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Hyper-V, USBIP & Home Assistant

Hyper-V, USBIP & Home Assistant

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I recently purchased a number of Zigbee 3 bulbs to install around my house, but unfortunately the Philips Hue hub seems to be locked down to only support lights from their preferred manufacturers. So, I’ve started setting up Home Assistant, installed within a Hyper-V virtual machine. The idea is to eventually replace the Hue hub with a more flexible and less expensive system. Home Assistant supports loads of Zigbee gateways, so I grabbed a Sonoff Dongle P from Amazon. This…

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Update…

Update…

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I’ve just realised it’s been over a year since my last blog post! Maybe I should post updates more often 😉 Since that last post I’ve brewed 14 batches of beer and a batch of cider! I entered beers into the Welsh & UK National Homebrew competitions and one of the beers scored pretty well – I scored a 41 for my Nelson Sauvin American Pale Ale. A Vienna Kolsch I entered into the Smashoff 2019 competition placed 4th in…

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Brew Day: Nuka Berry II

Brew Day: Nuka Berry II

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Since my last blog post, I’ve brewed a few more beers: A Saison smash for the Smash-Off 2018 competition/beer-swap.  This didn’t turn out as well as I’d hoped, so that’s being disposed of and I’ve brewed a replacement. An English Barleywine for the Black Beer of Christmas 2018 beer-swap.  At time of writing, this has been in the FV for just over 2 months and I’m planning on bottling it this week. My Eyes Are Pies! – A Brewdog Jet…

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Brew Day: Drop Kick Nate

Brew Day: Drop Kick Nate

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So, as a bit of an experiment, I decided to film my latest brew day.  This time, it’s a recipe from a couple of guys on the Facebook Brewtube Official group:  Drop Kick Nate. A 5 hour brew day, condensed…

Brew Day: Totally Tropical Pale

Brew Day: Totally Tropical Pale

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It’s been a while since I’ve brewed an IPA, as long as you don’t count the Wry Smile DIPA I brewed a couple of months ago!  With the ingredients in stock, it was time to get a brew on! This IPA is based on James Morton’s Totally Tropical Pale recipe from his Brew book, adjusted for my equipment & volume: Amt Name Type # %/IBU 6.50 kg Maris Otter Malt (Muntons) (5.9 EBC) Grain 1 86.7 % 0.40 kg Munich Malt…

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