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 Topic: Beer Help please |
Purple Martin
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 Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed May 27, 09 11:50 pm Subject: Beer Help please |
There is a great book called "How To Brew" by John Palmer, and the first edition of the book is available free in a website format.
Here is the relevant page to answer your question about how much ... |
| Topic: Never-Fail Scones |
Purple Martin
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Forum: Recipe Database Posted: Sat May 23, 09 8:50 am Subject: Never-Fail Scones |
Ingredients
3 1/2 cups self-raising flour
1 cup lemonade (normal, not diet)
1 cup full-fat cream
Recipe
Mix everything together in a bowl
Roll out onto a lightly floured surface
Cut into round ... |
| Topic: Never-Fail Scones |
Purple Martin
Replies: 0
Views: 4760
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Forum: Recipe Database Posted: Sat May 23, 09 8:50 am Subject: Never-Fail Scones |
| Ingredients 3 1/2 cups self-raising flour 1 cup lemonade (normal, not diet) 1 cup full-fat cream Recipe Mix everything together in a bowl Roll out onto a lightly floured surface Cut into round shapes ... |
| Topic: Beer Damper |
Purple Martin
Replies: 0
Views: 5078
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Forum: Recipe Database Posted: Sat May 23, 09 8:50 am Subject: Beer Damper |
Ingredients
375ml self raising flour
375ml wholemeal flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
40g grated parmesan cheese
375ml beer
1 egg yolk (for basting)
Sea salt and mixed herbs to taste
Recipe
S ... |
| Topic: CURRIED LENTIL BURGERS |
Purple Martin
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Views: 4869
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Forum: Recipe Database Posted: Sat May 23, 09 8:50 am Subject: CURRIED LENTIL BURGERS |
Ingredients
Olive oil
230g carrots, grated
250g parsnips, grated
1 large onion, grated
5cm piece fresh ginger, peeled and grated
3 garlic cloves, chopped
3 tsp mild curry powder
500ml vegetabl ... |
| Topic: Storing grain |
Purple Martin
Replies: 5
Views: 3319
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Fri Jan 02, 09 12:28 pm Subject: Storing grain |
If it's cool & dry & in an airtight container & un-cracked & un-malted...
it will store well for a year at least.
Malted grain will only last 6 months if stored properly before you ... |
| Topic: organic beer brewing |
Purple Martin
Replies: 5
Views: 3874
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Fri Jan 02, 09 12:24 pm Subject: organic beer brewing |
| Well, one option is to move on from kits and start brewing from grain... yes it is more work, but many homebrewers would agree that it's also much more satisfying! |
| Topic: Stuck ferment |
Purple Martin
Replies: 10
Views: 4904
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Fri Jan 02, 09 12:13 pm Subject: Stuck ferment |
Sorry this reply is probably too late for your batch but it may help anyway...
First thing to do is check the gravity with a hydrometer. Maybe it's a stuck ferment, or maybe it fermented extra fas ... |
| Topic: Anyone in Austraila? |
Purple Martin
Replies: 21
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Forum: Downsizing abroad Posted: Wed Jul 04, 07 2:34 am Subject: Anyone in Austraila? |
 We're thinking about taking the big leap to Aus - is it really a better attitude to family and work / life balance etc? becoming increasingly disillusioned with life in the uk, hubby is an IT bof ... |
| Topic: controlling scale? |
Purple Martin
Replies: 4
Views: 3628
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Apr 17, 07 11:14 pm Subject: controlling scale? |
| Some of my houseplants are getting scale (those little bugs that look like brown scabs). I don't like using white-oil because it makes everything sticky forever. What else can I use to control the ... |
| Topic: Anyone in Austraila? |
Purple Martin
Replies: 21
Views: 55854
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Forum: Downsizing abroad Posted: Mon Jan 22, 07 7:15 am Subject: Anyone in Austraila? |
Hi, I'm another Australian.
We DO have a serious drought, it's real and it's bad. Huge areas are in big trouble from the drought. The thing is that most people (presumably including our poster ca ... |
| Topic: Brewing Beer. |
Purple Martin
Replies: 17
Views: 10870
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Thu Aug 31, 06 11:22 pm Subject: Brewing Beer. |
Kit homebrew tends to clear itself very well with a couple of days in the fridge.
All-grain beers (made from mashed milled malted barley with hop pellets added) tend to stay a bit cloudy unless y ... |
| Topic: Brewing Beer. |
Purple Martin
Replies: 17
Views: 10870
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Aug 30, 06 11:44 pm Subject: Brewing Beer. |
This online book will tell you everything you need to know about brewing great beer:
http://www.howtobrew.com/intro.html
There are also many good homebrewing forums on the net (I use an Australian ... |
| Topic: Raspberry beer |
Purple Martin
Replies: 1
Views: 2240
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sun Aug 20, 06 11:19 pm Subject: Raspberry beer |
Sounds good! I know that cherry is a popular fruit to add to beer, and I'm sure raspberry will work too. Let us know how it turns out  |
| Topic: My rhubarb glows in the dark ! |
Purple Martin
Replies: 2
Views: 3008
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Jul 23, 06 11:19 pm Subject: My rhubarb glows in the dark ! |
| Yeah it's huge, but what about the glow-in-the-dark rhubarb??? |
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