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Chuck P's Sparrow Hawk Porter. I still make it occaisionally

@worlddivides You of course do know that homebrewing in Japan is illegal, right? At least above 0.5% ABV https://www.explore.com/1782814/unexpected-alcohol-law-tourists-know-before-visiting-japan-homemade-drinks-illegal/ FYI, Chris Colby, on Basic Brewing Radio, critiquing Brown Ales. :p...

For those that are interested, read through the Jim's beer kit thread on recreating the Boddy recipe. Tony spoke to someone that had worked at the brewery who suggested dried Nottingham yeast. I've tried that (Notty is my "if you could only have one yeast" yeast), but found the Manchester (who...

In my experience, Manchester Ale get's you very close to Boddy's. If you haven't seen this and want to do a Boddinton's, then Tony's Pre-1970 Boddington's Clone Recipe (boakandbailey.com)

Made my first bitter/homebrew in more than 2 years, which is now spunding away with 20 gr EKG dry hop. I'm rusty, and unintentionally thin. Didn't take good notes either. Prolly 1032 OG and 1008 FG with old leftover hops, old LME, torrified wheat and a fresh pitch of Pub. Expecting watery...

About 30 years ago, I drove from Bega back to Sydney. Not sure how many long white sand beaches we stopped at that were completely deserted. Well over a dozen and passed by a few dozen more. It was glorious. Redback was the only microbrew I knew of at the time.

Your beach is only about 2 miles long. Must really suffer on Christmas afternoon to get out there. Snoqualmie is the closest ski area near seattle (under an hour's drive). Challenge is the base area is only about 1,000m/3,000ft elevation. Usually the temp is right around freezing at the base...

Pretty great stream of consciousness, minimal punctuation, semi-rant that is also informative and amusing to read. Well done, Sir!!!

BTW, someone on these boards sent me the Manchester yeast when cleaning out their collection. Embarrassed to admit I don't remember his name now, but still a shout out. ;)

@dmtaylor can you share a link to the magnum opus yeast strain spreadsheet you have been carefully cultivating and confirming for the past several years (decades?) ?

Obviously have not updated this for a while. WLP038 Manchester Ale yeast and Tony's Pre-1970 Boddington's clone recipe is pretty dang good! Northern Brewer and I compared the canned versions of UK and US Boddy's 2-3 years ago in the nitro cans. US version has a bit higher FG, so a little...

that looks great! Is it in the same ballpark as Erdinger Dark?

Jeez, what ale's you, dude?

Happy to hear it. And a standing offer to anyone visiting the area, I am happy to meet at Machine House and pour a pint down your neck. ;)

Ohhhhh, sounds really nice. The mix sounds good.