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Barls' Strong Belgian and Earle's Red Saison arrived. As did Guru's 2 stubbies (both intact - wow!)

Much appreciated. Thanks guys. Will post my impressions when I get down to drinking them.

Finished by three-quarter time

I'm happy to wait, Mattrox.

But I do recall having a 'Breakage' when I once sent 2 stubbies to someone

Tipsy's Brews arrived today! Thanks, Man!

One is numbered 121, the other 123 (123 looks a few shades lighter). I'll try them out in a few days.

No probs on the wait either, guys. My own brewing season is a few months away yet!

Holy Wow!

Thanks guys! PM on its way!

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Hi Barnesy,

For my lagers, I use Thomas Coopers Pilsner kits exclusively. I've tried others like the Coopers Euro Lager from time to time, but I always go back to that faithful black tin with the welcoming blue ribbon. I've not had that much of a reason to extend my horizons further so I'm hoping ...

I might just chip in and say I get a similar problem when doing Wheat Bears (Wheat Kit + 1.5kg Dried Wheat Malt Extract + Liquid yeast).

I find the bubbles within the foam seem much larger than typical carbonated foam and the beer tastes ever-so-slightly fizzy but mostly flat (at the bottling stage ...

I also don't get 'Passiona' tones from 150 Lashes.

For what it's worth, I get 'Passiona' tones from the following:

5g each Citra, Mosaic, and Cluster @20 mins
5g Citra, 10g Mosaic @10 mins
5g Citra, 10g Mosaic @Flameout
15g Mosaic Dry Hop

That's with a tin of Canadian Blonde and 1.5 kg of Dried ...

I've done a couple of these 100% Juice ciders and I thought I'd share a couple of simple tips.

I use the champagne yeast (EC-1118). SWMBO won't allow any other variety as she prefers the 'A bit of a Tart' cider.

Sweetness, or lackthereof, is an issue. I reckon I've solved it by using Pear Juice ...

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I'm currently drinking my 'Mosaic Earle'. It replaces the Galaxy in the Earle's famous Stone and Wood Clone with Mosaic, Citra, and a bit of Cascade that I had lying around. 65g of Hops all up! I think that will become my new 'Standard Hop Weight'. Only two weeks or so in the bottle so far but I'm ...

I've been using a Dead fridge for over a year. I usually put two 2-litre ice bricks (just old plastic juice bottles) in there as soon as the fermenter is sealed and ready to be put in so as to get the temperature down to brewing temps faster. Once the beer is down to temperature I only need one 2 ...

Barls, I've just sent you a bottle of my recent 'Not quite as Hoppy as Earle's Hoppy Hefe'. Good to go right away, perhaps after a short sit down after the long journey.

(I just remembered, I didn't label it: It'll turn up in a Figjam bottle)

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Earle's S+W is on my to do list after a successful batch last year. I could taste the close similarities between my batch and the commercially available versions on tap and in the bottle, however, I just don't think I'm a big fan of Galaxy hops. I tried a version earlier in the year with Cascade and ...

I remember Brains beers quite fondly when I was in Wales (too many years ago).

While I don't expect to get an accurate clone with my Kit and Bits, nor could I even remember the exact taste anyway, I was hoping for something in the general area upon which to base further brews.

I've got a tin of ...

I've put a jar of this stuff in two of my Lagers this season. Tasting at bottling was great, both times!

The first of the two lagers is performing well in early taste tests - around 6 weeks in the bottle. If the second lager is anywhere near as good (and I suspect it will be), I'll definitely be ...

I believe that such a brew would generally be called a Kolsch.

I intentionally brewed one using S05 (around 18 degrees for two weeks) and the brew definitely came up a winner (after a longer than usual ageing period - say 4-6 months) and got better with age. I'd definitely do one again, but with ...

Take the prize, Oliver. I get to save on postage that way.