to hold the bag aloft the whole time? Because that seems like a right royal pain in the a$$! Also would an...
First up, I wish to apologize in advance if this post upsets members in the east.
Having postponed our hols to valkenswaard til September we are looking to take a UK break with a beer theme.
We have been double jabbed for 3 weeks and keep our contacts to a minimum. We plan to visit TUE/WED when its quieter as well.
The plan is to either go to leeds and visit northern monk & vocation tap room or go east to Norwich and visit the drunken monk with a stop in beers of europe on the way home...
163 - summit ipa as a gift for tying for first on the jan competition i was given a huge bag of summit. found this recipe on hbt a while back and figured to give it a shot. i had bought a pack of summit last year and was really disappointed with it, this one already smells and tastes light years better. is making me thing maybe the summit wasn't bad but was the kveik i was trying out as well?
When they release the list of cars that can run on it i hope mine isn't on it the fact it can harm the engine is a worry they cannot have tested it ion every engine so i guess this is basically guesswork.
If E10 fuel is put in an incompatible car, it will still run, according to the RAC, But in the long run, it could cause damage to rubber seals, plastics and metals.
Every petrol vehicle built after 2011should accept E10.
So I finally took the plunge into kegging a month or so back by buying one of the kits from BKT. Didn't take me long to realise that I now have no need to bottle and quickly decided to buy a 2nd corny. I had a fridge that was just sat, unused in the garage for about 6 years and was totally gobsmacked that it still worked. So I went about coving the rusty old fridge in a grey adhesive vinyl and tart it up a bit, added a tap on the door and was happy. Then I thought " I wonder if I will fit 2...
Couldn't decide what I was going to brew when in the home brew shop and ended up with roasted barley, chocolate malt and fuggles hops. With other ingredients I already have I've decided to either make a bitter. Wanting to use the choc malt and barley I was looking at the GH oatmeal stout....but don't have Challenger hops. Would I be mad to substitute Cascade instead? I also have fuggles and Goldings hops. I have MO and crystal malt. Any ideas welcome.
Not an important question, just more a "Is it just me?" question. I'm a new convert to hoppy IPA American style beers and have a question for those more experienced.
Was drinking very hop forward beer all day and then had a bottle of my favourite West Indies porter. It tastes totally different and the only way I think I can explain it with limited beer vocabulary is that I can taste malty flavour from the porter but nothing else. Do the American citrussy hops cancel out the hops used in...
Hi I had a cellar 7 kit (summer berries) and followed it to the letter and even left it to ferment a little longer as I wasn't convinced it had finished. I've put all the finings in and left it to clear for a good few weeks. I've then come to bottle it but when I've worked out the % it's only 1.010 what have I done wrong and can I do anything to change it. I know it seems a silly question but I'm new to this home brew haha
Last week I made a post on my equipment upgrade build, it all went pretty much as planned, except I didn't have quite enough cable so couldn't connect my hlt. I did my first brew the next day and I have a query over the behaviour of my Inkbird ITC100VH PID, with pt100 thermocouple, I did ask at the end of my last post but the post rambled on a bit, so boredom probably set in before anyone reached the end. First of all the temperature jumps around a lot, as the temp is climbing it can rapidly...
I get my first corny keg tomorrow. I'm in Halifax, West Yorkshire can anyone point me in the direction to get Co2 locally? I have a 5l keg and disconnects for gas and beer also a pressure regulator at take 16g co2 threaded sparklets. Do I need anything else?
SWMBO is a front line worker (carer) she has had the first jab and is now tested twice a week she also has the lateral flow test with the results showing 30 minutes after the test whenever she goes to work on the other days, there are no cases of Covid where she works and there hasn't been for quite a while.
I am hoping as a front line worker my turn will come soon my age will also help, its not often i am glad i am an old fart.
Gin & Tonic / Photo by Meg Baggott, styling by Dylan Garret
For well over a century, the gin & tonic has reigned as one of the most popular cocktails in the world. A 2016 study by the Wine and Spirit Trade Association found that in Britain alone, gin sales comprised 40 million bottles a year, or enough to create 1.12 billion G&Ts annually.
The enduring fame of the drink may be surprising when considering its history. As legend has it, the drink was created to help British soldiers and officials to consume the bitter antimalarial compound quinine during the empire's occupation of the Indian subcontinent. The common story is that that British would mix their daily quinine supplement with sugar and water to make it more palatable, thus creating what the Schweppes company would eventually label "Indian Tonic Water." Provided a daily ration of gin, these amateur mixologists would add a measure of liquor to the concoction, because gin makes everything better.
However, quinine and the bark of the cinchona plant from which it's primarily derived had been used for medicinal purposes for centuries, notably by indigenous Peruvians. As Kal Raustiala writes in Slate, "Before the discovery of the cinchona tree, European malaria remedies included throwing the patient head-first into a bush in the hope he would get out quickly enough to leave his fever behind."
In 1846, French producers had also begun to capitalize on this antimalarial trend, with chemist and wine merchant Joseph Dubonnet creating a "tonic wine" aperitif that blended fortified red wine with quinine, herbs and spices. Similar to British tales of the gin & tonic's origin, Dubonnet's drink was said to have originated in an attempt to entice members of the French Foreign Legion to take their medicine.
The more likely truth is that the creation of quinine beverages simply came about organically over a longer period of time, owing to the recurring theme of humanity steeping medicinal ingredients in booze to market and use as tonics.
So, why does gin & tonic combination continue to work today? Medicinal motives aside, the mixture mirrors one of the foundational flavor balances cocktail mixing, one found in everything from the Old Fashioned to the Manhattan and Negroni: spirits, sugar and bitters.
"Gin and bitters" had already gained favor as a cocktail of choice, dating to the 18th century. "The bitters part consisted of recipes containing ingredients such as gentian, calamus, angelica, ginger, Bitter Orange and sometimes cinchona bark," write Kim Walker and Mark Nesbitt in Just the Tonic: a Natural History of Tonic Water (Kew, 2019). "Recipes for home-made versions and proprietary blends such as Angostura or Stoughton bitters were available, and these latter were advertised as a tonic for 'all enervating and hot climates'. A pink gin, gin flavoured with some dashes of Angostura bitters, was the preferred drink of naval officers at sea."
The gin & tonic could simply be a mashup of two existing drinks: gin and bitters, which was generally undiluted, and the gin sling, which was gin diluted with soda water and sugar, but contained no bittering agent. Like many classic cocktails, the G&T took the best parts of two existing drinks and put them together.
Today, tonics have long since been reformulated to be less medicinal (please, for the love of science, don't expect a G&T to protect you from malaria). But the combination of gin's bright botanicals with tonic's tangy, slightly bitter profile, along with a squeeze of lime and carbonation for zest, remain a perfect example of cocktail balance.
A final note, while it's easy to get lost in the wide world of gins, remember that the tonic comprises the bulk of the drink. If your primary opinion of gin & tonics comes from those made with a soda gun, you owe it to your taste buds to try one with quality tonic. Better yet, since they're much less expensive than gin, it's easier to experiment with tonic and find one that best suits your tastes.
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Buna-N Corny Keg Dip Tube O-ring from MoreBeer These are selling for $0.49. Shipping is free with a qualifying $59 order to many US addresses Corny Keg Dip Tube O-ring KEG530 Or, Valuebrew has Food Grade Silicone O-Rings from 20 cent each Price, promotions and availability can change quickly. Check the product page for current price, […]
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Lockdown Silica Gel with Rechargeable Beads, Compact Design and Various Sizes for Vault Humidity Control and Rust Prevention This is similar in concept to the Eva Dry E-500 – Hands on Review. It contains desiccant material that absorbs moisture (in places like your kegerator). The desiccant beads change colors as this takes place to let […]
Sodastream® Compatible 0-12 PSI Mini Regulator from William’s Brewing As of this posting, William’s Brewing has this on sale for $44.99. Shipping is free or reasonably priced flat rate to addresses in the contiguous US depending on your order size for most items. Sodastream® Compatible 0-12 PSI Mini Regulator Portable Draft Beer Serving Options! […]
Looking for options to serve your draft beer home brew on the go? Here’s a roundup of some of the available options for your next tailgate, party or get together. Included in this Post: Growlers Carbonation Caps – used with PET Bottles Small Draft Systems Tips and Tools for Filling Growlers and Small Draft Containers […]
Stainless Steel Faucet from MoreBeer Limited Availability Deal of the Day: As of this posting, this is marked down to $22.99 as a MoreBeer Deal of the Day. Shipping is also free to addresses in the contiguous US with most $59 Orders. Availability: This is available today only, while supplies last. Quantities are limited. Check the MoreBeer’s Deal […]
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