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Excitedly tried my first turbo cider the other day but it was a total disaster. Inspired by Lakeybloke on YouTube, I bought my Waitrose apple juice and WLP775, made a starter (which wasn't very active but produced a fair bit of yeast), and chucked it all in to a fermenter. It went into my...

Hi, I have just completed my first brew in my formerly gravity fed, now supercharged garage brewery which now includes 2x 12v mini pumps to distribute sparge water into the mash tun and sweet wort into the boiler during the sparge. I thought I could control the flow of the liquid by...

Hi, I'm only a few batches in to all-grain and I've been experimenting with reusing yeast (having botched together a stir plate) and trying to fine-tune my kit. Made a "Hop Ottin' IPA" from Clone Brews which should have an OG of 1.072 and FG of 1.017. Nice little number. Loads of hops...

Happy new year everyone! I've been busy consuming the contents of those Christmas hampers you get but have a few things left over, one of which is lavender sugar. Sugar means beer, right? Has anyone tried brewing with lavender sugar? I might grab a kit and throw something together to see...

How do! First all-grain lager is underway in the brew fridge. I used a Wyeast Pilsner liquid yeast that didn't swell as expected when I activated the packet but chucked it in nonetheless. Nervously ordered another packet just in case and a week on there is a good krausen developing and a...

Hi, Just ordered Clone Brews by Mark and Tess Szamatulski and have been browsing the book on Amazon to get a sneak preview. Was looking at the Windhoek Lager recipe (brew fridge build next on the list by the looks of things!) and the all-grain method requires the malt to be mashed at 50C for...

Evening! Finished constructing my first all-grain set up today having previously been confined to kits with the odd hop addition. Couple of things I've noticed during testing that I was not too sure about and would appreciate your comments. I have installed 2x 1.5kW kettle elements into a...

Hi! My DIY skills extend to painting and minor woodwork and my home brewing skills extend to kits and the odd hop addition. I'm not the best person to build a DIY all-grain set-up but I'm up for the challenge! I'm trying to build the plumbing for a cool box mash tun and, despite the help...

Bought a new King Keg the other day so needed something to put in it! First go at a lager and first go with the keg so looking forward to not having to clean and sanitise 40 bottles and keeping my fingers crossed that it'll be ok for the summer. First use of the new auto-syphon too so...

Hi! I'm making the switch from kits to all grain having recently moved into a house with a double garage, half of which I'm planning to convert into a brewery, having learnt a lot from all-grain brewers here and finally plucking up the courage to have a go myself! We're on a meter so I'm...