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My strawberry turbo cider is still bubbling away at 1 a second after 7 days. I did add an extra 200g of sugar. Ive never had 5l of turbo cider ferment as long as this and with no end in sight. Should I syphon it into a new demijohn or wait till the fermentation id done. My summer fruits TC was...

Hi all, i've not be on in a while, as a matter of fact I haven't brewed anything since my dad passed 3 years ago, but i'm back in with the turbo cider. Got a cheeky Vimto bottled and carbonating. put a strawberry cider on, on Monday and today a dark fruit cider. All these are in 1 gallon...

I brewed my Canadian blonde to 23.5l by mistake. What can I do to stop it being too thin and weak. I also pitched the yeast at the higher end of the temp scale as I couldnt cool it down with out adding more cold water making it even more diluted. Gary.

Hi, I'm brewing an Ausie coopers lager. The starting gravity was 1040, now after 9 days the Final Gravity is 1014. Its been sitting at that for a few days now. The temp started at about 24, then sat at about 22 most of the time going only as low as 20 for a bit. I short brewed this to 22l (or...

I brewed my first wherry 2 weeks ago. I bottled it on saturday night. Looking forward to tasting this just about Christmas. I bought 48 new PET bottles from innhouse brewery in Glasgow (under £7 fort 24). 1 caeb drop per bottle (as I had some left). 1 week in the wee room, then in the basement...

Well thats my raspberry TC on the go. I used 9 cartons of Asda apple juice. 440ml of lowisc raspberry cordial. 2 tsp of both tannin and pectolase, then split a sachet of cider yeast. This is split between two 5 litre water bottles. I will top up with water in a few days. Its looking good and...

I was making some ginger beer. 1/2 kilo of sugar, 1kg root ginger, lemon, lime, half red chilli, some chilli powder and ginger powder. I used wilko wine yeast, but it hasnt started to ferment. I done this yesterday, but nothing. Can this be rescued. Should I make a yeast start up using yeast...

I'm going to be starting my 3 lager brew later today. I'm going for a wilko lager with free brewing sugar. My 2 Coopers lager have been bottled. The first will be all drunk by midweek (im o holiday this week). This will give me the bottles I need for the third brew. I have a turbo cider on just...

I went to my local homebrew store in Glasgow (innhouse brewery, glenbrew) and bought a corny keg for £25 :thumb: :cheers: :party: :clap: :grin: :lol: I just gas, pressure regulator and a tap. Oh and more homebrew lol. Gary.

I have bought some ingredient to make my first batch of turbo cider. 3 x 1l of tesco value apple juice. (62p each) 2 x 1l ocean spray raspberry, blackberry, cranberry juice. (2 for £2) 1 x jar of Canderel sweetener. (£2) I just need to get some cider yeast (or champagne yeast) Got some tea...

Well my second coopers Aussie lager is nearly ready (few days). Im gonna bulk prime this time, but how much sugar to use. Should I just buy some brewing sugar or ordinary sugar. Is it the same for both? This one will be going in glass bottles so dont want any bottle bombs :shock: Cheers Gary.

I'm brew up a lager to take on our annual camping trip. I will brew up 40 pints and after the 2nd fermentation, put it in the kingkeg. I will brew another and fill these into 2 litre pop bottles. 2 questions. I will carbonate the kingkeg with the Co2 cartridges, so do I still prime the keg...

Same lager but this time with brewing sugar from Wilkinson's. It was a bit hot when I added yeast (28). I added a little cold water to the top to cool down. Its cold up here so should cool down quickly. I got a bottle capper for under £11 from Tesco (it was the only thing that was cheaper...

Can I use 2L fizzy pop bottles for ginger beer and cider. Are they strong enough to take the pressure. They should be as there is a lot of pressure in fizzy pop. Would love to make ginger beer, but dont want to use up my bottles. cider is always good to have, especially on the the hot summer...

Thats 6 days since I started my first homebrew, the Cooper lager. Its coming along nicely. The Original Gravity was 1038, its now sitting at 1011 and it tastes , well like flat lager but I love it. Cant wait till I get to bottle it, hopefully this week end. Gary.

Thats 6 days since I started my first homebrew, the Cooper lager. Its coming along nicely. The Original Gravity was 1038, its now sitting at 1011 and it tastes , well like flat lager but I love it. Cant wait till I get to bottle it, hopefully this week end. Gary.

Just had lunch at my local. Got 23 pint (568ml) Magners bottles. 6 500ml Kopparberg bottles and 3 Crabbies 500ml bottles. It was all I could get in the black bin liner the manager gave me. :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

As tittle says. I am new to this and was going to try and make some lager to take camping in May. The long drive might shake the bottle a bit and disturb the sediment. How long will it take for the sediment to settle. Really looking forward to my first brew. Just put it on 30 minutes ago...

Hi all. Just about to buy a coopers lager homebrew kit from my local homebrew store nearby. Really looking forward to brewing my own. My brother used to make his own beer many moons ago (25 years ago). Is there any tips on how to make my brew nice and refreshing. Im scared in case it turns out...