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Yeah, she's a border collie. Mad as a box of frogs, more energy than Saudi Arabia and as intelligent as Einstein, she's a fantastic dog and I'd hate to kill her with my hobby! Do the hops "drop" at all? If they don't, then maybe it could be safer than I think..

I trust your dogs aren't interested in the hops orfy? Hops are toxic to dogs (but I suppose eveyone already knows this) I want to grow some hops in my garden, but I'm worried cos we have a new pup who eats anything and everything in the garden! Sorry if I'm preaching to the converted, been a...

My next brew is going to be a hefeweizen, which should be ready in two weeks (one week in primary, one week conditioning/carbonating). I'm not going to add any priming sugar when conditioning - the last ale I conditioned straight from primary without sugar carbonated a treat after a week - guess...

Yup, and it's the biz! Only brewed about four AG's, but love it, and and learning loads. Just brewed my last kit, a Munton's supposedly "Premier Gold" kit...tastes sh!te and not a patch on the AG brews (IMHO)! Fermentation got stuck, tastes like pap! :mad: Never going back to the world of kits...

I'm here orfy...good to hear from you..I'm tied to the f!£%ing flat doing D.I.Fing.Y!:mad: Where have you been?

Hi peeps, how's things? Been a long time since I last visited...manic DIY in preparation for selling my flat has taken over my life. :( On the beer front, gonna brew a hefeweizen in a few weeks (once I finish the tiling in the bathroom), bought a 8 1/2" Phil's sparge arm, think the wife has...

I've been off the boards for a while, and just read this post. Crikey Walker, that is a terrible thing you have been through (the aneurism, not the sex!). I'm really glad to hear you are okay man. I was being a miserable bar-steward today, and reading your story has made me realise that life is...

You are lucky you had iodophor in there, which would have disinfected the wound. I prefer to use plastic fermenters...glass just scares me.

I batch sparge...it's really easy. Recirculate the first runnings until the wort clears, then empty the mash tun quickly until the grain bed just begins to compact. Then add 70C to 80C water, gently stir and leave for 10-15 mins. Recirculate and then empty quickly again. Continue to do this...

He was (and hope still is) an enthusiatic brewer.

That is definitely not man enough to hold a keg full of brew! Well salvaged though. :mug:

I've been absent for a while. Busy working in Toulouse, France. How is everyone? I see there are many new names (and a lot of "risky" avatars...not that I'm complaining ;) Anyone else disappeared of the face of the HB world? I notice El P doesn't visit much anymore?

Who says the UK homebrew community isn't thriving?! UK Homebrew Community

Hey alexander, I just got Beer Snob's email. I understand you are after a kit. The better online shops in the UK are Hop and Grape, Leyland Homebrew, and Easy Brew. They all stock beginner's kits, which typically include a 25L plastic fermenting bin, racking cane, syphon tube, spoon...

1/2 teaspoon per litre, or 2.5mL per litre

Chewing the fat, chopsing, gabbling, rabbiting, nattering etc...:D

That manifold of yours is very professional looking! Those slots are more regular than a bran addicts bowel movements! Did you use a milling machine or something? Looks cool. :cool:

Hey Brew Buds, I've been away in Toulouse for 10 days, and there are 497 new posts! Man, you guys need to do more brewing, more drinking, and less chanking! It's gonna take me an age to get through this lot.....where's my pint? :mug:

Mmm, good question. Along with your saturated hops in the bottom of the boiler, you will also have hot break gunk...so squeezing may release some of this being released into the wort, which could result in off flavours.

Just done my first AG batch...with Halycon Pale Malt...tasted great so I'm getting excited about AG now. But as I said earlier, you can produce great beer with any of the methods...extract, AG, kit....whatever floats ya boat. All of my extract brews had a bad medicinal taste...which was my...