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For fun im gonna get a mini brew zoo going and try different sanitisers on my FV and see if anything grows. Anyone ever done this before and what were your results?

Had had bunch of grains and stuff hanging around so thought I'd do a 5L brew tonight. My last AG came out great but I buggered up on the hops and it's so damn bitter I cannot drink it, which is a shame because it's got amazing head retention and body. So I am gonna go with this: 500G...

Bit of a mish mash of an extract brew but not bad at all. I went ott with the WGV and it was bitter as he'll but it's starting to even out. I need to use something other than wilko ale yeast as they all have a generic taste despite different grains etc.

Yeasterday (d'dum) I racked a wilko 6 bottle kit I actually banged in finings A/B, stabiliser and half a campden at the same time as I wasn't thinking. After an inspection today I noticed odd floaters, especially after shaking the DJ. I'm going to assume it's chitosan as there was just hot...

Bruclens is one and used it in my last brew and it was fine. I bought the Lidl W5 Oxi stuff and it says >30 Sodium Percbonate. As I only ever used chlorine for cleaning and sterilising, would the W5 stuff be ok for a sanitiser? A number of people use it as a cleaner (which is great) but can...

This rose I put on I think the 27th of august went mental at first and was coming up through the airlock several times a day. It's now settled and is bubbling once a second. I have limited experience with wine so would it be best to leave it to ferment out or do you guys stop after gravity...

Thought I'd have a go at this and gonna pop it in a 1gal DJ. I've got: 4L Tesco Value 100% Apple Juice 750ml Strawberry, Apple & Banana Smoothie (from concentrate). Wilko wine yeast. I've got no malic acid so I'll try a little citric acid and some pectolase. From what I've read...

If anyone has done something similar I want to know if it's worth getting a 900g grape concentrate and adding a little strawberry/peach juice - I'm thinking of trying to create a zinfandel type wine. Also I want to try and not add any sugar so would 900g of the concentrate be ok for 1 gal batch?

Seeing APlus Hops don't seem to be shipping now, does anyone have any bare rooted hops for sale?

This week I bottled a test DJ of all grain ale (my first). At first it had a big sulfur stink from the pint I siphoned off but even after a few days of bottling the smell has pretty much gone and had no kit/homebrew taste at all, it was more like something I had bought from a shop. Well chuffed...

I done my first 1gal AG test batch from MO/Oats/Caramalt with WVG hops. I had to cut short the boil and I think I've over hopped! Also there is a strong Sulfur/Hydrogen Sulfide stink but once poured it lessens. It has a good bitterness then there is a very bitter after taste! Hopefully it will...

I wanted to get a creamier mouth feel for my first AG and wondered if the above will be ok and if I have to toast them until golden before mashing?

Or similar. I don't wanna pay the earth as I've not had much luck with wine.

I've had my lager in the PB for bout 3 days and decided to try some and on pouring from the tap it appears there is a hiss which I'm sure is coming from the pressure release valve. The lager is starting to carb up a little but I've never had this problem before. The 'O' Ring is in correctly...

Some time ago I found Oak Homebrew who sell hops, malts, kits etc. I prefer to use small amounts of hops and grains and you can get 50g hops for £1 etc. They have some nice hops and decent malts, well worth a look tbh. They also offer great service from my experience...

Been meaning to ask this for a while now and wondered how long would Sodium Metabisulphite last as a spray?

I see you can get the flavouring for a few quid but what kit would you use and what is the taste like?

I took some slurry from a brew last night and I cannot see any trub so wondering if I'm somehow lucky and got all yeast?

I saw in the shop they had tickets for own brand lager yeast at £4 and £3 for cider yeast, has anyone tried it? At 4 quid I'd buy something else.

Stupidly I forgot to pick up some DME with this kit but remembered I had 1kg of Munich so I mashed that in a 4.7 ltr pot and double sparged which gave me about 4.2 ltrs and got a gravity reading of 1045 which is inline with my efficiency. Cooled the wort, gave it a good splashing and popped the...