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So.. this one's about the beers you can never create again. A place to honour those beers that went so wrong, but persistence to rescue/finish/rdwhahb/not meddle with your beer/mop up led to the best beer ever. One that you won't be able to recreate. So - those beers that came back from the...

But I bought shiny new kegs...! Surely that's going to make me a better brewer, right? :) Thanks all for the advice - in my original post, I made the rookie error of confusing conditioning with aging. I'll be chucking it all in the fridge as soon as it's done and waiting a coupla weeks.

I got the final bits for my kegs this Xmas and will be kegging my disastrous (another story) New Years Day IPA brew next weekend. I'm wondering about conditioning and shelf life. 1) I understand beer in kegs keeps better. Some on here say they have kept kegs at room temp for 6 months+ before...

Ahh the good old days when men were men and "beating the wife" was an appropriate response to long yeast lag times... Jeez..... We have come a long way! Fascinating article though!

I feel this is the place I can finally confess that I sometimes set up a webcam with remote access so I can keep an eye on my airlock while I am at work. My colleague and my better half were both less understanding.... I am a sniffer too. There. I said it.

This. I would wager that these will make up a large percentage/majority of homebrewers by 2024. There will always be an ever-dwindling minority devoted to keeping it "old-school", of course, like every other tech-invaded hobby. Fashions and tastes change, but technology isn't going...

Welcome to the hobby and the HBT forums! My top 3 bits of advice: 1) Get stuck into the Basic Brewing podcast (www.basicbrewing.com). They've been running for 10 years now and is a goldmine of info. The early ones are indeed very basic and are a great starting point. I started listening...

That's great thanks!

Totally identify with this thread. Went to a gathering yesterday and an old friend who hadn't seen me for 10 years ago commented that I'm 'living well'. Keen on some lower strength/sugar recipes and didn't want to take over your thread so started a new one. Good luck with the weight loss dude!

Inspired by ArizonaGoalies thread, I have also realised that my gut is getting out of control. I don't want to give up my daily beer though so was wondering if anyone had good recipes for beers hitting 2-3% without losing too much taste?

If I had to do their job day to day, I'd want a drink (or 50) too.. Thanks all for your dedication. There are still people out there who appreciate what you do and what you have to put up with! :mug:

SWMBO bought me my first kit - a one gallon Brooklyn Brew Shop all grain kit for Xmas in 2013. I knew it was going to be all grain from then on - in for a penny, in for a pound! I only use extract for 15 minute Speedy Brewing Sessions (a la Basic Brewing Radio). 45 minutes from "gas on" to...

I also looked into making root beer in the UK as I'm one of the "weirdos" who likes it. I also found the cost of buying all the roots and herbs prohibitively expensive, especially as I was unsure of the recipe and didn't want it to go to waste. To think 20 years ago, you could get it in...

I always turn off the heat right before I chuck in my hops and keep a spray bottle of cold water handy to fight back any rising foam. For big hop additions, turning the heat down and sprinkling in a few pellets at a time rather than dumping them all in seems to be the way. Softly softly catchy...

You're not wrong! I just checked the price of the Braumeister. Holy Hefeweizen, Batman! I'll be rocking it old school for a while!

I'm wondering what the consensus is about all-in-one brew systems like the Grainfather and the Braumeister. Is this the direction home brewing is going to go or will this always be fairly niche? Will everyone be using these in a few years or do you plan to keep separates? I for one would...

My thoughts exactly!!!!

Am an electric brewer and also recommend checking the weather before brewing. My first big batch brew was interrupted by a huge thunderstorm. I had to manhandle 32 litres of hot wort I a metal boiler 6 metres to put in under cover. I did get a few burns it most importantly, it made it easier to...

This is a great idea actually. Am moving house imminently so will enrage SWMBO if I start stockpiling beer for us to move. As soon as we're in there though.. Thanks! :mug:

Every 3 weeks I generally do a small batch (5 litre). Do larger 5 gallon batches every 2-3 months. I'd like to do more as I could fit it in time wise but I'm sad to say I can't get through the beer quick enough as I'm the only drinker in the house.