Recent content by WarryM

Thanks for all your responses - some interesting points made. Darrell, regarding bottles - that's useful to know. In this instance I had a mix of re-used (many times) glass bottles and new PET ones, and both suffered the same gushing problem, so probably unlikely but something I'll def watch...

RGeats, Thanks for your reply. My mention of the GP wasn't a facetious reply to your post about infection, but rather a response to your first post about the title.. I try to be as careful as possible with sterilising etc, but I guess there's always some point we open up our brews to the...

Maybe one for my GP?

Hi all, I've got my first gushing beer - a batch of Cwtch. Was hoping that it was just the first bottle but every one of five has considerably surged over the top. Are the remaining beers wasted or is there anything I can do to save them? For example, is it feasible to chill a couple of...

I regularly dry hop that kit Dean. When I make the Festival New Zealand pilsner kit I don't use the supplied hops in it, preferring to experiment with other hops instead. This then leaves me with a 100g packet of "Antipodean pilsner hop pellets" which I think are Pacific Jade and...

Many thanks to Chippy and co for all the words of wisdom throughout this thread - it's given me the confidence to have a crack at supermarket juice wines, having only ever done kits before. I kicked off two brews on Wednesday - one was RGJ+Apple and for the other I pushed the boat out and...

Looks like Tesco have a sale on them again at the moment - £11.25 for the 30 bottle kits and £5.25 for the 6 bottles. Also, they're doing a 6 bot starter kit for £11 - might be useful to get another couple of buckets, siphon tubing, hydrometer etc as spares/replacements - I'm...

Thanks all. Glad to hear my worries about needing extra yeast were unfounded. The FV it is currently in has the special tap for the bottling wand on it. I'll cold crash in there, then siphon into my spare FV (no tap), then back into original FV after a wash out and batch prime before...

I've got some Festival Razorback in the FV and it's moving along nicely. Been in the FV for 16 days and down to 1007, so not expecting much more fermentation. The extra hops went in about 5 days ago in a largish cloth hop bag (not the little one supplied in the kit). When I take a sample...

Iain, Chippy, Thanks for your fast responses and great tip about listening to it - popping away nicely like a bowl of Rice Krispies... Never had a single bubble out of the FV with a snap down lid that i use for beer but had hoped this screw down one that the wine is in would be airtight...

Hi all, I'm having a go at my first ever wine kit (Beaverdale Sauv Blanc). The instructions seem straightforwards and I've followed them closely. Possibly my question will be related to the size of the FV - 5 gallon - as I'm only making a 6 bottle kit as I thought best for the first...

Hi all, Just restarted my beer brewing adventures after a few years of the kit sitting in the loft. Must say I'm very impressed by the quality of kits available these days - first couple of beers have been great! This has got me hooked again and now dabbling with my first wine kit that I...