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it actually says in the instructions that it gives off an eggy smell when ferm'ing we've just brewed this and it did give off a faint smell of egg for 2 days - the smell was gone completely when we bottled it we've drunk a dozen bottles since it was bottled on the 28/05 and it's delicious...

top work fella I neeeeed to get a session under my belt

sorry mate - i'm talking about the next batch! :cheers:

yar I was going to add priming sugar for carbonation and sweetener to remove the dryness lemonade sounds like a good bet too - fizzy and sweet! :cheers:

of course - splenda or some other artificial sweetener hmmm - gonna have to get experimenting then as I plan on brewing 5g's for the Jubilee celebrations!! thanks chaps!!

Hi all! Got a ginger beer question which I hope you guys can help with? Me and the missus made a gallon of ginger beer using blended ginger and lemon juice/zest, some yeast that came with a beer kit and 500g of sugar after 2 days it was like sweet nectar after 10 days it was like dry ginger...

hmmm been looking for an easy pilsner kit that tastes nice so I might have to give this a bash for the summer!

that last mirror is a cracker ^^ :thumb:

seeing as every other fermenting vessel for the last god knows how long doesnt allow you to remove the krausen ring then i'd say you're fairly safe to leave the removable collar in the coopers fermenting barrel with the krausen ring still attached however, the whole point is you can remove the...

step away from the crack pipe bob

hi gray - yup, read a lot about potassium and sodium sorbates but also a lot about the temperatures that yeasts can live at and by putting all the bottles (bar one for an experiment in a plastic bottle) in the fridge there is no way that carbonation/fermentation can continue at these...

Me and the missus have been fermenting some turbo cider since the 10th the end was result was around 10% abv and very, very dry so we decanted into a fresh demi-john and then added 1 litre of apple juice the result is knockout - perfect cider just the way we like it - so it's all been...

Upside: You save £20 and a week of brewing Downside: Possible serious internal injury How could you even weigh this up???

haha - dont worry pittsy i'll be plumbing the depths of your knowledge if that's alright mate? we were going to try some hops and a bit more spraymalt in the next kit slowly, slowly and all that :D

had a mate over and gave him a taste of the wheat beer he really enjoyed it and he's talking about getting his own kit! :cheers: