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Having tried this kit in the past and being disappointed at both lack of hops and indeed flavour all together (even when brewed sort to 20 litres) I decided to have a play with the kit to see if I could get a good beer out ofit. Working on the theory that the 1.5 kilo of liquid malt in the kit...

Is this a viable way of carbonating beer in the bottle without sediment? I've never minded sediment when drinking at home as it's always settled very well, but it makes transporting the beer all but impossible.

When I did the kit last time I did it straight up and was amazed by the quality of the beer I got from it which has put it in the firing line for some tweaks using it as a base. I steeped 20 grams of Challenger and 20 grams of Goldings for 20 minutes and added them into the kit alongside 500...

I'm looking at moving on from kits onto 1 gallon boil in the bag all grain. I've no experience of designing recipes but after looking up a few things about IBU's and what not I decided to give it a shot. The concept is an APA made with English malts, hops and yeast. Goldings Smash Pale Ale...

I've spoiled myself recently with very hoppy IPAs and Pale ales and wish to brew one of my own. I've tried a Better Brew IPA kit and haven't been blown away by it. I feel the most suitable kit I've used so far is the Wilko Golden Ale kit, which has some lovely lemony flavours which would make a...

I'm thinking of buying up one of those 2 can Brewmaker Best of British kits from Wilkinson's while they're cheap and modifying it. I want to do the IPA and the standard kit comes out at around 4.3 % or there about. I'm a believer that proper IPAs should be strong beers so this standard ABV...

An old barrel I inherited from my Dad has sprung a leak. After holding up fine through the first few days in the warm, on moving it's sprung a tiny leak on top so I need to re barrel it. On moving to the other barrel do I need to re prime the beer? It's only been in the other one for 3 days.

I did this last night to 23 litres with a kilo of Muntons brew enhancer. The only thing is the OG was only 1.043 and I was expecting a bit more from something that is supposed to come out around 5% ABV. I did experience some clumping with the brew enhancer but I managed to get it all mixed in...

I picked this up for £16 a few weeks back. Its an all malt, 2 can kit with no extra sugar giving an ABV of approximately 4%.I made it up as per instructions 9 days ago to 23 litres with an OG of 1.042. I did a hydrometer test last night showing the gravity to have dropped to 1.012 giving an ABV...

These have come down in price to 16 quid, which is too good to miss for a two can kit. I'm not hoping for great things, more of a base for tinkering. I've done it as per instructions, resisting the urge to add extra dextrose to up the ABV from 4%. Then again the last wilkos kit I did attenuated...

I came to move a pressure keg just now only for the bin bag it was in to be filled with at least a litre or 2 of beer. It seems to be leaking from the tap and I've had to twist it round more and more to ensure it doesn't leak. It wont go any further round now and the tap itself is pretty much 45...

I've got two Mauribrew lager 497 yeast packets for 8-15 liters each. Should I pitch both into a 22.5 litre/40 pint brew and what temperatures should I pitch them at?

I'm wanting to make a larger/pilsener style beer for summer while it's still cold enough to ferment at low temperatures. I was looking at the Better Brew Pilsener but I've started reading a lot of poor reviews recently. What kits would you lot recommend?

I'm looking at doing a strong IPA using English aroma hops, preferbly one with a high alpha acidity, such as the ones used in big American double IPAs. One that attracts me for this is Pilgrim, which I've read gives lemon and grapefruit notes (ala Punk IPA) as an aroma hop. The problem is that...

I've been putting off doing this kit for a little while now since the house and kitchen was still in a state from a New Years party but, finally, I got it going tonight. I must say this has got to be the nicest smelling kits I've done, not marmitey like the Wilko's Sweet Newkie Brown nor as...

I bottled my Festival Pilgrims Hope last night/this morning, whether successfully is yet to be seen. It's up in the warm upstairs room at the moment so I'll have to keep an eye out for either successful secondary fermentation, non at all, or exploding bottles :pray: The whole process has...

My current (second) batch of beer is not going to be ready until the end of January so in the mean time I want to get a quick brew going to tide me over a bit. At the same time I want to start experimenting a bit. I'm going to use a Wilko's Velvet Stout kit which I've read is very good for the...

My Festival Pilgrims Hope is still bubbling away after 10 days (abeit slowly) today and I have to go away for just over a week on Friday. If it's not done tomorrow, is it safe to leave until I come back?

The Coopers website has brewing recipes for altering/modifying their kits. Has anyone tried them before? http://www.coopers.com.au/the-brewers-g ... troduction

I was given an old pressure barrel by my Dad. I can't get a C02 injector to fit it so it's not being used at the moment. I do however I want to use it as a bottling bucket. The problem is it's been stored in dirty barns and sheds for at least my lifetime (24+ years) was pretty grotty when I got...