Recent content by Myv8growler

This is my last bottle. Not as impressive as I had hoped, but I put that down to it being my first brew.

I have just bottled 39 x 500ml bottles from my fv. Did it as per instructions. Smells lovely as I spilt it all over the floor!!! I'll give it a couple of weeks then see what it's like. I've used golden caster sugar as the second ferment. I will report soon.

I did a "betterbrew" IPA kit. I have a standard fv barrel, and bottled it. I used a kg of brewing sugar Siphoned into bottles after 2 weeks. Left for a further 2 weeks and started drinking. I did half with a teaspoon of sugar as the 2nd ferment Half with 1/2 a teaspoon of sugar. They have...

Just done the abv calculator and it's come out at 6%

I did a "better brew" IPA kit. I have a standard fv barrel, and bottled it. I used a kg of brewing sugar Siphoned into bottles after 2 weeks. Left for a further 2 weeks and started drinking. I did half with a teaspoon of sugar as the 2nd ferment Half with 1/2 a teaspoon of sugar. They have...

Hi there, I'm new. Just done my first brew and am looking for some tips and guidance to get better at it. Gonna do some reading on here and see where it takes me. Not massively happy first time round so I am hopeful for improvement. Hello......