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Quote: "my recipe requires me to "steep" for 15 min?" Get in the bath, turn on the taps, and lie there for the required period. Then, when it makes no difference to the beer, question the recipe. R

P&P stands for 'Postage and Packing' (normally). Boring, I know, but you can always be creative. When it comes to beer, I suppose the possibilities are endless.

Hi I have a spare copper coil type wort cooler if anyone is interested. Bought the copper pipe to make one for myself, and had enough left over to make a second one. Will sell for £10 plus P&P if anyone is interested. Email me at [email protected] if you are. R

Whadda you know!!! This morning, the brew is going like a train!!! Smells great, no off colours or odours, and the gas is blowing like a whale. So a slow start. Now, why? Yeast is dried yeast rehydrated with water and a tad of unrefined sugar. Pitched at 30 degrees C. Wort well...

Twice in a row now! First with Dried Malt Extract only, Second with some grains steeped, but in both cases, absolutely lousy fermentation. I've kept everything clean - possibly too clean (could it be traces of steriliser in the wort?) - and the yeast in both cases went off like a bomb on...