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I have to admit if I’m just making for the four of us I would sometimes make a big batch (no extra effort) and freeze some for use later. Unfortunately the kids have become Sunday Dinner fiends and will insist on demolishing any spares so it’s only fresh nowadays. It’s grill season coming up in...

Another vote for Holafly, I used it visiting NYC last year and it was cheap and you have the option of unlimited data for a set period. Money Saving Expert has some links to comparison sites as the eSIM you may want to go with may vary by destination, eg some just give you very limited speeds.

I’ve got to agree that freshly made ones are far superior when done well. Before moving out here I would usually meet friends for Sunday dinner and a few pints and not make them that often but now it’s homemade or nothing (there are a couple of places here that do Sunday dinner but it’s a trek...

Been AWOL for a while but came back across this thread. Glad to see my recommendation has been going down so well, it was just luck that in spent my honeymoon I St Lucia and came across it then. It’s a shame it’s not more widely available. They now have at least a couple of special editions...

I’ve been living in Berlin for almost 7 years now (German wife so been visiting Germany a lot longer and sampling German kebabs during that time too) so here is my two cents, certainly not gospel but probably an interesting perspective. - Over here it’s a döner (very different pronunciation) -...

I was quite surprised no one else had posted Chairman's Reserve earlier on, although I only knew about it from holidaying on St Lucia. You can always buy it on Amazon too, so check on Prime day etc for deals on it. They also do a special "forgotten casks" edition but no idea if it worth the...

Try this method: http://www.jimsbeerkit.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=78740

Chairman's reserve, much better than Kraken IMO.

If using modernist ingredients ensure that you are using decent scales as well, I once saw a blogger wonder why a Heston recipe for his onion sauce kept setting but they used a teaspoon to measure out what was meant to be a small fraction of a gram.

The Modernist Cuisine guys do some really good stuff with it (quite a lot is in the "at home" book) like garlic confit (incredibly useful to give a base and flavour enhancer for many things as well as great oil to work with, rendering fat (great for adding flavour in grilling - I know the end of...

Love my Thermomix, ace for making ice cream with as well :)

Chairman's reserve spiced rum.

Use the pot you have, width shouldn't make too much difference, a piece of voile should only be 2 quid and you can should be able to pick up the other stuff cheaper, try Gumtree/eBay and you can probably pick up the other items for sub 20 quid.

Personally I would recommend this to try it out cheaply with very little outlay, and for a much easier process. The guy who created the linked thread was a mod on the thehomebrewforum.co.uk until recently where he had a similar thread that was probably the most read and replied to on the whole...

Oh and take a look at this if you haven't seen it already: The Tilt™ (formerly Brewometer) is a patented design that allows you to monitor the specific gravity and temperature of your home brew using your iOS or Android smartphone or tablet (with Bluetooth 4.0, more here for Apple or here for...

Okay have been slack with the kegerator pics and will put up some more tomorrow as I will be brewing a Marzen and will have time to take some of the whole setup. I currently have 2 Intertap stainless steel flow control taps but have a third on the way and also a beer engine to be added. I used...

You can use an electric tea urn (check here or the brewing forums though with a particular model to ensure no issues) but if you don't mind trying with a small batch you can just split the wort between two pans on your stove, the stove only needs to be able to boil the volume in each, you...

If you want to try it then just buy a stockpot and piece of voile, or just the latter if you already have a good sized pot. The voile is only a few quid and if you are happy to do a smaller batch then potentially that is the only outlay to try it. Take a look at this...

You don't need much kit if you use the BIAB method, in fact if you already have the stuff for extract or kit brewing you probably need very little indeed. What is your current kit?

Well finally getting there on my kegerator with the gas management board and bottle fixed to the wall, one gas pipe into the fridge to a two stage manifold, two holes drilled for taps and one Intertap flow control tap in place. Pictures tomorrow I promise! Tried out the growler filler spout with...