I recently saw a post on the “N.E. Home Brew Network” Facebook Group regarding a bargain buy from Tesco for a 52 litre cooler box for £20 – Ideal for converting into a mash tun. After a few good brews based on Malt Extract, I’ve worked out I could be saving between £10 & £20 per brew if I was brewing “All-Grain” batches. It seemed like a no brainer! I placed my order and picked one up the next day. I scoured…
Today’s a day of firsts: The first time I’ve used a yeast starter, the first time I’ve used Star San, using my new immersion cooler and the first time I’ve followed a recipe I’ve customised. The main change was to down-scale the boil to around 10 litres, with a top-up in the fermenter – The main adjustments made were to the amount of hops required to maintain the required flavour. My recipe, which I think I’ll call Dirty Daemon, was…
I’m planning to brew another batch of beer this weekend, however this one has a much higher estimated Starting Gravity (1.063) than any I’ve made in the past. Most of the advice I’ve read suggests that making a yeast starter would be a good idea. The most efficient way of making a yeast starter would be to stick the starter on a stir plate. “Proper” stir plates can cost anywhere from £50 to over £200! So, I set about making…
I’ve recently got back into brewing beer at home again and have made the switch from doing simple pre-made extract kits to following & adjusting extract recipes. A few weeks ago I brewed my first extract beer, following a friends recipe for an American IPA. It’s turned out quite nice! I’ve posted the recipe & source here Here’s a few pics from my new setup and the brewday (click for fullsize)… Next up: A clone of Zombie Dust IPA…
We’ve been using Microsoft Dynamics 2013 at work for a little while now. One thing that’s been on my to-do list since the beginning has been automating the creation of CRM accounts when our internal hosting system had a new account added. On and off over the past couple of months, I’ve been trying various pieces of sample code dotted here and there and have not managed to get anything working. Until now that is. The sample code came from…