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I haven't brewed for a while and about to start up again. I have about 12 kg of grain sat in a sealed plastic fermenting bucket. It looks and smells OK, but it's been there for probably 3 years. Just wondering if it would still be OK or if I should ditch and start again. Still got leaf hops also, but I think I will just bin them.

Got a Vic beer American IPA kit on a recommendation and decided to pimp it up a bit, so last night I steeped 200 grams of Caramalt in 5l of boiling water ready for this morning.
All goes fine clean and sanitise my fermenter boil wort for 20 minutes add to treated water in the fermenter add sticky kit wort seal fermenter and go and sit down with a cup of tea and a chocolate H...

I've just finished building a small 2 keg keezer. It had to be really small as it is living in a small storage shed which was already pretty full.

The freezer is an SIA CHF60w slimline model which measures 36W x 63D x 85H and fits two of the newer slimer style of corny kegs. I then built a large, insulated collar 21cm high and attached the lid to it. The 3/16" gas line...

I have just bottled my fourth batch, and enjoying the first two, all from kits. The first , a Festival Old Suffolk Ale and the second, a Festival New Zealand Pilsner. Conditioning a Woodfordes Admiral's reserve and about to be bottled, a Coopers Mexican Cervesa.
As I had some success with these, I am thinking of attempting an all grain kit to emulate my favourite pint, Wadwo...

Anyone got one?

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