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cant go wrong with woodefordes wherry brewed 3 now all good also try milestones dark galleon and st peters ruby all are two can kits nice and easy and good drinking

Wanted to try this one out as its was something differant never done a dry kit before, besides that SWMBO said i should!!so there.!! Any way day of brew already brewed wilko hoppy copper same sterilizing process if done loads of time before got kit out waiting for the exciting ingrediants...

1 st peters ruby 2 milestones dark galleon first two are my special favs above the norm 3 woodfordes wherry my fav session beer brew a couple of times a year 4 coopers sparkling ale ( with dme )leave for 3 months its a beer of two halves its awful before then but changes into a nice...

id go with a beer that contains alcohol!!!!! the more the better followed by a spirit chaser!!! however on a more theraputic remedy try this 1 part brandy 1 part lemon juice 1 part honey some mint leaves topped up with hot water now i also put in soluble paracetamol however im not...

Whew... i made this at the end of april beginning may just with brewing sugar see forum i tasted it two weeks ago beggining of june and it was horrible had to throw botlle away i thought oh dear first bad brew you do get them but ive brewed 10 kits so far and all have been ok several coopers...

Was watching youtube a few months back trawling the home brew vids and sawone on hard cider decidedto give it a go as seemed simple enough used 100 apple juice 4 one litre cartons in demijohn with 500g of bewing sugar a 1/2 packet of brewing yeast i had to hand from wilko brewed for two...

well as promised taste test still alittle young however it is drinkable and should improve with age im not one for going into the taste notes such as fruity/nutty and malty on th tongue a little ponsey for my liking however its a liight bitter in the mould of woodfordes wherry drinkable...

just done this one brewed 26 april 2014 with brewing sugar bottled with 1/4 teaspoon of caster sugar ( all i had at the time ) og 1039 fg 1007 so looking at 4.2 abv brewed withwha i had to hand so nothing special bu tasted ok at bottling so could be a reasonable session beer i find the...

in theory this should go under beer kit reviews however as this is only a small brew from my local chemist/ brew shop i will continue here and not request another beer kit review page. Anyway i digress you are wandering why beer kit in chemist In St. Albans Hertfordeshire my local city there is...

just brewed this 1 march with 500g light spray malt and 1 kg sugar og 1045 botlled on the 6 march 1011 fg with half teaspoon of table sugar as that was all i had to hand ( thought i had some coopers drops ) anyway 1 week in kitchen secondary fermentation then now in shed clearing opened on...

first wherry done started 6 feb botlled 16 feb 1 week secondary fermentation then out in shed for clearing opened one the other day seems to be drinkable pint good stable session beer however for the cost for a two can kit a would go for st peters ruby or milestones dark galleon if purchasing...

finally got round to brewing this on 25th January 2014 then bottled 1 feb 2014 i wanted a fizzy lager for the girls and a light summer drink for a lager and lime im not a lager drinker but on a hot day a lager and lime goes down well. With this in mind a kinda of over primed my 500ml botlles...

im a fairly new home brewer, started my first beer in October 2013 with a coopers wheat beer and their own starter kit with barrel pet bottles etc etc since then ive brewed st peters ruby ( really nice my fav so far ) coopers stout with added tin of treacle, milestone dark galleon and just...

well cracked one open with my friend yesterday friday 31 jan nice dark colour good taste and clear have been drinking st peters ruby which is sweeter and lighter in colour so this is diferant for the old taste buds but still a nice beer darker bitter taste only bottled in beginning Jan so...

Well Just bottled this today FG 1010 3 days running primed direct in bottle with 2 sugar cubes per 500ml bottle used cubes as cheaper than coopers carb drops and easy to prime as one cube fits in coopers bottle slightly over primed ( would normally use one carb drop or equivalent) per 500ml for...