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Thanks both, I'm adding the yeast and sugar this weekend though it looks like it's naturally started fermenting already. If it goes well I might even write a post :thumb:

Hi hive mind, This bank holiday we wen't out and picked 9kg of damsons which are currently soaking in water extracting their juice. The aim is to make 3 demijohns worth of wine but I'm curious, can I use a 5 gallon demijohn for the secondary fermentation? The idea behind this is I don't...

Thanks Clibit, I was thinking more of trying to find essence so it would give the same taste all year round but might just give it a go in spring to try it. I believe they use chemicals to extract the gluten from beer in the commercially available beers (not sure if it’s...

Thanks Chewie, I just had a thought of creating a flatter beer rather than a fizzy lager as I'm not a big fan of fizzy lagers. I might just give it a go with half primed (in proper bottles) and the other half not to see what happens :-)

No unfortunately not, I found some in the US but as you say it's too expensive. I want to make a gluten free beer as one of my friends always misses out on drink day. I saw this and was just intrigued by it! http://www.glutenfreehomebrewing.org/showrecipe.php?recipeid=126 I've decided to try...

Great idea Roddy.:thumb: I've been fully washing with a bottle brush then rinsing all bottles after use, corking them then storing. I then repeat that process on bottle day before sterilising them, probably a bit overkill after reading what you've been doing! I've been looking around to see...

Thanks Roddy, that's great advice. I'll have to Google a few of your acronyms though! Also thanks for the Google docs you've provided, I've had a good look at them and your setup looks great from your photos :-) One last question, how do you clean and sanitise your bottles? I've been doing...

Sorry I should have specified I'm after still cider and it's made from fresh apples but will be making it from shop bought juice from now on as I've harvested all my apples. The only difference I can think of when I swap to shop bought juice would be the preservatives added or are there others...

Hi all, I'm just at the point of bottling my first ever cider brew and wondered if anyone has a trick to kill fermentation. My initial thoughts were to pasteurise but I'm sure there must be a better/easier way? I've fermented my cider to 1008 SG so would like to kill all fermentation...

Hi all, I wonder if anyone can help? I'm trying to find spruce essence in the UK and finding it a little bit hard to locate any that's suitable for beer making. I can find plenty for aromatherapy and even specialty essence for saunas but not for home-brew! Please can someone help...