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The Ale & Beer thread

Kandi1977 said:
More of a 'it's hot and I want a refreshing beverage' kind of beer, but last night I tried something different. Bierra Limocello
A kind of mix between beer and limocello spritz. It had the taste of beer with the refreshing limocello taste. I'm mot really into those kind of 'beers', but it was really nice when it was 35 degrees outside.
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So a lager and lime top?
 
Rorschach said:
Well I don't have a clue either, but now I know what a demijohn is, and I want one.

I'm due a birthday present, so I dropped a hint yesterday about a homebrew kit, and the answer was not a chance. That's not the answer I was hoping for, but I'll order a kit online and play dumb. I'll almost certainly need a demijohn, too ;).

I have a cunning plan, though. My uncle was a brewer back in the day for a microbrewery. Dempsey's was their name, I think. I remember he used to pick my aunt up from our house when they were courting, she was living with us at the time, in this old style van with Dempsey's plastered down the side. A bit like this one.
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I've no doubt there was plenty of courting going on in the back of that thing. Anyway, I digress. He's just retired and he has ants in his pants, so I started dropping little hints over the last year or so that he should get back into brewing again and set up his own microbrewery. He has plenty of money. And I think these seeds have found some fertile ground. He's been researching the cost of equipment, he told me, and has gone on a couple of brewery tours to see what has changed in the process, etc. Next time I see him I'll drop the idea that I could help him if he needed it. Inception.
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That's a hell of a step from a 40 pint kit in the kitchen!

Demijohns are great, but the ones I have are only 5 litres, so I start off with a lidded fermenter bucket and then rack off to Demijohns for another week of fermentation and settling prior to bottling.

With all of it, sterilisation is key. A bottle of Milton used liberally with all kit, bottles, etc is a must.
 
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