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Looking for some advice on a commercial beer that will taste decent at room temperature. Going on a stag weekend from Glasgow to Manchester so circa 4hour train journey, beer isn't going to stay cold. Any suggestions? Happy to consider ale, lager, stout actually any beer at all! Cheers.

Hi guys, been a wee while since I've been on, not had much time to brew lately. Anyway, I bottling today so cleaning out my bottling bucket which is the coopers FV with built in tap. As luck would have it, the tap is broke. The small red ball in the tap isn't moving to let the beer pass...

So I managed to over tighten the cover when loading up my Co2 bulb and ended up blowing the lot out before I'd even got a beer from it. So, will the tap still work without a Co2 bulb? The keg doesn't have a bottom tap so this is the only way I can get to the beer!!!!

Have got a Festival Razorback IPA on the go. Was a bit lazy / stretched for time / daft and just lobbed the hop pellets into the FV (would normally add in a muslin sock). I now have a seriously muddy looking beer with a thick hop head. So, what's the advice on bottling it? As the title...

Apologies, I know this subject has been done to death, BUT..... Does anyone have a link to where I can buy a brew fridge heater? Have got a fridge and gonna get an Inkbird controller so just need the heater. Cheers.

Hi folks, started a Coopers Lager partial mash (1kg of lager malt mashed at 67C for 30mins, added handful of Saaz and boiled for 20mins, plus 1kg of BE1) last Friday so had six full days in FV. 11.5g pack of Safale 05 pitched dry at 20C. SG has gone from 1.048 to 1.032 in six days, from...

Simple question hopefully! I have some Saaz leaf hops in a tupperware tub in the freezer, been there for around 10 months. Still good?

Asked the Mrs to pick me one of these up just to see what they were like. Have to say this is the easiest brew I have ever done, literally pour the contents of can into FV, bit of hot water and mix, top up to 8 litres and add yeast. No sugar additions, complete extract kit so, despite the fact...

Asked the Mrs to pick me one of these up just to see what they were like. Have to say this is the easiest brew I have ever done, literally pour the contents of can into FV, bit of hot water and mix, top up to 8 litres and add yeast. No sugar additions, complete extract kit so, despite the fact...

Picked one of these up today as an alternative to my usual Youngs AIPA; couple of questions for those that have done it before: 1. It comes with only 10g of yeast (the youngs has 20g I think), anyone had issues with this or swapped it out? I have some S-05 so no worries if I need to swap...

Hi guys, yes another "is it, isn't it finished?" thread! Started a Coopers Canadian Blonde on 15th Jan adding 1kg of brew Enhancer plus 450g of clear honey. Starting gravity of 1.048. Ditched the kit yeast and added 11g of Gervin Ale yeast at 24C. Ferment kicked off gently within 30mins. To...

Beer brewer here thinking about giving wine a go. Both me and the mrs like a good solid red wine, nothing too light and fruity. Any decent wine kits that would fit the bill?

I recently got engaged to my girlfriend and we're now busy planning (bloody nightmare already!). The problem is I didn't ask her Dad for permission/blessing before popping the question, and I know he's a bit annoyed about it. To give a bit of background I'm 35, she's 28, we live together and...

Stupidly I had left some bottles in my garage fridge and didn't even adjust the thermostat (from the coldest setting!) meaning I have ended up with about 10 frozen bottles. Gutted but lesson learnt. Will be keeping an eye on the other garaged bottles which are on the shelves as temps are due to...

Just got this on the go, brewed to 19 litres and added 1kg of Young's brew enhancer. SG sitting at 1.050 which is a little higher than I was planning but there you go. Thinking about dry hopping this but may just go as is to see how it tastes and maybe pimp up next time.

My cousin just picked up the coopers starter pack from Tesco as his first foray into HB. Have to say I was quite impressed with the coopers FV that can with it. It's clear, has a tap and doesn't need an airlock. Had a look around and can't see where I can pick one of these up on its own, I don't...

I have documented this problem on the Beer Kit review page but thought I would seek help in a specific post. Brew Details: Youngs BrewBuddy Bitter, original SG 1.042. After ten days at 20C it had come down to 1.020 with no signs of life. Left it a couple more days and no movement so I...

Has anyone ever signed up for or used any of those online 'Craft Beer' mail order type things? Any of them any good?

Does anyone use 5l demijohns for small beer batches? Plan over Christmas is to lay down my first go at a one gallon AG and reckon these would be more appropriate than one of my 5 gallon plastic FVs.

I've got a right few bottles of 'Hammer of Thor' left over from a brew I did in March this year I think. I've tried to give it as much time to settle, and have drunk as much as I can to acquire the taste. A couple of months ago i thought I had got it but it was a false alarm, I just ain't...