Now that I looked in to it I want to make some for myself.

I can probably get 200 of these for 50€ including the shipping. So maybe I will do it.

Something like this: https://vyrobapro.cz/ came up with short search.

For novelty item the suggestions like ceramic ones or wood ones laser cut are better option and multiple people make these.

But if you want the paper ones and actually want to use them the higher quantity isn’t that bad idea - they get wet all the time and tears apart, on the bar they last only few days. So ordering like 200 isn’t so large quantity when you think about it.

I would ask in some craft brewery where they order them, usually it is some local smaller print shop which makes all kinds of promotional stuff - labels, fliers…

At the brewery where I worked the guy from the print shop did the unified design for all the labels and other promotional stuff.

This 100% is the problem with bad policy.

Maybe it will get at least bit more possible after the new railway EU legislation passes this year but I am not that hopeful because they are just bunch of idiots flying business jets and don’t understand the problems there.

Tbh it is big lobby by national railway companies like SNCF that slow the prgress way down, they should really pull out their heads from their asses and recognise that cross European travel isn’t that much competition.

That’s a bummer. Hopefully you will be able to pick some hobbies sooner than later even if it isn’t homebrewing. I just think that we are wired to do some things just for fun however small they are otherwise we get bit insane.

I will have to try something like this. In the last few months I saw multiple posts about using chilly peppers for brewing so maybe putting it in beer will be interesting. I will probably test it first in small batches/only few bottles.

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Just an idea: do the infusion in some strong neutral alcohol (vodka or food grade 80% alcohol) and add it afterwards to your liking.

I don’t have experience with using chilly peppers but someone asked about it few months or so ago so maybe you can look there if they get some more advice.

As I have more time I will try to get this place bit more active. For now it averages around post per week and if you have some questions you get answers pretty quickly.

My kind of brewing is bit different. Usually I brew lagers under 6% ABV. Tbh I was now looking at the fermzila fermenter and decided that for my use it isn’t probably worth it but will upgrade different stuff.

Winemakers use flocculants and other means to bind that kind of impurities. Look in to it - bentonite clay comes to my mind right now.

You want to make the filtering step as easy as possible so use this, let it sit, decant only the clear liquid from top and than use filter on it.

Just this week someone brought keg of beer that was fermented with some fruit puree. We got it for free because it was just the bottom of the tank where everything sunk. I wouldn’t say I prefere it but it wasn’t at all bad - pretty much alcoholic food than drink.

Maybe if you want to land somewhere in between you can try to backsweeten with fruit puree the clear batch?

I love your description of Switzerland, as I was there last year I can tell it is true (but worth it at least once to get there).

Little cloudy is good. Today brew was cloudy a lot. We used some flocculant for the last 10 min of boil but it didn’t help that much, it helped a bit but not enough.

The photo in the post is from this brew and because of the cloudy residue it foamed a lot. So yeah I get that cloudiness is sometimes bit of nuance but the difference is “I don’t like how it looks in glass” and “it makes a lot of mess and I don’t know how to keep it in the pot”.

Good luck on your mead I hope it turns out well and only problem will be the cloudiness.

For me it is still quite hard to find specific product or something which doesn’t exist yet - for example last year I brewed beer with wine grape juice and because I doubled it as school project I found out it is quite hard to tax it so nobody is making it.

So yes I get the point but for me it still offers some added bonus compared to commercial beer.

I brew not because the price but because I want to try stuff and do some bit wild stuff that just isn’t available here.

I also worked in a professional craft brewery so I know a bit about the pricing and stuff like that. But I don’t think you need that much advanced brew equipment to make something bit more demanding.

That is really confusing even for me. For that money you can buy pretty large second hand brewing setup. Like 200-300l everything included.

Yeah as a Czech guy it is quite a bit different here.

It looks great but for me it is missing the beer tap.

Yeah “Who needs a hole” kinda guys…

My biology teacher then commented about all the features other animals evolved - bones, spiral shape, detaching one for long distance use in octopuses…

Yeah ours are kinda boring guys.

For older bikes there is dutchbikebits.com

It’s not that expensive, decathlon is cheaper but you can find there parts for old POS bikes with good price.