Recent content by Edd Mather 6

How Do Outback , I advocated that technique as a personal reccomendation ; but if you`ve got a yeast propigation / handling proceedure that`s working well for you , and more pertinently is producing the results you`re after , why change ? . Cheers , Edd

Hi All , I should have mentioned that the IBU rating of the starter should be somewhere around the 12 - 14 mark ,ie : low and unobtrusive ( with a low a/a hop variety ) As to the reasoning ; it`s a personal habit , not a shiboleth !! , Cheers , Edd

How Do All , For what it`s worth ; I`d strongly advocate growing any Yeast Starter in A HOPPED WORT MEDIUM @ 1.028 - 1.035 , with a temperature range of 16 (start) , with a free rise to 28 - 30 C (Top Heat) . One of the best results i`ve ever had using the above method ; was when I had the...

Yep, that's right ; at the same time as the implementation of DORA, AKA: Defence of The Realm Act 1917 which introduced more restrictive licencing hours for pubs. I believe that Australia had something similar, with the Six o' Clock swill !!!, Cheers Edd

How Do Sydney Harbour Bridge, The Government Ale refers to the imposition by the UK Government of a restriction on the Ammount (by gravity and %of production ) of the beers a brewery could produce (from 1917), Cheers Edd

How Do Brewermp, There`s a whole world of fun to be had with just one base malt (Leaving the Adjuncts question aside for now) , but for what I`ts worth ; I`d suggest finding a Hop variety that you like , which provides a NEUTRAL bitterness , and using the later copper hop charges (Varieties of...

How Do All , I`ve recently corresponded with Keith Thomas at Brewlab ; Sunderland over here in the UK , and as a result they`ve had a brew of the Magee Marshall Government Ale from 1917 (P.A Version) on their small test plant, from a recipie I sent . Last week the postie brought me the result...

How Do Pete , Welcome to the forum mate , Cheers :cheers:, Edd

How Do Wide Eyed, Or a 'Brewer's Breakfast' for the tender of head (A big mug of hot wort with an egg cracked in)!!, Cheers Edd

How Altone , Thanks for the comments , oh aye ; I`ve got a few spare for the book : over 100 of the little buggers !! . I`m just waiting for a well respected UK family brewery to look through their photos etc , and then it`s down to the typing and layout !! , Cheers Edd

How Do All , here`s a couple of cracking Tetley Bitter recipies for you to have a go at , Hope you all enjoy brewing them ; and the quality control afterwards :overhead:, Cheers :bigcheers:, Edd

How Do All, For what it's worth, i'd be happy with a Mashing time of around two hours!! Cheers Edd

How Do Dan, Welcome to the forum mate Cheers Edd

How Do Anthony , Welcome to the forum mate, Cheers Edd

How Do Ferretlegs , Welcome to the forum mate, not sure if I've posted it on here , but I've got a few beauts of old beer recipies , ATM , my favourites are Boddingtons Bitter , 1955 and Dutton's (Blackburn, Lancashire) Bitter from 1967 , I'll pop em up if you'd like? Cheers Edd