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I scavenged real ale and cider bottles from parties over a 12 month period, also bought hoegaarden and saved these. I've invested in some 2 litre spring water bottles from tesco, think they were 12p each or something :geek:

I added 1.5 kilos of spray malt and 500g of brewers sugar to a 2 can kit of Heavy, also added yeast nutrient and 3 packets of yeast to get the thing down bellow 1012, took a while to ferment too :D The results were drinkable, very malty but with a strong alcohol taste. I think it finished...

OK, I'll try that. Is it possible to force carb a youngs pressure barrel? I've got the one that takes the CO2 bulbs on the lid but I thought that was just to push the beer out? :thumb:

Hi, I'm going away for a week at the end of August and I want to take a pressure barrel full of my home brew. I'm planning to do the brew next week, leave it in the FV for 2 weeks then put it in my pressure barrel. So, if I put the barrel in my car to transport it to my holiday location will...

mine was great after only 2 weeks in the bottle. conditioned at about 18c. try drinking it at a different temperature

I think people just look at the enjoyment they get from making and drinking home brew and don't really see all the **** that goes with doing it professionally. I guess a lot of business is like that though. It seams there should be more effort put into marketing than actually making the stuff...

what about wine yeast? http://www.hopandgrape.co.uk/catalog/detailV2_8.asp?itemid=GER20185739&catid=GER20204674

Has anyone used that bench capper for Hoegaarden 750ml bottles? Did you have any problems with it? :hmm:

the yeast should still eat it. Ive had a a ball of spray malt the size of a cricket ball in my fermenter and it got eaten up.

how much would the parts bill be?

http://www.hopandgrape.co.uk/catalog/detailV2_8.asp?itemid=VIN20115926&catid=SPR2125680 :)

:shock: How much would a rig like that cost?

OK, so I wont bother with a starter. cheers mate :cheers:

Ive got an 11g packet of Danstar Nottingham yeast and the wort I want to pitch into will be around the 1085 mark. According to http://www.mrmalty.com/calc/calc.html I need 19 Grams of dry yeast, which i don't have. Ordering another packet of yeast will cost me £6 because of crazy postage prices...

What about welding gas from Halfords: http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_207475_langId_-1_categoryId_165727