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Checked my second year Victoria yesterday and it has started going nuts. 6-7 bines poking through already. Mulched the crap out of them as the weather is still crap where I am (snow predicted for tomorrow). Still have just the one bine through on my first year fuggles and everything else is...

Checked my hop yard yesterday afternoon and was pleasantly surprised to see my new fuggles has already poked its head up out of the soil. This is a new rhizome and everything else is still well and truly dormant. Surprised given I'm still getting 3-4 frosts a week where I am.

Every time oven used 1469 I've had the exact same problem. Perfect carb in the bottle to begin with, but it eventually over carbs. This was a really nice beer techno. Really enjoyed it as it warmed in the glass.

3. technobabble66 - Ol' Dirty *******. (Old Peculier clone, (= Old Ale) Took a little while to get round to it, but cracked this one tonight. Gushed just a touch on opening, but settled down well. Dark dark brown colour with great copper highlights when held to a light. Off white head with...

Cheers for the plug grumpypaul! The only thing I've changed from the above process is lautering to the kettle, boil for 10 mins to pasturise and then cool it down to 40C before adding a source of lacto. Kettle souring is a great way to dip your toe into sour beers without the worry of having...

Funnily enough, I have the same one squirrelled away as well! Cheers for the review of the grapefruit pale ale too. Had your IPA the other night. Rich, malty and, to agree with wiggman, not a heap of hop action. Very clean ferment and I enjoyed it to the bottom of the glass. Great colour too! I...

Hi Martin and Co - a quick question. I have a soured black ale that's been aged on cherries. Just checking that the correct category to enter this in would be 18.6 Belgian Specialty Ale. Thanks in advance!

Had this last night too - agree entirely with Wiggman's review. Fizzy as hell to begin with (tip: open outside or over a sink...), but calmed down into a truely delicious brown ale. I really enjoyed this last night in front of the fire. Thank for sharing!

The wiggman hater's wheat Haters gonna hate, taters gonna po-tate. Nice wheat beer mate. Lots of clove on the nose, cloudy golden straw appearance and great head retention and glass lacing. Flavour is really well balanced between clove, bubblegum and banana. This is a very enjoyable beer...

Impressive. Mt Hood just seem to grow and grow! Those two rhizomes of yours I have in my yard have grown into a truly enormous crown now.

10. Shortybronx Sierra Nevada pale ale clone This is a nice pale ale mate. Dark golden straw colour with minimal haze and a thin head that's juuuuuuust hanging around. A hint of fruit on the nose and that's about it. Flavour is ok, malt bill seems good to me, but the hops are lacking a touch...

You were pushing keg tags at the swap? Why droid I had no idea. I'm sure I would have taken some if they were offered to me...

Shame you can't make it. And yes, that infected Belgian you brought along was damn delicious.

Danscraftbeer - Mocha Delish mate. Great for sipping in front of the fire after an RDO spent in the garden. Jet black with no head retention (looks like coke). Aroma hints at the coffee which really kicks in on the flavour front. Well balanced espresso coffee flavour that's not overpowering...

Ha! That banana wine was surprisingly popular. Laxation - the other option is to juice a heap of grapefruit, freeze the juice in a sanitised container (freezing should kill most bugs) and then add the defrosted juice to a partially fermented beer. The other option is taking some zest, steep it...

Looking fantastic mate! Amazed to see them take off so fast. Everything is still very dormant here and no sign of anything poking through the mulch.

8.GrumpyPaul - Grapefruit Sour Stop. You had me at sour. This is a really nice sour mate. Slight haze in the appearance which is a lovely golden straw. No head to speak of, but that's expected with a sour. A really thirst quenching sourness in the flavour. I get the grapefruit vibe too...

9. Mofox - heady topperish Mmmm yummy. Cracking beer mate. Hazy as with a thin head that is juuuuust hanging around. Fruit salad on the nose, but nothing over the top. Just right really. Very much enjoying the lower carb. Hop flavour is bang on, curious to know if this was chilled or no...

Add some brettanomyces Mick...that'll dry it out

Cheers for the feedback droid and mofox. All the acidity was from the grapefruit additions. There was 2L of grapefruit juice (I think this is what really dried the beer out) added to the fermenter after 5 days of fermentation as well as the finely shredded zest of a ruby red grapefruit soaked in...