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Compost heaps till now- I have 2 x big 1 meter square open-top bins that all the garden, kitchen-greens waste goes into. And straight after brewing, cos the stench is unbearable if left covered somewhere. No smell from the compost heaps, at least not that the neighbours have commented on.

I reckon you could write weekly columns - had some good chuckles at this

Greetings all An update, if you're interested: McKnuckle called right- dark, hoppy, wheat ale is what it is. It's good, but tbh the colour sets you up for a moment of ...underwhelming puzzlement. When you pour a bottle, the colour is very dark, not quite black but close, so you instinctively...

Hi Morgz Apologies for the late reply. Life = crazy. I think I went with, hops-wise, : 28 gr Centennial @ 60 min 33 gr Cascade @ 10 This puts it at at about 34ibu Then at WP for 20min at about 80°C with : 33 gr Cascade 30 gr Centennial 20 gr Citra Then dry hop with: 30 gr Mandarina Bavaria 10...

Hi Rick Sorry for the late reply. Life = crazy. Tbh I expected more oomph in the hops/flavour, but I have no qualms about making another batch. Mates love it. I suspect it wasn't the hops that didnt deliver, but rather my still-steep learning curve to go. Keep well

Hi Jayjay Sorry for the delay in replying- life sort of ran away from me a bit for a while. No actual cornflakes were harmed in the making of this ale. Just my little personal system for naming my beer-babies: what happened on this day in history, twist it a little and voila I have something to...

The side of lip. Will post a photo tomorrow- time to hit the sack . 00.43 this side if the world

Greetings all Hope everyone is well. An update, if anyone is interested: the fault was with a seam-casting line on the bottle itself. Supplier had to recall or replace an entire batch of a couple 1000 bottles apparently, due to a manufacturing/workshop repair fault in one of the bottle-casts...

Hey hey I trust you are well. Just an update, if you're interested: Still a few days to go before its ages enough, but it's looking and tasting great already. Decided to call it Corny Flakes- I brewed it on the anniversary of Kellogg's bringing out Corn Flakes for the first time.

Hey hey Read Palmers online book early on, before even buying my first batch of ingredients- oh the Joy's of an SA Lockdown ( all brewery supplies shut down, as did almost everything else), but yes would like to get an updated edition. Got the idea for my copper manifold from Palmers book. Will...

Hi jrtr42 Thanks for the input. I like McKnuckles description- works for me. No competition, just me and my tastebuds, and whoever happens to pop in. Will look for Charlie's book and have a read- is it available online do you know? I'm new to brewing ( only started after Lockdown passed here in...

Hi McKnuckle Thanks for your input. Yup, a real mish-mash. Had no plans for this, as it was literally dropped on my doorstep by the neighbour. Sat on my workbench getting in the way, so I decided to make use of it over the weekend. I did a Weiss with the wheat and Vienna a few months back, using...

Hello all Normally I come looking for ideas before I do a brew, but today I'm wondering if anyone can do a bit of forecasting on a made-up recipe. I was given a bucket of various samples of malts and hops from friend who works at a restaurant with a brewery attached. I managed to salvage 3.7 Kg...

Hi RCope Thanks for the reply and advice. To make sure I follow: 28 gr Centennial @ 60 min 33 gr Cascade @ 10 This puts it at at about 34ibu Then at WP for 20min at about 80°C with : 33 gr Cascade 30 gr Centennial 20 gr Citra Then dry hop with: 30 gr Mandarina Bavaria 10 gr Citra Is this...

Greetings everyone Was going thru the freezer looking at what hops I had on hand, and it occurs to me that I probably have the ingredients for a fairly decent IPA. Problem is I've never done an IPA, so I'm flying blind. Would be nice to have something with a bit more tangerine and citrus and...

I'm hoping they hold for the weekend until I can maybe try rustle up some new same- type/everything cap on Monday. That said, I think I'll be carrying my capper around the brew shop with me next time I do a bottle run. I've become my father apparently, the man never bought anything in a box...

Photo shows no escaping CO² from bottle, nor does bottle leak if tipped on its side and left for some time. But it still "twisty" .

Hi Dinadan Well you can rest easy then, the wing capper takes the top bottle fine. Summary of my tinkering: all colour caps (so far) work fine on top bottle with both wing and bench capper. So far only blue caps work perfect on bottom bottle. To the eye, there appears to be no physical...

Checked with a caliper as well, as per my BH's insistence. Same outside, different inside, which has no bearing on current problem.

The above bottle is the tried and trusted, the below is new, brew-supply shop-bought.