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I think both the pilsner and the pale I can get are both 2 row as well. Briess is less easy to get here.

Asking you guys with so much more expertise :) Living in France my choices for base malt are either Pilsner (belgian blonde), pale ale from european barley or Munich 15 all close in price for 55 pound bags. I could also get some Maris Otis from the Uk, slightly more expensive but not by much...

I think a drill was the intention... I saw that mentioned many places.

Thanks for the advice podz! My partner is already thinking of ways to put a motor on the mill. I just let him do the grinding and I am sure a motor will be on it soon enough. Will pass your advice on to him... he is one of those people keeping old stuff around in case he may need a part from it...

Hi again Yooper. Yes thatw as exactly what i was going to do, check some recipes and look what grains I will most likely need. I can always just get 2 bags of pale ale malt if it is more likely I will use that one all thetimer ather than Pilsner/ blond. With the equipment my partner will come...

Hi again Yooper. I just found that on the French site ( bieres du monde) I can get the delivery for free on an order over 120 pounds ( where for a 55 pounds bag it was 20 usd). Thought thatw as pretty cool :) Sounds like I can gett he malts cheaper here, as I said 38 dollars for a 55 pound bag...

Thanks for the advice podz! I think i will do the yeast washing as mentioned in the sticky of my Wyeast, which should give me a few more brews :)

Hello Yooper, boss woman :) You are right, of course it does not matter male or female, I just got curious after seeing many posts featuring disapproving wifes :) In France it is sometimes difficult to find stuff, in the UK they sell malts from everywhere, not just British ones. Anyhow I have...

Hi again Brewhouse, I do like that one HWLMB... hope I can get to that stage :)

I suppose it depends on what styles you want to go for. We like American styles and IPA. Besides that, many things just are more expensive in France. I have now found a French online shop though, they have some base grains, but their yeast selection is very small. We will see along the way.

Hi Rm Thanks for your reply. Our water always smells a bit like chlorine, so those campden tablets might be the way forward. We will see... so much new stuff to try. Making the amber ale I want to make a starter with Wyeast and later wash and harvest the yeast. pfff :) All fun though.

Thanks Melana!

Hi Sky4me, Sorry bit I am not familiar with all the terms used yet. What is R/O water? I think you might be right about the water here. I actually don.t drink our tap water straight from the tap, ok for tea and stuff. So far, but of course only done kits, I have used tap water for the boiling...

Hello Chickypad! Pleased to meet you :) You did your homework. Geirfuglinn is actually a great auk, an extinct bird, looking much like a pinguin and a dodo. I have been using this nickname for about 20 years now after writing an essay about the bird for a cultural course within Scandinavian...

Sounds nice Little Wings! Wewojld like to try some whisky at some stage in the far furute...

Thank you Pappers, you are right of course it will take time to get to know people here. But I am glad to see some brewsters around :)

Hello Bluehousebrewing etc.. I had been wondering what SWMBO meant... my other half would probably quite like to be refered to as HWMBO ;) I am ot sure I am ready for that though lol But he is very much into this whole brewing project and will be part of it. He is very supportive and has bought...

Gareth, I think you should lure your brewster friend out here :)

Unionrdr, I would love to try some age barreling, have to look into getting my hands on a wine barrel. When we were in the US last year we visited Oregon. so many good beers all over there, Portland, Bend. We also visited Full sail and tried a barley wine that had been aged for a year in a...

Ok so brewster it is then :) Thanks for the response, I am glad to hear there are some brewsters out there. Just saw a lot about mancaves and disapproving wifes ;) I think I would like to be in control of what I make, but so far I am still rather clueless so lots of learning to do. Another...