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FWIW something called Kick Carrageen from LD Carlson (not allowed in Canada?

@dyqik fabulous vid thanx10^6 Video is located here, in post #78.

@HM-2 Well thanx Brewbro IIRC that Waddies country and havent they got the craziest magic roundabout in Wilts I take your point - will study. You have to get gear from an industrial warehouse these days.

@sibelman That was cruel infecting me with Portlandia, I am too small to maul Holy Guano Batman strange goings on in Orgon? I recovered from Parks and Recreation and April Ludgate's weird urges. I had a GF like that from South Dakota 2 dimensional life sized cardboard cutout. Arm candy...

Yeah we got a big Polish deli nearby, Ill czech it out and it does great Rye bread. problem with that place is that it is stocked with goods from Estonia all the way down E EU to Hungary. 8 countries with 8 different languages not mutually intelligible - what a nightmare. Shrillick even

@KangerBrew6 remember the urban legend about farmhouse cider (scrumpie) and how a dead rat would be thrown into the wort to make the brew smoother?

Yes sound observations. Do you have a shop or warehouse locally you can get your gear? I have to order everything to be delivered and courier/RM costs are significant especially for anything >2kg so a bag of barley £6 + £3.50 pnp. It adds up What irony, I live in Kent home of Hop culture...

Woah Brewsters, OP here, the hive is really humming, glad to be of service rattling cages. Must be some wacky worts out there. BTW I have some Purple Haze brewing just now 1060 og heh heh. In my neighbourhood most guys have turned their garden sheds over to growing plants KWIM. Its all Vape...

Your wise word are appreciated

@MaxStout - Now there's a funny think Malt it yourself. I have recently resurrected large Dutch Oven and doing some mods to make a Malting Oven. I am wrapping it with some fire safe insulation blanket so I can run it at temp say 70C overnight for very little energy on my gas hob. Ive tested...

You misunderstand my motives here Brew Buddies, I am fully behind the pursuit of pure home brewing and simply made note of the devious practices of Big Brewers and BTW PubCos which I experienced when I was an Owner Inn Keeper. For a while back say two decades home brew kits became a fad...

You dont eat the sticks but do consume powder (in cooking)

I have a deep distrust of all BIG CORPS. They are profit driven machines often at the expense of the consumer. Take for example the scandal within the Tobacco industry. https://www.fda.gov/tobacco-products/products-ingredients-components/chemicals-every-cigarette Sugar and ammonia compounds...

Yes trad kvass just uses farmhouse style rye bread and relies on natural yeast from sultanas. Put it in a pot to mash by the hearth fire overnight, then strain and leave in cold cupboard for a few days. But jazz it up with some baker's yeast and sprinkle on several spoons of white sugar and...

OOh Err /CINNAMON Lead poisoning? What another scare story. as exposed by https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/09/heres-why-you-shouldnt-freak-out-about-lead-in-your-cinnamon/ A teaspoon of powder is a lot flavoured sawdust to consume? I dont use powdered cinnamon, prefer the stick kind

I have been brewing a few batches now with surprising results. I started along this trail as I have several sociable East European neighbours who spiked my interest in this traditional recipe (going back 1000 years and widespread throughout the East - as common as English Ale was to us Brits.)...

@worlddivides Yes well said Its not so much the insertion of dangerous/harmful ingredients that concern me (although the rumours about using a formaldehyde preservative abound in the far east - indeed I can attest to the effects as it gives you unexpected memory lapses - no not due to ABV...

@hotbeer Yes Bro right on When you go back to basics of true home brew you realise what junk you have been pressured to consume by Big Corp Brewers. TBH I havent been in a pub UK for 5 years since Covid started and have completely lost the attraction. Most have closed down. I have flashbacks...

@mac_1103 Erm arent figs an age old type of laxative so your cider may have unintended consequences:bravo:

@Kickass Using the human body to gauge abv or test other affects is horribly flawed. There are so many tangible variables that affect how we feel 12 or 24 hours from now. Then, let the mind run wild with biases and placebo, all bets are off. Yes quite right - I just posted it as an anecdote -...