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This weekend marks 500 years since the Duke of Bavaria introduced the "Reinheitsgebot" or purity law - strict rules controlling what can go into beer. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36110288 Though I could not go and live there as you are limited to 200 litres of homebrew per year.

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Hi As some of you may be aware I have moved on from Kits & Extracts to BIAB, so in the process of doing so I developed a spreadsheet. I specifically use a 40 litre Crown urn for brewing but the spreadsheet gives the option to chose a crown urn or a pot. The spreadsheet is still in it's...

Hi I buy my malt extract in 20kg bags. Currently I put half in an air tight container then then other half goes into sealable plastic bags (about 1kg). When I have used these I put the other half in plastic bags. Thinking that's a lot of stuffing around, just wondering how other brewers handle...

Just came across "The Beer Hunter" a 1990 TV series (6 by 25 minute shows) by Michael Jackson on a private tracker I monitor, I was not aware of the series. If you want to find it try sticking "the beer hunter":torrent in Google should give some options. cheers Ian

Hi All Just wondering what volume of water people use when boiling hops and whether anyone does near or full volume boils for Kit and Extract 20-23 Litre Brews. When I started doing hop boils (not long ago) I started by using 4 litres as the volume. But now I am using 10 litre boils, which I...

Hi Guys I am a newbie here but as part of my home brew learning process I thought I would develop a spreadsheet to enable me to design beers using Kits & Extracts. I find most of the software available is complicated and not really suitable. So it has certainly been an interesting experience...