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&amp;quot;Saruman&amp;quot;:350v31ye wrote: I can certainly host it, but that means all you lads jumping on the Galway bus to Rochfortbridge[/quote:350v31ye]Thanks for the offer! Im not sure how handy that would be for people (probably even less handy than going to Bray! <!-- s:shock: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_eek.gif" alt=":shock:" title="Shocked" /><!-- s:shock: --> ) Do people have a preference?

&amp;quot;bigears&amp;quot;:3odepok5 wrote: Hmm, In that case I'll knock out an extract batch, I reckon I could ferment at near-lager temps with a couple of sachets of Nottingham.[/quote:3odepok5]Just to confirm - you'll be knocking out an extract at lager temps but using an ale yeast? Could you be persuaded to try a lager yeast instead? That way we'd have


BeerNut - unhacked 'Lager' Kit using sugar (OG 1.045, 21 IBU)
Me - unhacked 'old' kit using sugar (OG ??, ?? IBU)
Me - hacked Kit, using DME & boiled hop extract, maybe dry hopped also (OG 1.045, 30 IBU)
Nimbus - Extract, Blonde Ale, not temp control (OG ??, ?? IBU)
Brian_C - Extract, Blonde Ale, not temp control (OG ??, ?? IBU)
Bigears - Extract, Lager, Temp control (OG ??, ?? IBU)
SBillings - All-grain Blonde, temp control? (OG ??, 35 IBU)
Saruman - All-grain Blonde, no tepm control (OG ??, ?? IBU)
Delboy - All-grain Lager with temp control (OG 1.045, 21 IBU)


Is there anything else that would be good to test here? Any other suggested tweaks to make it more interesting?