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After 3 weeks conditioning in bottles I decided to have a sneeky bottle of The Muntons Gold Smugglers Ale last night with my brother in law John.. I have got to say I am totally delighted with it already, although its not quite cleared properly it tasted fantastic, a gorgeous rich flavour and a...

Hello Chaps I have just started a new brew of Tom Caxton best bitter. I have done a few of the Tom Caxton real ale kits which have all been fantastic (especially for the price) so just want to see if any of you have done the best bitter kit and also how it turned out, I have made the kit with...

Iv'e had my Coopers IPA in the FV for 9 days now and i am getting steady hydrometer readings so I am going to bottle tomoorow (day 10) I had a cheeky taste today when taking my latest reading and although its early days I have to say it tasted VILE!!! worst than any of the beers I have brewed so...

I always take a sample pour it into a test jar and take the reading, I was woundering if I could do the same by just plonking the hydrometer into the FV and take my reading this way.. is it okay to do this?? :?:

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I mixed my Coopers IPA last night and looked at the FV and nothing is happening! With all the kits I have done so far fermentation has always started by the next morning, but looked at my FV today and there is no sign of life, I mixed the kit with 1kg of enhancer... now I am worried!!! I...

Hi everyone I have just mixed a Coopers IPA kit with enhancer... just looked at the FV and therte is already about 1cm of sediment at the bottom of the FV (after just 1 hour) is this normal?? I have never seen that happen as fast with all the other kits I have done.. do I need to give it stir...

My beer has been in the FV for 7 days ( after taking advice on this forum) I itend to leave it in there for 10 days, I have taken 2 hydrometer readings today and both have been steady at 1.010... I was told that a reading of 1.012 or below is ideal but there is still bubbles rising in the FV...

I am a couple of days away from bottling my Muntons Smugglers Ale and on the instructions it advises to use spraymalt for priming.. I put a post up here a few days ago trying to establish what is the better thing to do... either use the spraymalt or just normal sugar, I am scared of ruining the...

I am currently brewing a Muntons Gold Smugglers Ale kit, the instructions advise to prime with a light spray malt, so I need to know is this the best thing for my beer, or is priming with Sugar okay, I dont want the taste of my beer to suffer and I am quite prepard to use spraymalt if needbe but...

I have been a user of this forum before but wasn't able to log back in, so I am registerd as Red Devil now! I have done several kits including Tom Caxton Real Ale & Woodfords Wherry Bitter all of which have been great.. So I thought I'd splash out and buy a Muntons Gold Smugglers Ale kit which...