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  • Beautiful antique reproduction home bars and home pubs

    Bring England to you in one of our English/European inspired home bars or outdoor garden furniture.

    The English Bar Company sells home bars and pubs styled to resemble antique originals.  Our bars are perfect for home basements and game rooms.  All bars are constructed from mahogany and a perfect addition to your furniture collection.

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    If you would like to enjoy your own casual experience in your home, please visit for a selection of home bars/pubs perfect for your home. Beautiful antique reproduction home bars and home pubs!

    Teak Closeouts Best Selling Table Set

    May 24, 2016
  • Great Homebrewers

    Brülosophy They Who Drink Beer Will Think Beer

    • Short & Shoddy | Grisette
      by Jordan Folks on September 21, 2023 at 10:00 am

      Author: Jordan Folks It wasn’t too long after I started homebrewing that I decided to take on a style that had always fascinated me – Saison. Rustic yet refined, characterful yet quaffable, Saison is one of those styles that introduced me to the idea that beer was more than just fizzy yellow lager or highly

    • exBEERiment | Impact Red Wheat Malt Has On A British Golden Ale
      by Steve Thanos on September 18, 2023 at 10:00 am

      Author: Steve Thanos After barley, wheat is the cereal grain that’s most associated with beer, and while it’s featured heavily in styles like Weissbier and Witbier, it’s regularly used in various other styles as well. In addition to imparting grainy and doughy flavor, wheat is widely believed to contribute a silky body and firm foam

    • The Brülosophy Show: Impact Tropic Thunder Has On A Hazy IPA | exBEERiment
      by Martin Keen on September 14, 2023 at 11:50 am

      Some of the most sought-after IPAs are those displaying pungent tropical fruit characteristics – we’re talking mango, guava, and pineapple. While modern hop varieties are known to contribute fruit notes to beer, a new product called Tropic Thunder is purported to enhance these tropical fruit characteristics, but does this really result in a perceptible impact?

    • exBEERiment | Impact Fermenting With Yeast Previously Used To Ferment A Smoked Beer Has On A Munich Helles
      by Will Lovell on September 11, 2023 at 10:00 am

      Author: Will Lovell A common method employed by brewers looking to save some money involves harvesting and reusing yeast from a previous batch. In doing this, there are certain recommendations intended to ensure a successful fermentation, one being that the yeast slurry come from a beer that’s less flavorful than the batch it will be

    • The Hop Chronicles | Nectaron (2022) Pale Lager
      by Jordan Folks on September 7, 2023 at 10:00 am

      Author: Jordan Folks Bred in 2004 by New Zealand’s Plant & Food Research, Nectaron was released for public use in 2020 and his since gained a solid reputation for its ability to impart beer with desirable fruity notes including pineapple, peach, and grapefruit. While often used in pungently hoppy IPA, some reported enjoying the way

      Homebrewing Welcome brewers, mazers, vintners, and cider makers!

      • Black nukatap tap handles issue
        by /u/sbellotti84 on September 24, 2023 at 3:19 pm

        Hey all. I’ve got the black stealth bomber nukatap faucets and I’ve been having issues with them. The internal red bushings keep cracking on me and kegland nor the supplier have any idea why they keep failing. They literally keep sending new bushings every time . I’m not over tightening or anything. Have any of you had this issue? submitted by /u/sbellotti84 [link] [comments]

      • Equipment Questions – Hydrometer and Hop Spider
        by /u/Key-Shift6264 on September 24, 2023 at 3:18 pm

        These aren’t related but adding in one so as not to spam the subreddit My hydrometer seems out of calibration – it’s reading about 0.996 instead of 1.000 with water at 20deg c like it should and used to. Do you think if it’s reading wort at 1.052 i can assume roughly it’s probably about 1.056 for now or is it knackered? (Secondary question, can anyone in UK recommend a good hydrometer?) My hop spider seems to clog really quickly these days and if I lift it out the wort the water literally only trickles out. I’m concerned its stopping the hops getting properly in the brew, plus i’m losing maybe a litre that could be going in the FV. Is there a good way to give it a really deep clean? I tried soaking it in hot water with VWP then blasting with a hose on jet but its still clogged again today. submitted by /u/Key-Shift6264 [link] [comments]

      • Pasturization advice
        by /u/Corrupted_G_nome on September 24, 2023 at 2:44 pm

        I currently have a chocolate maple wine going and I am very excited about it. A lil taste when racking chilled with a lil syrup was awesome. Planning to backsweeten, I need to pasturize. I have a canning pot that is deep. I was thinking of setting up the pot with the insert to keep glass off the bottom, adding bottles then water and then correcting the temp. My plan was to do a dry run with a gallon jug (assuming it fits) and only water and a thermometer to test the method before using this as a pasturization method. I would moniter the brew similarly when actually pasturizing. Any tips or advice you can offer would be appreciated. I would very much like not to be making bottle bombs. submitted by /u/Corrupted_G_nome [link] [comments]

      • New to brewing need advice
        by /u/Corrupted_G_nome on September 24, 2023 at 2:32 pm

        Not exactly new but recently upgraded some gear and getting back into it as my last attempts were so so. Im currently experimenting with meads. 2 senarios. One gallon, after being racked, seems to be separating? There is a dark colour on the top that has expanded over the last two weeks and a yellowish colour in the rest of the gallon. That gallon has both maple and honey as sugars. Smelled okay when I checked it once two weeks ago when it began, and I’ve left it closed since to prevent aeration. Should I be concerned? I made a ‘quick beer’ with some mead, added the pre calculated ammount of sugars for natural carbonation. They are in lock top bottles placed in an open cooler with some cheap insulation between them, just in case. Cooler is on a sturdy wire rack shelf. I have heard the shelf shift a few times since I put them there, is some off gassing normal/safe? I did a recommended 28g of sugar for a gallon in honey, which according to my math and google was 3.3 tbsp of honey, so I did 3 with a proper measuring spoon. Thanks for your help! submitted by /u/Corrupted_G_nome [link] [comments]

      • Where to buy maniacal yeast products?
        by /u/mcav2319 on September 24, 2023 at 2:20 pm

        I started listening to the Milk the funk podcast and I’m really interested in some of their non traditional yeasts but I can’t seem to find where to buy them. Edit: They’ve closed down, so that sucks submitted by /u/mcav2319 [link] [comments]


      November 25, 2015
    • OVER 400,000 SQFT TILE IN-STOCK!

      Premium Wood Tile - Over 400,000 Sqft In-stock & ready to go today - KY Tile Warehouse sells discounted, discontinued, excess, and tile seconds

      KYTileCloseouts specializes in discounted premium tile. The selection includes a variety of closeouts, end of production run, excess, seconds, firsts – and any other possible way a manufacturer decides to blowout their inventory at a reduced price.

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      July 24, 2015

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