Why?Stonch wrote: All I need is another pressure barrel... and maybe another bucket ... and maybe ... I NEED TO STOP
This brewing game gets under your skin really quickly, and unlike other addictions you want to share it around
How long to drop bright?
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prodigal2
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fivetide
Get out while you can.
I moved house and thought, I know, I can start homebrewing, I always liked those Boots kits things, and now I have a relatively empty shed. Then I discovered the joys of ordering small packets of brewing magic over the Internet (ooh, free delivery if I spend over £60 a time, better bump those orders up...), then I was introduced to this forum, then I discovered pictures of shiny Cornelius kegs, and now I'm doomed to dreaming about hydrometers every night.
By the way, here's what I did to my shed last weekend to prevent sun through the windows heating the place up. Thick cardboard, thick kitchen foil and duck tape on the OUTSIDE of the glass. I might do something with polystyrene next. It's like a steel door on a tent, I realise, but every little helps.
I moved house and thought, I know, I can start homebrewing, I always liked those Boots kits things, and now I have a relatively empty shed. Then I discovered the joys of ordering small packets of brewing magic over the Internet (ooh, free delivery if I spend over £60 a time, better bump those orders up...), then I was introduced to this forum, then I discovered pictures of shiny Cornelius kegs, and now I'm doomed to dreaming about hydrometers every night.
By the way, here's what I did to my shed last weekend to prevent sun through the windows heating the place up. Thick cardboard, thick kitchen foil and duck tape on the OUTSIDE of the glass. I might do something with polystyrene next. It's like a steel door on a tent, I realise, but every little helps.
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delboy
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fivetide
Not for a few years now... 
Seriously though, when hops and paraphenalia arrive in padded envelopes it does all looks a bit dodgy. I explained to the postlady about the smell.
If I were 'growing' though I think I'd use hydroponics in the loft. But I'm not.
Maybe I need a brewery sign outside to guide the local contabulary (not that I've ever seen a policeman in my neighbourhood).
I'll hit eBay and look for 'fivetide + brewery + sign + shed'
Seriously though, when hops and paraphenalia arrive in padded envelopes it does all looks a bit dodgy. I explained to the postlady about the smell.
If I were 'growing' though I think I'd use hydroponics in the loft. But I'm not.
Maybe I need a brewery sign outside to guide the local contabulary (not that I've ever seen a policeman in my neighbourhood).
I'll hit eBay and look for 'fivetide + brewery + sign + shed'
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Stonch
Yes. As I was telling Fivetide in a private message, I tasted a little of my brew from the pressure barrel tap last night... now bear in mind it's only had seven days primary and four days secondary so far...prodigal2 wrote:Why?Stonch wrote: All I need is another pressure barrel... and maybe another bucket ... and maybe ... I NEED TO STOP
This brewing game gets under your skin really quickly, and unlike other addictions you want to share it around
and it was promising. A strange but not unappealing orangey flavour. Excellent carbonation with white foam. Surprisingly complex for a part-brewed beer, actually. What wasn't good was the slightly iffy, very "green" smell which was reflected in the taste profile also - but I assume that's one of the things that will go away with time. It certainly isn't sour or vinegary in any way. And I haven't got a dose of the shits.
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mctoon
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delboy
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jaytee1
I read a thread in the all grain section last night from a bloke called Calum i think it was. He had pictures of his new shiny mash urn.....it looked like a rocketfivetide wrote: then I discovered pictures of shiny Cornelius kegs, and now I'm doomed to dreaming about hydrometers every night.
quality, bloody quality it was, ive been wondering all day about how i could fabricate one, and im not even up to ag brewing yet!!!jt
i think though that the
in me has other plans-
delboy
Be afraidfivetide wrote:How do you know about my cosmic beret, are you watching me?
be very afraid the eye of sauron is upon you 
The transmitter is in the s30 attachment on the KK i sent you, only tinfoil deflects it so i can tell what you're thinking when you aren't in the safety of your brew shed or wearing your cosmic beret.