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Evening all. Have a Wilko Cerveza on the go and used to packets of youngs lager yeast. I sprinkled it dry at 23c onto the wart and it did nout for 24hrs. So I gave it a stir and b*gger me sideways it's off like a rocket!! 48 hours later and the airlocks still going mad like a raped ape...

Evening all. As the title says I'll be using hop pellets to dry hop a kit lager intend to make. Thing is do i defrost them first or just fling them in and let the brew defrost and brrak them up?? Cheers all

Evening all. Put a post up on fave acbe regarding Lager Kits and yeast etc. A gentleman informed me I should make a "yeast starter". I have 2 5 gram packs of dry youngs lager yeast. Now then, from what I understand it involves putting the dry yeast into warm water with some sugar for...

Evening all. I plan to do a lager kit as I hear you can get better results than Fosters/carlin/carlsberg etc (all rancid pish watta anyways). I shall be using hop pellets but was wondering to give it a citrus undertone, would squeezing the juice of a few oranges lemons and limes be an idea...

eyup all. Doing a wilko sweet nookie broon kit. put ut in the FV on thursday and into Brew HQ (the cubourd). been smelling malty and fine on thur nigbt and fri however today (saturday) i open my cubourd and it smells of rotton eggs! Is this a byproduct of the yeast at work? or is it knackered?

So I bought 4 bottles of the above for £1 a pop Morrisons. And wow! I never thought I'de so offended and outraged over 4 quid! If kermit the frog violated my mouth instead and told me to "clean yourself up you whore!" Atleast I'de still have my 4 quid! I'm not an expert on tasting hops...

Eyup all, Here's a question for you all, how often do you crack open your FV and have a whiff? Go on be honest. Also have any of you ruined a brew doing so? I only ask as ive just had a whiff of my ginger beer (yes yes not technicaly a beer) and it smells faboulous!

Eyup all, Me n herself are after a new car and have 2 in mind. A 2008 petrol 1.6 zetec ford focus with 83k on click and has had replacement water pump and timing belt. Or, a 2009 1.6 diesel xsara picasso diesel with 41k on the clocks. The picasso is about £30 a month more finance wuse...

Eyup all Been fermenting a ginger beer (ok technically not a beer, to keep the purists happy) for 2 weeks now in a primary FV. I plan to decant it into a secondary this weelend but all the ginger lemons and limes are floating ontop, while the sediment is at the bottom. Dont know how to go...

Eyup all. Got my ginger beer on the go and thinking about my next kit and kilo, and it's gonna be a wilko sweet newkie broon. Im gonna use dry spray malt again (succesfully hopefuly!) And wanna experiment with dry hopping. Only bugger is I can't get past the idea of using Fuggles hops, it's...

Eyup all. A month or so ago brewed a kit and kilo bitter and posted a pic of the immense amount of sh*te at the bottom of the FV, thinking thats alot of sediment. I posted a thread with a pic and most seemed to agree. Anyhow the final abv% turned out at about 3.5% despite me adding an extra...

Eyup all. I pondering today about newcastle brown ale, and how it tasted completely different to when I drank it as a "Yoot". It used to have body and depth to it's flavours and made an impact on the tongue. What those flavours where though I can't recall. These days sadly it's more akin to...

Eyup all. In August going to Amsterdamn for my 30th and was wondering if any of you have had any good beers/experiences there? If so which beers and bars etc. What are prices like aswell? I hear it's fairly high.

Eyup all, I have a question regardibg different types of yeast. I am collecting ingrediants to make home made ginger beer (23L of it) and will be using 2kg of table sugar and 500g of light brown sugar for primary fermentation. Ide like the final strengh to be about 5% and am using a sachet...

Eyup all. So last night i batch primed 23L of bitter while in the FV. I used brewing sugar, however i spread sugar i to the batch and stirred it in. Rather than stiring it into water and pouring it in. Should this still carbonate over the next few weeks?

Eyup all. Reet so just racked off my kit and kilo bitter into a second FV. And ive been left with what i can only describe as a toffee like paste about 10mm thick at the bottom. I mixed the extract malt with hot water and it was thoroughly mixed when putting it in. Your thoughts?

Eyup all. There's a recipen on this fine forum that explains how to make ginger beer from scratch, its been going a few years i believe. Anyways I want to make some for myself (a 40 pint batch) but I only have a stainless stock pot that can safely boil 6 litres. Buying a mash tun isn't an...

Evening all! So i have just put the first ingrediants into a primary FV for my 1st attempt, its MasterPint bitter kit and kilo which I have 'pimped up' with 500g of medium DME. So here's the thing, i know the malt extracr and the DME are, well, errrr malt. But in the FV it smells like a...

Eyup all. It's here!! My first fv's and other bits and bobs I am now fully ready to make my first MasterPint Bitter kit. So i have questions. 1. Someone said on here they put vasline on the airlock bung hole. Is this needed if so why? 2. I got some of them bubbler airlocks, not the cup...

Afternoon all. So im getting a hydrometer with my kit which is nice but no sample jar. So being the imense tight **** that I am, i wondered if a Glass test tube can be used for the same purpose? Rather than shelling out 7 quid for a new jar i could spend 2 instead (yes yes i know but things...