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I've somewhat lax in my reply and my apologies. It was good however not significantly diferent to the "value" range of apple juice. I have tried a batch which is "unknown" as i did not take an initial hydrometer reading. Main source of apple juice was @sd@ 1.5l apple juice at around 70p a pop...

The pasteurised cloudy apple juice is £1 a litre. The concentrate is 65p I've just started another batch using 8 litres of cloudy and 12 of clear... I'll keep you posted

Aldi have pasteurised cloudy apple juice on the shelf (not the fridge) for about 70p a litre. 23 litres aldi cloudy apple juice Champagne yeast Tsp or so of nutrient IG about 1052 Ferment out, took 10 days at 20C FG at 1004 giving about 6.6% Added 200g of lactose to the whole bin just prior...

To be truthful this was prompted by a friend who has just had a heart attack. I was checking cholesterol levels of beer and found this. The downside is it mentions "moderate consumption" http://www.aim-digest.com/gateway/pages ... odnews.htm

Brilliant thanks for the replies, it makes sense. From a brewing/taste point of view, does it make much difference if it took 30 minute or 10 minutes to get to pitching temperature? Thanks again

Hi Looking at designs of AG systems and thank you, much has been learned here. If you had a double immersion chiller; Water from tap through copper pipe chiller immersed in ice/water then the water flowed onto and through the chiller in the hot wort. In essence all it would do is cool the...

I put all my coopers lager into the fridge almost immediately after bottling, and left about a dozen out on the shelf as I ran out of space. The ones in the fridge are flat and the ones on the shelves are fizzy. I guessed that they were too cold, so they are now in the warm for a few more...

Great to read the notes, I've some still fermenting, may bottle on Sunday, will wait the 6 weeks, Davie in Edinburgh also said, give it 6 weeks you won't be sorry. Thanks Guys.

Thanks for the warm welcome.... Probably bottling tonight!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14232970 Interesting read from the BBC,

Hi Just sort of started. Beer in pubs is extortionate and thought I'd give it a go Great help from Davie at edina brewshop in Edinburgh. Had a stalled eldrflower champagne that he helped back to life Stressing about sanitisation and what to use and this forum has really helped The shiny AG...

Hi guys. I'm new to this forum thing and new to brewing. Just started have a multons ipa gold conditioning and just started a coopers lager. Have been quite impressed by the enthusiasm and imagination making at kits without spending £10 k I apologise if I've offended y'all. It was a shed load...

WillaimsWarn Beer in 7 days http://www.williamswarn.com It's an expensive bit of kit but looks rather clever. Would you buy it? I'll stick with my 12 quid bucket until my numbers come in tonight!