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I just wanted to ask why when making a TC you add malic acid to it. then spend months waiting for it to turn into lactic acid. can you not just add lactic in the first place? that is if you can buy it i guess.

hi, im sure im fretting over nothing but i did my first AG lager a week ago. duing the mash i rehydrated 2 packs of youngs lager yeast, my the time i pitched in it was starting to get active. the wort must have been less then 20 when i added it, i know it needs a cold ferment so its been in a...

thought it would be an idea to see what things people have decided was a good idea and agreed to do whist talking over a beer or two. for me the good " we should go to the rugby league world cup in OZ" the best month holiday ever the bad "how hard can the three peaks challenge be?" well im...

i have just read a post about crown capping,over the next few weeks i shall be found dumpster diving the local pub for crown cap bottles. i will be after 500ml and just wanted to know are there any brands that are harder to cap and should remain binned. based on the fridges I guess that most of...

on a bit of a whim the other night i made a czech lager. it wasnt until the point of no return that i realised it was only 10l kit and the fermentor wasnt marked up (i knew where 5 gal was). so based on a guess and the gravity i made it to the end. i have just marked up an identical fermentor...

festive greetings, now i know this is a sort of 'how long is a piece of string question' but here i go i have cider that has gone from 1050 to <1000. due to this i need to take the dry edge off, im not after medium but its DRY. all i know about artificial sweetner is my gran used to have one...

evenin all, my first lot of hard cider have fermented out and has been racked into new FV under airlock for winter storage. i have 1gal in a DJ and it looks good but has a haze. would 1tsp/gal of pectalose fully clear the cider and has it any other effect other than visual?. thanks scott

hi, could anyone recomend a good book for AG recipes,Im new to this so basic is good.I mainy drink european style lagers and not so much bitters so want to make sure i dont get a book full of unwanted recipes. thanks in advance scott

its been a quiet night shift so i have decided to order one of these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200672924980&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:GB:1123 as the link might not work its a 0-32 Brix Beer Refractometer . so the slightly too late question is, are they any good and is...

just thought i would say hello to all the users who i will be calling upon to help me out as i restart my homebrew. i grew up watching my dad make beer and wine, and after a slight interest in my teenage years im back onto it at 33. i picked up a load of kit off ebay and am ready to go. so far i...

hi, next week will be my first attempt at pressing apples for cider. looks like i should be getting around 175L and am unsure as to what chemicals i should have in stock as the brew develops. or the amount i should have. dont want to get 50g only to find i need 500g or have 500g and find its...