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- Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:29 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: 2025 ACB HomeBrew Competition
- Replies: 0
- Views: 182
2025 ACB HomeBrew Competition
Dont be Afraid of the Dark Anglian Craft Brewers are pleased to announce that they will once more be running their annual homebrew competition on Saturday 22nd November. This years theme is Dark Beers. Entry registration goes live from 6pm on Sunday 15th June at... https://competition.angliancraftb...
- Sat Dec 21, 2024 12:30 am
- Forum: Dispensing
- Topic: Super F
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8611
Re: Super F
I think you will find it is 6%, John. 

- Fri Feb 09, 2024 6:26 pm
- Forum: Brewing Liquor
- Topic: Ashbeck mineral water
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3303
Re: Ashbeck mineral water
there is plenty of stuff that will affect your mash pH (the water being possibly the least influential)...it is unlikely that any brewing software will accurately forecast the exact desired outcome. You have seen a consistent difference between your predicted mash pH and measured mash pH....just wor...
- Sat Jul 15, 2023 1:48 am
- Forum: Yeast
- Topic: WLP500 Monastery
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7162
Re: WLP500 Monastery
Brew yourself a stout...imperial even....and throw the Belgian yeast at it. Ferment at 19-20 to keep the esters in check....you might just create something wonderful.
- Fri Jul 14, 2023 10:14 am
- Forum: Hops
- Topic: New British Hops -your experinces
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14496
Re: New British Hops -your experinces
Was going to say that I brewed a Rice Lager using Godiva for a club challenge but looks like someone has beaten me to it!! :D It was a really simple beer (75% Pilsner, 25% Flaked Rice), mashed low (64) for dryness and fermentability and all of the hops were added in the stages during the final 15 mi...
- Mon Jun 19, 2023 5:52 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Anglian Craft Brewers 2023 Homebrew Comp
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7313
Re: Anglian Craft Brewers 2023 Homebrew Comp
Some information updates for you... We have just opened this competition up to allow second entries at a discounted rate of £5.00. Additionally some details about some of our sponsors and the contributions they have made to the "prize pool"... Crossmyloof have provided us with 10 assorted 100g packs...
- Mon May 15, 2023 11:46 am
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Anglian Craft Brewers 2023 Homebrew Comp
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7313
Re: Anglian Craft Brewers 2023 Homebrew Comp
Right folks.....I guess that you are all deeply engrossed reading your feedback sheets from the LAB Open and planning improvements to your beers....where better to get your tweaked beers (or others that you might brew in the next couple of months) judged, than at the ACB Homebrew Comp in early Septe...
- Sat Apr 15, 2023 10:11 am
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Anglian Craft Brewers 2023 Homebrew Comp
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7313
Anglian Craft Brewers 2023 Homebrew Comp
The third annual homebrew competition organised by the Anglian Craft Brewers is now open for entries. This years competition will be held on Saturday September 2nd and will be hosted by the Briarbank Brewing Company in Ipswich. Comp will be run to BJCP guidelines....find out more and register your e...
- Thu Jan 19, 2023 8:37 pm
- Forum: Fermentation
- Topic: carboys vs bottle conditioning
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9207
Re: carboys vs bottle conditioning
Fair enough...you are the head brewer as the saying goes :D I can see how aging in say Bourbon casks, like Innis and Gunn do, might help develop character...but given that you are aging in a glass (? or similar) carboy I wouldn't have thought it would deliver any character...so not sure of what 6 mo...
- Thu Jan 19, 2023 3:07 pm
- Forum: Fermentation
- Topic: carboys vs bottle conditioning
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9207
Re: carboys vs bottle conditioning
What is the purpose of the 6 months in the carboy? what is it that you are expecting to get from such a long secondary maturation period? Whatever you get from it will surely be partially negated by the secondary fermentation that occurs when you prime the beer for bottling? For such a dark beer I'd...
- Thu Jul 14, 2022 10:59 pm
- Forum: Brewing Liquor
- Topic: Spotless Water
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10155
Re: Spotless Water
No one should brew with 100% RO water in my opinion. Although we may add back in Calcium, Magnesium, Chlorides, Sulphates etc etc there are other elements that are beneficial to yeast such as zinc, that we brewers do not routinely add back in. Cutting with tap water (council pop as my grandparents u...
- Wed Jun 22, 2022 10:24 am
- Forum: Brewing Equipment
- Topic: Temporary hose and tap ...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13749
Re: Temporary hose and tap ...
I use a garden hose on a reel....have done for 8 years now. Yes I run it for 30 seconds before drawing off any water that might go in a brew but other than that don't take any specific measures other than lobbing a campden tablet in it. Our garden hoses are in very regular use so it is rare that wat...
- Mon Jun 20, 2022 11:00 am
- Forum: Beer Recipes
- Topic: Award winning recipes: Nick's Märzen (Scottish Nationals 2022 Best Of Show) - 2022-03
- Replies: 16
- Views: 13962
Re: Award winning recipes: Nick's Märzen (Scottish Nationals 2022 Best Of Show) - 2022-03
Quick question 75 min mash, Magnum hops added @ 60 mins, is that 15 min boil then add the hops or boil for 60 mins then add hops ?. I missed this when originally posted but foob4r's explanation was correct. Baiscally I don't add any bittering hops until the boil has been underway for 15 minutes.......
- Tue May 31, 2022 7:34 pm
- Forum: Brewing Liquor
- Topic: Taking the P#SS
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8300
Re: Taking the P#SS
A Danish brewery a few years back brewed a Pisner with the contents of the urinals from a local music festival... https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2017/04/danish-brewery-to-release-pisner-beer/ One of the lads in our homebrew club bought along a couple of bottles for us to try one evening....was a ...
- Thu Apr 28, 2022 10:34 pm
- Forum: Brewing Equipment
- Topic: Stainless steel buckets
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3773
Re: Stainless steel buckets
I'd buy one but I'd feel compelled to then buy a milkmaids outfit and a cow.