Recent content by timmorris

I've been onto Tesco,direct,and have a total of £28 in vouchers to spend which means I can order £56 worth of goods for nothing....

That really is music to my ears. I'll measure the OG with Young's BE, and only add more dextrose if it is way off. I'll just use the kit (and some finings) for my first brew, barrel it and report back as soon as it is drinkable! If it works well I'll come back for some advice on dry hopping...

I've just got it DME is direct malt extract. Tesco have the Coopers Bitter kit and Coopers DME as well as brew enhancer on sale at the moment, plus I have just received £10 of clubcard vouchers which get you double bubble on the tesco direct website. I guess I'll be buying all the kit that I...

Thanks, I used to add a handful of hops to my brews in the past. I just want to get the base brew sorted out first. I'll add 200g of dextrose in syrup form initially, and keep adding it until I get the OG to 1060. My dad's home brew was always on the strong side. He used to leave the primary...

So is that 1Kg of brew enhancer and a further 1.5kg of brewer's sugar? It seems like a huge amount of sugar to me. I decided to do this on Friday, have done lots of reading in the last 24 hours but it's a steep learning curve. I have no desire to setup a true micro brewery, I'd just like to have...

Not quite so easy if you are a paraplegic and have to do it from a wheelchair. I simply wouldn't be able to shift those quantities of water around hence the need to just improve on the standard kits. That"s what I used to brew 30 years ago and it was very drinkable.

I've already been through all the calculators on that page and can't find one that suits my needs. Unless I'm misunderstanding the extract calculator says I have tto add 2Kg of sugar to bring the OG up to 1050 and that results in an ABV of only 4.7%! Tim.

I'd never even thought of going to Tesco for home brew kit. They sell a replacement barrel for 30 quid, and also sell a 75W immersion heater for controlling the primary fermentation in cool rooms. I can buy all the bits I need to get me started again at a discount over and above the normal home...

I want to brew an ESB/IPA style beer with an OG of 1050-1060 and a final ABV of 6%. I was intending to use Coopers Bitter as a base with brew enhancer 1 as a base. Is there an online calculator that will help me work out how much extra brewing sugar I'll need to add/use in total to achieve my...