Thank you for the helpful advice, I begin my lagering adventure

I intend to brew lager for the first time, have a dedicated fridge so possible at last, question is rather than a yeast starter as I intent to go with Saflager, can I just ferment at 18C/65F for a couple of days then drop the temp to 10C/50F for three weeks before upping the temp again for a few...

Has anyone else looked at the wealth of historic recipes and debate here http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/ I love it Just bought Let's Brew by the sites author Ron Pattison and intend to brew a few Edwardian beers

https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/852187/bb-dom Made three weeks ago, just hitting it’s stride, thought it was under hopped to begin with but very happy now. Style English Extra Special Bitter

An English Bitter, base malt and some crystal with one or two hops really lets the base malt shine through, I'd suggest MO was wasted on darker beers as again the malt bill is more complicated. But there again the variables of weather and terroir will make a difference in the small scale. Some...

This takes me back

Thank you for all the opinions and help, I will experiment

I’ve always thought so but think I’m going to stop, what do you lot think?

Excessive foaming ........ fnarr fnarr! To explain http://viz.co.uk/category/finbarr-saunders/

To the left is a photo of Shirley, a 5 year old English Springer Spaniel, whenever I have a pint or two she takes on the air of a Captain in the Salvation Army.

I've been brewing off and on since the early 80's, at first kits then All grain BIAB setup with a BruHeat Boiler, took a long break up until 5 years ago, started partial extract brewing until now back to full grain. Things have changed when I left the Colonies were not famed for their beer...

The price of a pint of craft beer at my local, is a trend I cannot sustain.

The profile pic is of Shirley my number one girly.