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I'll be starting a brew this weekend - a Cooper's Australian Pale Ale kit. I'll be making it with "Cooper's Brew Enhancer 2" and about 250g dextrose to boost the ABV to around 5%. I also have some hops (Cascade and Willamette) and I'd like to add one of these. The kit I'm using has a IBU of...

I'm waiting for my first order of hops to arrive and last night I couldn't sleep for thinking about hop additions. Pre-fermentation hop tea... dry hops... post-fermentation hop tea... a combination of all three... or just two... Cascade... Willamette... hops... hops... hops... HOPS! *4am* Do...

I quite like chilli peppers and would like to have a crack at making a beer with them some time for a bit of background chilli flavour and heat. Has anyone here done this? When would be the best time to add the chillies (during the boil, early fermentation or dry hop?) and in what form (oil...

I'll be bottling my beer in the next few days and since this is my first home brew, I've been busy collecting bottles over the last month or so and I've also got myself a twin-lever crown top capper, as pictured below: Now, being new to this, I didn't appreciate the various bottle neck...

http://m.tesco.com/h5/groceries/r/www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=264711060 Is this OK to use to clean my brewing equipment? It doesn't smell perfumey but it does have a very "fresh" smell. The box says "with added oxygen" and the mainly white powder has some blue specks.

I was hoping to have got this brew started by now but the aquarium heater I ordered for my FV water bath arrived with a broken tube. Not to be put off, whilst waiting for a replacement heater, tonight I decided to put everything together and find a place for it to live (in the utility room...

I'm preparing for my first beer kit home brew and after doing some research on cleansing and sanitising, I'd appreciate some feedback on my planned approach. Cleaning products: Non-scented "Oxy" type cleaner from HomeBargains/Pound land or wherever. StarSan HB (+ Tesco Ashbeck still water 5L)...