Recent content by Vulcan603

Hi all, Not sure if anyone follows wine related news but I have heard that France and Italy have been hit by some unusually cold weather recently destroying large amounts of vines, An Italian friend of mine shared some videos of rows and rows of vines destroyed by frost. Interesting post in...

Hi all. Just brewed a festival father hooks best bitter kit that was gifted to me. It was missing the yeast so I used an English ale yeast so4. The beer has been in the corny about 3 weeks now and it tastes all right .. at tad boring really compared to the IPA kit before it which was epic...

Thanks for your reply. Would love some ideas on a brew. For me I have only even done pretty hopped kits. How does extract kits differ?I figure I will need to boil up the extract and my hops. Also how about the dark grains do these need to be soaked ? Maybe I should start researching...

Hi all, Pretty new on the forum. I have been home-brewing kits for years now. I tend to stick with festival kits as I am generally more than happy with the results. I want to make a black IPA but I am not aware of any kits available. Is there an easy way to make one using extract brewing...

Thanks for the information. Im not serving at 15 psi, I'm force carbonating my latest brew. In terms of the dispensing connection I have the thicker type of beer line. Looking at it now the cut is not Square​ as you have suggested so I will definitely re cut and try it again once...

After too many issues with leaking plastic kegs and seals over the years I decided to step into the world of Corny kegs. I managed to source a co2 cylinder locally and got a new Corny kegs and regulator from a chap called Norm off eBay. I kegged my first beer which was a Festival Razorback...