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by wezzel01
Thu Oct 03, 2019 7:51 am
Forum: Brewing Equipment
Topic: Digital refractometer problems
Replies: 16
Views: 5139

Re: Digital refractometer problems

I found the scale on my hydrometer quite difficult to read so bought a refractometer for brew day and a finishing hydrometer for the end of fermentation.


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by wezzel01
Thu Aug 29, 2019 6:58 am
Forum: Beer Recipes
Topic: Weatheroak Hill Brewery / Sunshine Marmalade 4.7%
Replies: 62
Views: 27259

Re: Weatheroak Hill Brewery / Sunshine Marmalade 4.7%

Drinking this now Rob. Many thanks for the recipe. It tastes fantastic. Just a lovely hint of orange without being overpowering [emoji482]


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by wezzel01
Sun Jun 30, 2019 4:43 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: It's been a long time coming.......
Replies: 22
Views: 6635

Re: It's been a long time coming.......

Get a room you two!


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by wezzel01
Thu Jun 27, 2019 9:47 pm
Forum: Braumeister, Grainfather and other One-Pot Brewing Systems
Topic: Pros and Cons?
Replies: 31
Views: 14981

Re: Pros and Cons?

I went from brew in a bag (home made boiler/mash tun) to three vessel (picnic cooler mash tun + buffalo boiler) to Braumeister and definitely wouldn’t go back. My only regret was not splashing out for the BM at the start as I lost a fair bit of money trading up each time. For some, building the brew...
by wezzel01
Wed Jun 26, 2019 9:48 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: It's been a long time coming.......
Replies: 22
Views: 6635

Re: It's been a long time coming.......

Nothing wrong with clones. Making a clone is always a good starting point because you know the final result, even if it’s not exactly like the original, will be drinkable. After making a clone, and for future brews I will use the original recipe but tweak the bitterness or abv or substitute a little...
by wezzel01
Mon Jun 03, 2019 3:21 pm
Forum: Beer Recipes
Topic: Weatheroak Hill Brewery / Sunshine Marmalade 4.7%
Replies: 62
Views: 27259

Re: Weatheroak Hill Brewery / Sunshine Marmalade 4.7%

Thanks Rob [emoji482]


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by wezzel01
Sat Jun 01, 2019 10:10 pm
Forum: Beer Recipes
Topic: Weatheroak Hill Brewery / Sunshine Marmalade 4.7%
Replies: 62
Views: 27259

Re: Weatheroak Hill Brewery / Sunshine Marmalade 4.7%

I’m brewing this in the next few days too (as soon as I’ve bottled the ESB on the go now). Incidentally, Brewdog did a series of tests to determine the best temperature for dry hopping and the result was 14 degrees. I now do this with all my beers and it seems to work well. I still can’t decide whet...
by wezzel01
Thu May 09, 2019 7:33 pm
Forum: Beer Recipes
Topic: Weatheroak Hill Brewery / Sunshine Marmalade 4.7%
Replies: 62
Views: 27259

Re: Weatheroak Hill Brewery / Sunshine Marmalade 4.7%

Thanks Rob, I normally just weigh leaf hops down in a hop bag but I’ve heard that if you wizz them up in a blender and toss them in loose they pack down into the trub when chilling prior to kegging.

I’ll give it a go [emoji482]


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by wezzel01
Thu May 09, 2019 5:10 pm
Forum: Beer Recipes
Topic: Weatheroak Hill Brewery / Sunshine Marmalade 4.7%
Replies: 62
Views: 27259

Re: Weatheroak Hill Brewery / Sunshine Marmalade 4.7%

Hi Rob,

Ordered the ingredients today to give this a bash but could only get leaf hops for the dry hop. Would you use the same amount or should I bung the. Whole 200 grams in?

Not sure how pellets compare to leaf when dry hopping.


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by wezzel01
Wed May 01, 2019 10:40 pm
Forum: Hops
Topic: Weighing down a hop bag
Replies: 13
Views: 5130

Re: Weighing down a hop bag

I chuck in half a dozen stainless steel teaspoons. For some reason we’ve got loads of them. I boil them with the hop bags for 10 minutes to sterilise them.


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by wezzel01
Fri Feb 08, 2019 3:16 pm
Forum: Beer Recipes
Topic: Your favourite Graham Wheeler recipe...
Replies: 67
Views: 23165

Re: Your favourite Graham Wheeler recipe...

I’ve been meaning to buy this for ages. Luckily I just picked up a 1990’s copy from a used bookseller for £3.99.


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by wezzel01
Mon Feb 04, 2019 7:53 am
Forum: Yeast
Topic: Wyeast
Replies: 5
Views: 3287

Re: Wyeast

I’ve always said “why-east”. I don’t think it matters too much [emoji846]


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by wezzel01
Sun Feb 03, 2019 8:56 am
Forum: Cider Making
Topic: Priming question
Replies: 10
Views: 5964

Re: Priming question

FULLERS wrote:I make 300 gallons on average a year

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by wezzel01
Mon Jan 07, 2019 8:24 pm
Forum: Hops
Topic: Weighing down a hop bag
Replies: 13
Views: 5130

Re: Weighing down a hop bag

We’ve got loads of stainless steel tea spoons so I chuck a handful of those in.

I put them in the hop bag and boil the bag and spoons for 10 or 15 minutes first to sterilise.


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by wezzel01
Fri Oct 19, 2018 5:32 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: What yeast for Old Peculier
Replies: 19
Views: 5681

Re: What yeast for Old Peculier

The back treacle was not used for priming but added towards the end of the boil.


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