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Hi all, I was just wondering if anyone has used their MLT cooler as a hopback? I'm thinking of doing this... would there be any problems with the heat? Does the manifold filter whole/pellet hops well? Thanks

Great info in this thread. I went and googled for a Deuchar's clone, and it led me straight back here. I lived in Scotland for 6 months last year and really enjoyed Caledonian Brewery's Deuchars and the -/80. I found that the cask products in Glasgow were sometimes a bit dodgy, but there were a...

Live and Dangerous - Thin Lizzy Can't believe noone has mentioned this one. Thin Lizzy was on fire!

Amazing! There is nothing better than a proper English pub. Well done, sir! Are those actual hand-pulls you've got there? If so, how are you working them? Cask-breathers?

Nice little intro to Quebecois swearing... funny stuff.

The Eastern Townships have a more sizeable Anglophone population than Quebec City, which probably hovers around 1%. Don't get the wrong idea, there are a few English schools (2 high schools, 4 or 5 elementary) and an English-speaking community here. The tone of my first message was a bit harsh...

Amazing! If only all flights were this interesting...

As an Anglophone Quebecer (and not a Montrealer here, from Quebec City (the "National" capital as the signage calls it here), I don't, and never have understood the desire for an independent Quebec. Francophone Quebecers say they don't feel like they belong in Canada; it certainly doesn't help...

+1 on going to Galway. If I were to do it again, I would skip Temple Bar. Or maybe have ONE pint. That's where you'll pay $6 a pint. Outside this area and outside Dublin it is more reasonable (I think it was around 3 EUR when I was there). Galway is amazing, and I definitely want to go back and...

Full-time flight training.

Cool! That's great. Very helpful. I'll be getting my supplies tomorrow and keep you posted with regards to the results!

Maybe a bone question but I've only ever made liter starters. Here, do you mean by "stepping it up" that you say, pitch the yeast into a liter of wort, and then a few days later, add another liter of wort and so on up to the desired size? Thanks!

Thanks for the heads up about the 90 minute boil. As for the starter, do you usually pitch the yeast in the starter at 50-55F ie. the temperature you are going to ferment the wort at, or do you start it at a higher temp and drop it down, possibly decanting any of the beer on top to avoid off...

That's what I was wondering... I was basing this specifically on the eventuality of having undermodified malts. If they were ok, I imagine it would start harming the beer; poor head formation etc. I'm probably just wanting to do a protein rest because I can't brew it all grain, so I need to...

Hi all, I've moved and lost some of my equipment in the process, so I've decided to try this recipe by conducting a sort of mini-mash by steeping grains. I want to brew a Munich Helles (got a taste for Augustiner while in Munich last summer). I want to steep about 6 lbs (about 3 of german...