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It took me ages to figure out who Miraculix was; I've always known the druid as Panoramix.

Don't know what happened here, but I added a it to the previous post.

Please do go on. Your knowledge is encyclopedic! How do you do it? I started this post in response to an uncertainty on another forum about how familiar American brewers were with English hops. The results so far have been very interesting indeed, but I note that although at least one big U S...

Try harlequin. There's at least one big supplier who stocks them. Morebeer.com have them.

I see many of your outlets stock Target, which I find an unlikely representative of English hops. I don't recall seeing many recipes on this side of the Pond. Again, it;s high time I reacquainted myself with this hop.

This is fascinating. I'm going to make a small SMaSH to see if I can experience what people are saying. Here's the descriptor (everybody copies each other so I suppose it's indicative): Flavour and Aroma It has a wonderful, delicate, minty, grassy and slightly floral aroma. Characteristics...

You're right, CC. What made me prick up my ears is that I'm sure somebody on HBUK said, quite recently, that they didin't like fuggles. I don't see any other English hop singled out for such dislike, though. Fuggles, after all, is the progenitor of so many modern hops not least cascade and a...

Interesting what you and @Yooper say about fuggles. I'm going to go back through my notes to see where I've used them and how the beer turned out. I know I haven't used fuggles for a while

It's hard to recommend a particular hop as they're pretty recipe dependent. if I were to make a single hop, English bitter, I'd be looking at Challenger for bittering and any one of a number of hops for late additions. I see Northern Brewer do target ad First Gold; I find Target can be a bit...

https://vinepair.com/articles/wa-beer-pros-underrated-and-overrated-hops/ Have just been reading this article and we Brits, posting on another forum, were wondering whether U.S. brewers made much use of English hops, either for English styles or other styles. I speculated that EKGs and Fuggles...

There are times I've been really stressed. I mean really, climbing-up-the-walls-and-running-across-the-ceiling stressed. Biting the head off a chicken stressed. But I don't think I've ever become a hermaphrodite! :ban:

Never used a stir plate in my life. I just give the flask a swirl every time I pass it. Totally silent technique. Sure, if I was going to leave it alone for a few days a plate would be useful. At the moment, I'm resurrecting a 4 years old Wyeast London III. It's coming on nicely.

No. You go ahead if you want to.

A bit pale, but a nice head on it. 😂 Sorry. It's been in the 90s F for the last couple of days. Cooled a bit now, and it's been nice to sit out with a gallon or two of cider. (I think you call it hard cider, but it's not hard to drink although when you fall over, that's hard).

Yes. I understand. Efficiency drops off with grain weight. So to get the required OG we either oversparge and boil for hours or we go for an inefficient sparge with more grain. Both are inefficient: the first of energy and the second of grain. The partigyle method seeks to find a fair compromise.

This would be my choice. Boiling for hours on end is wasteful of energy in an already energy-hungry hobby. There's a 4th option, which is to make up the difference with malt extract. You probably won't need much. Could you explain?

Not arguing with you, Zad. You're perfectly right. On the other hand, as you're the agent in the field, I reckon you should seek out this beer, find out everything you can and report back to the forum. I'm sure the forum administrators will look on your request for a "research grant" most...

I really don't get vegans. Lactose is a chemically pure product so what's the problem? The larger part of milk is water. This water is discarded and goes into the "water cycle". Do vegans not drink water?

Not a great fan of kveik, but Lutra and Opshaug I have used at a pinch. I used Lutra a couple of years ago for a visitor who claimed to drink nothing but Peroni. Had it bottled and ready to go in six weeks. He seemed to like it immensely, but to me it tasted what I can only describe as "flabby"...

Yes, that's the one. Anyone got a recipe, I'd like to try it, but have no plans to go London. Especially since I haven't been offered a knighthood for my services to beer. 😂😂😂