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I was just adding to the comments regarding "is this a way to get LA or NA beer". I mentioned the different yeast options (non-Saccharomyces strains that that won't consume maltose). Also mentioning how yucky my post distilled beer tastes as re-assurance that is not a way to try unless you have...

@bernardsmith just checking - is your message referring to my most recent post?

Isn't there also certain yeast derivatives that produce way less ethanol in their consumption? My post distilled (ESB) beer tasted weird. Not easy to describe but unpalatable for sure.

I'm curious about the pickup pipe being at the very bottom instead of a rotating racking arm like my Anvil. Do you have to transfer all the cold break/trub to the FV? Do you dump it until you get clear wort (or decide when you are OK with the amount of trub entering the FV? With my Anvil if I...

I have an Anvil 10.5 240V (and 110V) and started looking at something bigger. Now the Brewzilla v4 65L is under consideration as well as the Anvil 18. I am curious about how well that false bottom type filter works compared to a real trub mesh filter. Lately, I've been less concerned about...

Interestingly, I saw that the French classify beer eau-de-vie as a brandy. The British and Americans say whiskey but the British version is more beer-like. I am guessing the American distillers (Westward etc.) distill more flavors out and then do more aging. ReBru says they sort the beers to be...

I think it's harder trying to get something like a regular whiskey from hopped beer. If you are after eau-de-vie-de-biere it would be easier, yield more, and a more interesting drink to boot. Probably still need to start with beer that is not hoppy (like casked real ale bitters, ESBs, perhaps...

Several breweries do it. Seven Stills, Westward, ReBru, and Adnams. This is with regular hopped beer and ReBru actually mixes many expired beers. Some call them "eau de vie de beire"

I'm brewing a Fullers ESB clone tomorrow but with the OG raised a tad. Going to use a packet of Nottingham and a packet of S-04 (25L batch and ~6%) mixed. OG upped as hypothetically half of the batch could be run through a pot still. Pale, Medium Crystal, Torrified Wheat, Flaked Barley...

Machine House has great Mild T-shirts (and others).

Also, my previous brew was Sharps Doom Bar clone (cask). I got some brew-day volumes wrong and gravities were low (especially the final at OG 1.006). It tasted sort of weird (lacking residual sugar?) but I have never tried this beer in the UK (I left in 1994). However, Now it is about 35 days...

Does an IPA bound for cask conditioning (well keg, aspirator, beer engine etc.) need a cold crash? I've just ramped my 18C ringwood fermentation to 23C to rest for two days but I see most people crash IPAs at least if they are heading for regular secondary, carbonating, and kegging. All my...

Thank you! Starting the ramp now. It is still dropping and did not realize I had to no wait for complete attenuation.

I've got a batch of English IPA destined for cask (based on Martin Keen article) and used some Ringwood yeast I did not know what else to use for. It took a while to get going despite making a 36hr starter. However, it is still going slowly from 1059 to 1015 (says 74%) which is surprising. I am...

My pump's bodies are mostly contained inside the keezer so the beer is the same temp as the kegs so I drink it! The whole thing is only 1oz per pump so pulling 16oz (or 20oz if I could find real pint glasses here) it gets pretty diluted also.

Trying to brew a Doom Bar thing this week. I've never had it (left the UK in 1994) but has been requested from my cask-ale club here in Tiburon, CA. It looks like it gets mixed responses - as mixed as the recipe arguments for it too. Oh well I'll take a gamble! Then I want to try an English IPA...

7cu.ft freezer, collar, two pumps with silicone hose with homemade sparklers. Only 1.5oz per pump but pretty compact. The dark ruby mild does not use the sparkler.

Thanks all! So far I've brewed clones of TT Landlord, JW Lees Bitter, SH Dark Ruby Mild, and just "casked" a Black Sheep. Landlord was in bags - but I need to try this again now I've brewed more. I use a CO2 regulator and then a propane regulator but I ordered a aspirator from RLBS. My mini...

Hi all, Being a transplant here from the UK 30 years ago I've been pining for real ale and it was easies to just brew it! Best Bitters, ESBs, Milds, Strong Ales etc. Just finished my 5th batch so just starting out. I have a 10.5gal Anvil, ferment in buckets, and then condition in torpedo...