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Paying attention to detail throughout each step is a very good way to improve your beer. What's the concept behind avoiding chilling the beer down though? I missed that one. Is it to do with increased gas absorption in cold liquid or something else? Also I'm sure this has been touched on but...

Metabisulfite in one form or another, can be used to extend the shelf life of beer or wine on a commercial basis. I doubt that many of your favourite commercial hoppy beers are using it though. Theoretically, if you get the dose right and are not asthmatic or otherwise sulfite sensitive, it...

I had a brewery send me a sixer after emailing them about a poor bottle I bought at a bar. Was unexpected and very much appreciated. Unfortunately none of the six were very good either.

I thought reindeer ate mint pies?

To summarise: merry fucken christmas and happy holidays ya whingen fucken carnts, eh?

I smart

No. There is no such time. It is illegal not to enjoy Duvel.

I've seen some members here off forum. I don't wish to see members. If it gets too late at night and too close to the spit or fire - could be members in embers.

Nantucket? I presume autocorrect or do I have a nickname no-one has told me about? Zurich sounds perfect.

Nice. We'll dig that record out tomorrow. Play it every year.

Happy everday Grott

Season's greetings everyone

Lizard?

Few different approaches. If you want full flavoured, full bodied beer, start with an og around 1.035 - 40 and mash at 70 for 30 mins. FG probably 1.016-1.018, yeast dependent. Alternatively, aim for 1.028- 1.030 and mash low. Another alternative is to use a base with slighly less diastatic...

Colour’s beautiful. If it tastes like it looks when fermented, drink it and shut up.

Point is though Dan that abv is more significant than residual carbs, especially in the case of beer which really doesn’t have much anyway. You are better off drinking a 3-4% beer than a 5-6% even if the 5 % finishes at 1.001 and the 3 at 1.016.

10 days off work, absolutely no family obligations till at least 29th (which might be one simple lunch or similar with visiting sister in law's mum and partner). Weather in low- mid 20s, time to myself (partner mostly working through but since we're off to Europe in March, that's a good thing)...

Why on earth did you sign up for ten days? Next year have a break if it won't get you murdered, then limit to two full days, one night, the following year. Or two nights but leave first thing on the third day.

Well technically you could do both - lower og and fg to get low/mid abv brew with less residual carbohydrate but I agree - as a non doctor, my understanding is that both type 1 and type 2 diabetics can consume alcohol and lower abv beer is among the better types - just watch/moderate your intake...