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Due to a recent medical drama, I am suddenly very interested in low and no alcohol beers. Does anyone know of any kits or tweaks that work in producing a decent low alcohol beer? This is not a subject I’ve been interested in until now, and I know it seems a little sacreligious, but... anybody?

Just bottled my Brewdog Evil Dog after 14 days in the FV. Final reading was lowest ever - 1008 which is just as well as the first reading was meant to be about 1061 - and was no more than 1034. I followed the instructions to the letter. The water I added was cheapo Lidl bottled spring water -...

I sterilised my FV and then rather stupidly poured in the malt extract without rinsing it. It is my 24th brew so I really should have known better but I'd done it before realising. I couldn't think of a way to remove the extract so just carried on as if I had rinsed it. I had used a sanitiser -...

My first brew in 20+ years has been in the VF for 10 days (Brewferm Abdij). I used the hydrometer before pitching yeast - 1064. The instructions tell me it should read 1010 for bottling. I checked it last night - it reads 1022. Is this too high for bottling? The instructions are a bit confusing...

Hello all. I was happily brewing kits more than 20 years ago, with some success and some failures. I ended up packing it in as the failure rate was higher than I liked. I now have more time and thought I'd look at the current state of homebrewing. Wow what a difference 20 odd years makes...