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Hey all, Not been on here for a while but I saw that they have got a load of beer kits reduced to next to nothing in the Tesco on the Oxford Road in Reading and thought of you guys. I just picked up two Woodforde's Wherry kits at £5.49 a piece and they have still got a load of Geordie and...

Hey everyone, I started off my first attempt at making cider with apples from our apple tree 3 weeks ago. It started at 1.060 and dropped to around 1.000 over a week or so. It has cleared almost perfectly since then and I thought I'd give it a try tonight to see what it is like to see if it...

Hey everyone, Just had my first go at making a cider from home grown apples and pears. I picked the fruit yesterday, put it through a juicer and then strained the liquid through a piece of cloth to get rid of the bits and some of the cloudiness. I have ended up with a gallon of very nice...

I decided to have a go at the Ribena Wine I saw on here a couple of weeks ago. Recipe (5 gallons): 3l Tesco High Juice 3.5kg White Sugar 1 tsp Youngs Wine Yeast Juice of 1 lemon Cup of strong tea made with two teabags I boiled the High Juice for 15 mins to get rid of the preservatives, let it...

Hi everyone, I have been lurking around on here for a while now and am very interested in making some Ribena wine. I have got the recipe, the sugar and the Ribena and was going to use the yeast cakes left over from a couple of Beaverdale kits I am going to bottle today. A thought struck me...

I've been brewing a Muntons Smugglers kit for the last fortnight which has been going surprisingly well. I got the kit as a replacement from Muntons after complaining about a stuck Smugglers kit I had at 1020. It got past the dreaded sticky 1020 after a gentle stir on Wednesday last week to...

Hey all, I'm having a problem with a Muntons Smugglers kit I started on the 12th. The first 2-3 days in the FV were normal with plenty of bubbling and froth forming but after that it seems to have just stopped. I didn't worry too much and left it a week before testing with the hydrometer...

Hi Everyone! I started my first brew about 3 weeks ago after splashing out my birthday money on the kit. I'm making a Coopers Dark Ale with 500kg sugar and 500kg malt which I left in the fermentation vat for 7 days then transferred over to the keg where it has been for the last fortnight. I...