Recent content by Mark_wato

My MEAD tastes like whiskey Why?? I made in October 2016 I made it with a quartered orange and 2kg of honey

Haha. In the end I used 2 carbonation drops I did make a larger volumes. Probably 26 or 27 litres and instructions say gravity should be below 0.8 before bottling but mine was 1.1 ish... It had been in the vessel 2 months ( is that crazy?) Looked and smelled amazing though... It had...

Hey guys im just bottling this stuff now. I threw the brewing sugar it came with in at the start.. why not. Anyway, I've got coopers carbonation drops... They state 1 per 375 and 2 per 750ml What about my 500ml pet bottles??? How many do i use? They are too chunky to cut up. Help...

Hi guys.. I have a geordie bitter kit ready to brew.. but was wondering, if i get another kit and maybe change the yeast... Then add both kits to a standard 25L FV will i get a stronger alcohol yield? Not happy with 3.5 % really at the moment

I loved this kit. I will definitely be brewing it again. I'm used to the sediment now really and kind of got the hang of pouring from a pet bottle. I still don't have the guts to use glass bottles yet. I think I have 1 bottle left!! The father in law said he wouldn't know the difference...

Tesco are having a sale on some equipment guys.. just giving a heads up!

It was pretty much exactly reverse for me. Someone said they used coopers so I used 2 wilko ones.. Mine is quite fizzy but the plastic pet bottles being hard still have a bit of give.. I just thought if I under carb it I'll regret it. You'll be fine with 2 I think.

I asked the exact same question 3 weeks ago. I added 2 wilkos carbonation drops to 500ml This kit is so tasty, easily my favourite so far. I have already go through like 10 bottles and yeah. That's at only 3 weeks! 2 work well...

Thanks guys.. Guess I just learn as I go along? What are Nova caps?? Thanks Mark

Hello. My first batch of mead looked lovely and clear so I racked it into a new demi john. With hindsight I probably should have left it longer as a bubble was still appearing every 1 min 30ish.. anyway... It's been sitting in this demi john for a while now and I'm not sure if I should rack...

Thanks mate that's really helpful. I read that the wilkos barrel can withstand up to 15psi.. And they sell the same bulbs in wilko. So... just as I'm getting my head around it I only plug a co2 bulb on when it struggles to dispense my beer? How do I know if I'm adding too much, or indeed...

OK cheers. So what is with the force carbonation? I read somewhere you don't have to add priming sugar if you use co2? I wasn't sure whether I screw the bulb on and leave it there or just the case of a one time injection then discard until you need more pressure and repeat...

Please would somebody write a; 'how to / for dummies' Instructions for this piece of equipment please? Wilko barrel only please I'm pretty confident with bottling, but I have a spare barrel laying around and before I put 5 gallons of beer into it I want to make sure I don't ruin my...

Thanks guys for your advice.. In the end I went for........... two wilko drops. I have never been a 'less is more' kind of guy. Can't wait to drink it! Smells amazing! P.S I don't know how to flip the image

Oh dear.. I'm useless as making decisions at the best of times! Never used coopers, in the images they do look much bigger than wilkos...