Search results

Mine are just starting to show, of the one I planted in november

Tomatoes and peppers outside whenever its warm enough and I remember Also have planted all my frost hardy spring plants now, things like peas, lettuce, herbs, cauliflower, broccoli, kohlrabi, onions, spinach

Carling is indeed Canadian but it is the biggest selling commodity lager in England and brewed there at a couple of places or at least was a few years ago. Also gained notoriety as it was marketed at 4% but they only made it to 3.7% to save tax. It's a typical high gravity, warm ferment, low...

Most lagers from traditional UK breweries are a bit crap unfortunately. I'm pretty sure Fullers frontier is another one that uses their own yeast at lower temperatures. It's rather poor. Not tried the Adams one Korev is pretty solid though from St austel. It has maize in it too. Keep us updated...

Cabbage whites can be a scourge here too, I use scaffolding debris netting to keep them off my brassicas as its cheap. It also keeps the pigeons/rabbit/deer off during winter and acts as a bit of a windbreak too which is good for salad crops. Shame it doesn't work for carrot flies or flea beetles

Psiphon is good for a free one.

7 days later from sowing and most toms have sprouted, enjoying some spring sunshine with their cousins the peppers

Toms sown today, peppers allready going strong, the Locotos seem to like march in scotland outside , at least during the day

They are similar, just smaller. Scottish pancakes/drop scones are similar to American pancakes, English ones are closer to crepes.

Greek chicken casserole, roast potatoes, purple sprouting broccoli from the garden last night and I made some drop scones this morning

I planted a rhizome of first gold in the autumn, looking forward to a more successful harvest from that than my hallertau last year. Always liked using it in bitters

The boil kills everything then the low pH inhibits any spores that could become problematic down the line. I think any pH below 4.5 means your beer should be good from a health standpoint. I am not aware of any ale yeast that would struggle to manage that, some lager yeasts might. Most british...

My 6 locotos sown 12th december all germinated, the manzanos have not. I've sown all my other ones on sunday using damp kitchen paper in plastic bags to chit the seeds. Roll on the summer!

Another useful starting point for brewing liquor is using the values given by Graham Wheeler in his water treatment tool. Liquor Treatment, or Knowing Your Anions

My bitter brewed, bottled, carbed and dropped clear in under two weeks. Most of it dropped off at my dads house for him to get stuck into. Bit of an aggressive pour meant a more german head, I'll say it was planned in tribute to the caramunich.;) Happy xmas everyone

Bottled my bitter today. Got 79% AA thanks to an extra long beta rest and Nottingham. Sample tasted very promising, the old man should like it.

I used plumage archer for the first time in a bitter on sunday, it is the sweetest smelling base malt i have used. Or maybe my sense of smell is off as I haven't brewed for a few months. Will see how it transfers to the beer, a strong bitter with a hefty dose of caramunich 3.

I am thinking of starting some rocoto peppers soon as they can take a while to germinate and the plants themselves are supposed to take quite a while to ripen. Already got some extra grow lights and a spare inkbird for controlling the heat mats. The rest I wont start untill late january/early...

I'm in!

Yeah I saw it mentioned I think on the chilichump youtube channel and thought it was worth a go. It didn't expand too much, although obviously I made the bag many times bigger than if I was just vac packing to freeze. Going to try it with fermented beetroot too.