Jim's Beer Kit

I think that you might have a problem finding a pint of beer in a bottle :lol: Although I do use quite a few German 500ml flip-tops, I only use proper pint crown capped bottles. I have owned many of them for decades and have used them many times over. And Irish cider is still sold in pint bottles i...

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Mon Jul 19, 2021 6:34 pm

Moley wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 04, 2021 3:14 pm

Sixteen quid all in, 40p a pint.

If that was a brewlength of 23 litres it works out at 34.7 pence for 500 ml
25 litres works out at 32 pence ????

British pint, 568ml, not bloody Euro short measures!

Just dropped in for the first time in a year, having just brewed a Centennial smash last Monday.

5kg Maris Otter £5.60
100g Centennial £5.65
West Coast yeast £2.75
Approx. £2 for gas and leccy

Sixteen quid all in, 40p a pint.

Not fair! It worked when I hit ‘Preview’.

Trying again.

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