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Agree with what our saying hp - I've only been doing this for a couple of month so kits is obvious starting point but would love to do AG, even more so now I have used (and tasted) REAL wort but I don't have the finance nor the space at the moment. Anyway, this was never going to be aimed at AG...

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1st batch has been brewed and sampled. Collected just over 4 gallons of Ironbridge Pale Ale wort, some hops for dry hopping and a couple of different finnings - think it was £24 as I purchased a polypin and a couple of pints at the same time :thumb: Added 4 litres of cooled boiled water...

cheers Keith - quite a difference in lactose and dextrose then !!! BE No1 it is then - Thanks

Hi - I'm after some advice for a change. I have a Coopers Wheat kit and it suggests 300g Dextrose but I am buying a barrel from thriftyshopper and they only sell lactose, so I was wondering, what is the difference? Can I use lactose as a direct replacement? I also have a Brew Ehancer No1 -...

I've also never tried a TC but want to give give it a go. One thing I'm not sure on - do you heat the juice before adding the yeast? If you do, Is it like ale, around 21C ? Cheers

cheers luckyeddie - think I am going to plump for the Cooper can with Brew Enhancer No1 and see how we go. Just need my Cerveza kit to finish fermenting :drink:

Hi - Have a can of the above but not sure what to use with it? On the Coopers website it states to used with a Coopers can of Light Malt, which I dont have (although I think I have 1.5kg of light spray malt in bags). On thrifty shopper, its states "...1 Kg of additional Sugar is required. We...

Been speaking to Dave the head brewer at the Ironbridge Brewery and he is offering the opportunity to purchase wort direct from the brewery. The idea is the wort is collected at splash into the FV, so all the mashing, boiling and hop additions will be exactly as per his own beer. The wort will...

I know a lot of people advocate putting them in plain boiling water - this is what I did for my one and only brew to date.

I had the same problem with my 1st brew so found a plastic tub in the garage that could fit my FV, added some water and purchased one of these: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/100W-AQUARIUM-WATER-HEATER-WATT-FISH-TANK-THERMOSTAT-UK-/280612510270?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Fish&hash=item4155cf1a3e My offer of...

Been 8 days in the warmth so decided to crack one to see what was happening. Tastes was ok, certainly not spectacular but didn't expect this as still need to get into the cold and about the right level of fizz for my liking. Couple of questions though: Head retention - There was no head to...

Bottling session finished and seemed to go ok albeit with a couple of hitches. Firstly, managed to get the bottling stick working ok until I got down to the last few bottles - will use the trick of filling with water next time. Wife wanted a go at capping which ended with a smashed bottle and...

I have a bottling stick but....cant figure out how it works - tried it with water and cant seem to get a flow going :hmm:

Do you need to syphon into a bottling bucket? I only have the FV and was going to bottle straight in from here - I'm worried this may now have too much sediment. Should I hold off and get a new bucket tomorrow?