Recent content by MacOne

Welcome to a fellow Brit! Same as you I lurked for a long time and gained lots of insight before jumping in to saying hello. If yiuve been making those kinds of brews I'm a little surprised you went down the "kit" route. You'll be surprised how easy it will be to witch over to all grain using...

Always good to have a dream Bob :) Enjoy the route into all grain first but I do look forward to your post in overcoming some of the kit issues to keep the price down along the way with the mechincal knowledge you have.

If you use Whirfloc instead of Irish Moss don't freak out when it turns into something looking like a stagnant pond. Really DON,T! Because I did. It will change the lovely brew you just boiled into a mess of floating particles then will almost make you cry you've done something wrong. Just let...

I'm a little lost on this one. So I'm guess I'm jumping in on the thread for some education. Hope the OP doesn't mind. In wine, the ageing process brings out different nuances to the flavour. It gives time for the full on fruit to drop down a little, tannins especially and develop into...

Hi from the UK. I spent six months in Alaska working aboard ships. I have to say I fell in love with the place although I was never there in winter! When one guy I knew pointed out the marks on the telephone poles were the snow level for the previous year I didn't know if he was joking or not...

Yep! Joined for the same reason. Seems an approachable crowd, lots of info and a lot less ego than other brewing forums..... So welcome from a fellow newbie

FBrews, I posted as I was having my breakfast leaving work. On the drive home I've had a few thoughts so I'll post again. The kegs, going by the picture, are the old type. What I mean by this is that they are the steel plate design. Now these are more prone to rust when scratched and have been...

http://www.midwestsupplies.com/mini-keg.html If this is what you are looking at then yes. Although I have to say for once, because it's usually the other way around, yiu are paying more for them than I am. The manufacturer is in Germany so Germany to UK is a lot less shipping than Germany to...

I have about a dozen of the 5L/1Gallon kegs now and use them a lot. Although I do make 5G batches I often do 2.5 or less just because of space and the fact that I enjoy brewing on my day off and don't want 5G all the time. There are good and bad points to the kegs and some info that is good to...

Thanks for the Link Tippy Looking at it I'm not too far off on the spicing as I use vanilla, cinnamon and just a fraction of star anise. I'm not sure what the anatto is so ill do a search. Its always a work a progress as with most beers you are always thinking of ways to improve so I'm...

Thanks for the recommendation I'll check it out. Rye is a new ingredient for me not one I've used before so always open to new ideas and recipe exploration

:tank: mostly certainly! Thanks for the welcome :rockin:

Can't really see the case on this one. It's identifying a style not poaching on the brand. On the other hand these guys had more of a case..... http://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2014/05/jack-daniels-drops-popcorn-sutton-lawsuit/

I'm a big IPA fan especially American styles or so I found out after spending time there. Very different in style and hops used than English IPA although some of the more modern producers such as Brew Dog and their Punk IPA are changing that. So at the moment - Southern Cross - its a maris...

Firstly why I am here. Well after extensive travelling throughout the world over my life and more recently from working on Cruise Ships I tried a lot of beers around the world. I like beer full stop! As with all things in life it's getting expensive. With a knowledge and enjoyment of food and...