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cheers davesiv, Not too sure about the coffee taste to be honest :) just purchased a can of dark malt extract liquid cheap because it was dented, trying to work out if i can use that instead of sugar?

Cheers trunky def not an alky and to be honest % is low down my priorities would prefer the maximise the taste! so will stick with a 50:50 1kg mix :)

Evening all, Just about to start my second kit which is a cooper stout after a reasonable successful first brew. Got a couple of questions before I start that I am sure you all will be able to help with :) I have 500g or Medium Spray Malt and 1kg brewing sugar and intended to put all the MSM...

Well back from my holidays and thought I would open my first bottle of homebrew last night, and I must say it was blooming lovely :thumb: nice and dark, really good hoppy flavour. Had to resist the temptation to have another bottle as want to condition it as long as possible, so going to...

well thats my first brew done, 33 bottles sitting on the dining room tables :party: bottling was easy enough with the little bottler, apart form 4 bottles which had rounded necks so the cap machine would not work :( any hew had extra bottles but a bit of a faff sorting it out. Also was not...

great stuff will definitely look into getting an old fridge, will get me some husband points for moving it out of the dining room as well :) well I am up to my knees in magners bottles now will bottle tonight I thinks :) thanks for the advice :)

everything seems to have slowed down a great deal, airlock is bubbling but not very often. Took a reading and it is down to 1012 so I guess I need to check the measurement again tomorrow and see if it stays the same for the next few days. Also had a bit of a taste and whilst it is cloudy, must...

Excellent might have to look into that :thumb: Have not got power in the shed yet but their is plenty of room in there so definitely a possibility :) Could you rig a heating element into the fridge as well that could be controlled by the temperature gauge, to deal with low temperatures during...

yep that's what I thought, just a shame because my shed is ideal :(

cheers all :cheers: Will keep you posted on how things are going, got up this morning and the airlock is bubbling away nicely, so far so good. Already being moaned at by the wife for it being in the way but I have not got a suitable place out of the way to put in the house. Thought about...

Evening all, Been researching the last few weeks and finally started my first brew tonight which seems to have taken ages :D Started with a a Tom Caxton Best bitter which I picked up for a fiver at Wilkinson because the instructions were missing :grin: I have tried to be as careful as...