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Thanks for your response. I think I'm going to go with the 500g of light spraymalt + 1kg brewing sugar. Is there any need to boil the spraymalt to avoid any infections? I read contradicting advice on various sites but this seems a bit OTT. I'm not planning on doing anything fancy with this...

Thanks very much for your response and advice. I've picked up some light dme from my lhbs which I'm going to add with the sugar. Looking at the online calculator, this should get me to around 5.5% at 21L so ideal hopefully. Just waiting for the courier to deliver my starter kit and I'll be...

Hi everyone, I'm currently awaiting delivery of my home brew starter kit and preparing for my first solo brew. I dabbled a few years ago with a mate (mostly dark ales and porters) so have some prior knowledge and I've also been researching and reading the forum over the last week or so but had...