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I've made many of the traditional ale kits (mainly festival) with great success, but the only lager I made tasted like 'home brew'. I spoke to my shop and they said the only way to make proper lager was making from scratch, with grain father or whatever, so I haven't made any since. I just...

Hi Guys Just getting into using/buying the corny keys and I've been looking at these following your pointers. This model has a compressor and cooler for the beer, so cools and dispenses on its own. I.e. I won't need to build a kegerator, and looks nice enough for inside my man cave...

Hi Guys Following your advice and tips on another thread I've taken the leap and purchased a brand new Cornelius Keg with fittings etc from Brew UK and hopefully I've bottled my last bottle. Any tips on how to use it, and prepare the beers etc would be greatly appreciated. On the beer/cider...

I've been making beers for around 2 years now and have always used bottles so far. I make different types of ales and ciders and like to drink them cool. Like everyone I'm starting to get fed up with bottling and have been looking at the kegs. At first glance it seems to be a lot...

Hi I am new to wine making (but not to drinking it!)and have started out with these high end kits and just wondered if anyone has had any experience with them?? I have made the australian chardonnay and it tasted good after the final racking (i put a bit left over in glass in fridge to...

Hi I am new to modern wine making and have started with the top end kits from Winexpert Eclipse, Selection etc For the first few batches i have filtered both the reds (Barolloa, Merlot, Cab) and white (chardonnay) and although its fairly quick to filter the white wine, the reds take ages...

Hi Guys I have just started makng wine and have been using the high end kits like Selection and Eclipse from winexpert etc I am trying to build a stock quick to age and although i prefer bottles that have had corks, the majority i can get hold off are screw cap I have put corks in these...