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hi can i use beer bottles and crown caps for presecco/champagne or can you put normal caps on presecco/champagne bottles only brewing 6 bottles to try as i have a friend that likes it and its a way to get into her good books haha

hi i have a pressurised barrel 23l / 40 pints with the little co2 bulbs with screw in the top do i still prime the beer / cider with sugar as you would if bottling or does the co2 do the job can you bottle 20 pints and put the other 20 pints in a barrel or is it best to put all 40 pints in...

now then guys I've brewed a young apple cider which was done at 32 pints I've split into two one about 10pints which was flavoured with 1.5 litres of high juice fore a berry flavour cider what id like to know is whats best ways of priming it in 500ml bottles i normally put 1tsp sugar...

has any tried the brew in a bag American Pale Ale extract brewing kit if so what did people think to it as I'm looking for a simple brew in a bag to start off ag'ing weaning off can kits onto simple brew in a bag but need a big pan to full grown man size brewing so feed back on any...

I went into my local range shop looking for a large pot for brewing and didn't find one But I find a wine 10L vessel and bits as a starter and they sell the 10L vessels on their own Then I turned around they had Bitter Larger Ipa Larger with tequila / lime Apple cider (sold out)...

Hi every one I'll start of by saying this forum is great you get to know things and advice I'd like to get your advice on a simple brew from scratch Lets say a pale ale which (a) doesn't cost a fortune (b) is simple as this is my first brew from the pan I'm going to buy a 6.3L...

How do you know that a stout is ready as an ale you can see if its clear or not with a stout its black and will always be black and not transparent how long would you recommend to wait at least for 4 weeks as a normal brew or longer i know longer the better but I'm dying to try...

hi has anyone tried using the flavourings from soda stream to flavour a cider i done a young cider and was going to flavour it with a juice or a ribena or something but i have loads of soda stream flavours and wondered if that would work its a concentrate and as anyone used it to...

Hi I wanted a bottle drainer and couldn't afford one at the mo as I just nicely got started in the brewing game and be buying bits and pieces so o decided to make one It needs varnishing so it can be wiped down and it needs lifting to get longer neck bottles in but here it is a pick of All...

ok where do i start i've read adding fruit juices or ribina to cider can be done on second fermentation / syphon into a secondary bucket after fermentation if i say add 1 to 2 litres of juice to a cider do i put 1 or 2 litres less water in or add this onto of the 18 litres (32 pints)...

hi is it better to put half teaspoon of sugar in each 500ml bottles or a big amount in to a fermenter before bottling

hi was thinking of using fruit juices can i add the pectolase, and the nutrients before the yeast or can you add them later and whats the easiest way of using fresh fruit as i don't have the space for presses etc just wondered if you could just chop it up and add sugar water and strain it...

Hi If i made some star san and water up and put it into a spray bottle how long will it be before its no good As it seems to be a lot to waste when measureing out to dona litre of water when you only need a bit for when your testing

Hi i printed my own lables for my bitter and read about the milk as a addisive tried it but didnt work So how do you prepare it or is it the paper im using or sticking on to soon Im puzzled how people are using milk and i cant get it to work

Hi all yet another question for you you'll get fed up of me soon I've bottled my Geordie Yorkshire bitter which was in fermenter for 2 weeks then bottled at moment in bedroom covered in a quilt and after 2 days looking fairly good as you can see from pics But the 2 weeks cool or cold is...

Hi I started a batch of coopers stout ingredients consists of 1 can of coopers stout kit 1kg tesco beer enhancer 454g (full tin) black treacle Started the batch at 11am Saturday morning and this happened about 24 hours later And it was all quiet then a little over reaction as you can...

Just done my second brew as i bottled my first yesterday Done a Coopers Stout using the 1 tin of extract, 1kg Tesco Beer enhancer and a full tin 454g of Dark Treacle A quick taste from the gravity test it was a liquorish taste ??? Gravity was 1.044 so that seems to be correct ish...

I'm going to do a stout next Using 1 tin of stout extract (coopers) and 1kg of beer enhancer also thinking of putting a tin 454g of dark/black treacle What will the treacle do to it as its sweet I'm guessing it will change the taste but how and would it alter the vol. of the acolhol

What are the measurements of the malt and dextrose is it 500g of each in a pack of 1kg

Hi any one selling a barrel in a 30 mile radius of Scunthorpe or anyone suggest a site where there sell them reasonable every where is just over my price range £25 ish or too old and dirty looking