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Decided to make the ESB recipe from his book today. The only difference is I have swapped the yeast for S-04 as per his yeast chart. Hit the numbers but had to top up to 23l so added a bit of dextrose to readjust.

Finally gone and done it, after a couple of small batch AG I have finally gone all the way and just finished my first five gallon batch. After picking up the HBC biab starter pack I decided to ditch the bag idea and finally make my mash tun and do the hobble wobble clone I got with the pack...

Hi all I recently brewed two john bull IPA kits together and added 500g of dextrose once the initial kraused had died down. fermented approx two weeks same for secondary and conditioning. Tried one yesterday and was supprised how good it was coming along, tastes alot like the wilko two can...

HI all I was wondering if there is a replacement for black malt when extract brewing, A few recipes call for it but in small amounts. Would a small amount of caramalised suger syrup do for example?

HI all just to throw my opinion in on making lager kits, I find with the exception of coopers european lager which includes a lager yeast strain, that adding lme.dme or bke just makes it less lager like and more ale like. Because the majotity of lager kits come with an ale yeast to make brewing...

HI Just a quick shout out to turbo cider (and wine) makers, Asda have reduced the apple content in their 1ltr smart price juice from 100% to 50%. This is probably to get the price lower, its about 10p cheaper now.

Hi all after making beer kits for a couple of years I'm going to try making a small batch of AG, Its a small batch till I get some more kit together and to get used to mashing and sparging etc. My main question is how many litres I'l get out of my ingredients, I'm going for a single malt single...

HI all I've had a look about but cant seem to find anyone that sells small amount (not £60 bags) of pride of ringwood hops. I'm just after them for dry hopping lager so dont need a vast amount until im happy with the result. The only online shop that I could find is homebrew2u.co.uk but not too...

HI all, my last few brews have developed a slight oily film on top of the beer after about a week and a half in the fermenter. I havnt had this trouble before and my sanitation regieme hasnt changed. the beer doesnt seem to be effected. The first time I noticed it I was from using a hop tea bag...

Does anyone else get annoyed at the rebranding of perry or is it just me? I always though cider was a drink that had to be made with apples as it has been for hundreads of years until an advertising company decided to shift perry from out of the bargain box of booze coz im a bit skint to lets...

HI all im trying to decide if buying pilsner enzyme to add to a lager kit is a good idea, does anyone use it or have had good experiences using it. Ive google'd it a bit and read good and bad so would appreciate any advice from here. cheers....

Hi all I picked up some hop tea bags to improve a couple of cheap kits I picked up in the tesco sale. How long do I leave it in the fermentor for? I put it in a mug of boiling water and added that and the bag on day 3. cheers in advance for any advice

I'm just after a bit of advice really, I want to try dry hopping kits to see the difference and just learn a bit more really. Any advice on what hops to start with. I prefer ales but have to make a lager now and again for the mrs.

HI all Ive thought about doing this before but tried different fermentables instead, so what is the general feeling of using two identical kits in one brew. I picked up a few harvest home kits when they were cheap the other weekend so am thinking of putting say two scotish heavy together, Ive...

HI all I've got a gallon of cider on the go and want to know if priming with apple juice will work, I'm not fussy about the abv just wasn't too sure if was just a case of working out the sugar content of the juice and adding that amount. Cheers in advance for any help.

HI iv'e seen somewhere that the wilko's beer kits are just the muntons premium range rebranded. Does anyone know for sure, it looks like they are from a quick google check. Maybe it will help with the stigma attached as it seems it may be an ok kit made by a decent manufacturer.

HI all, I've been using Mighty Atom Wine Yeast in all my wines since I started at the end of last year. I was just wondering if anyone kenw anymore info about it such as strain or similarity to other commercial yeasts and its suitability for other brews (mead/tc etc). I buy it form my LHBS and...

Hi all just a quick one, I've got some wines clearing in the shed that are taking quite a while will this cold snap be to blame?

hi I dont know if this is the right place but I picked up some youngs alcoshot refills for 1.25 in tescos. and wondered if anyone had any inventive ideas for the yeast. I have made the alcoshots before, ok if u want to shot syrup.

Hi all I have made a few orange wow's and a few variations including a rose with pomegranate juice. Now my question can anyone give me advice on any other juices that work eg. cherry or cranberry? Thanks in advance