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Wiggers: Just drank some sodium met accidentally, big night ahead May 22, 2020 18:14:21 GMT 10
yob: oi ya fuckin nut jobs!! G'day... just chucked a question in a new thread in Craft Brewing Apr 29, 2020 22:28:42 GMT 10 *
scottybb: Hi, How does one start a thread? Apr 22, 2020 17:16:41 GMT 10
MTB: What a newbie mistake to make. Ferm fridge wasn't hitting >16C and couldn't figure out why, heat mat was on constantly.. yeah, probe had fallen out of the fridge. Actual fermenter temp: 28C. Shit. Apr 15, 2020 10:31:32 GMT 10
spog: Ahh yeah, every time I’ve touched anything near this Shout thingy it’s turned to custard. Apr 9, 2020 20:45:56 GMT 10
spog: Bugga. Apr 9, 2020 19:26:12 GMT 10
spog: Well fuck me, i have after posting here, asking where has post your pics or more precisely pic of the day gone. Then hitting return, and loosing everything. I hit the return button 5 times and it deletes....gets me back here. Where the F is pic of the day Apr 9, 2020 19:25:54 GMT 10
spog: well fuck ! I’ve now had 4 goes at posting here and asking how, or more precisely where the has has post your pics gone ? I can’t find it ! Apr 9, 2020 19:21:11 GMT 10
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Grott: Have a top Easter, stay safe and adhere to your states instructions. Apr 9, 2020 18:05:33 GMT 10
hawesy: I have two empty kegs and only one fermemter! Farrrrrrkkkkkkkk. Apr 6, 2020 20:05:05 GMT 10
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