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Hi All, Bit of a noob question even though I've been brewing for a while. I'm doing a Geordie Lager kit again soon, and I want to ramp up the flavour. Bear with me, I know it's quite a plain, low grade kit BUT... I got the kit cheap, and I want to add 1KG BKE and 500g light DME + bittering...

Hi all, I hope this is allowed... I've delved into the world of HBW videos. My first kit for this venture is the wilko cab sauv kit. Please have a look and feel free to comment, like and subscribe for more. Next upload is bottling, followed by a taste test...

Hi all. Quick question... I've just kegged a coopers cerveza and I'm just wondering what to do. Should I put a bit of pressure on to seal and purge then leave it where it fermented at approx 20c or can I put it in the fridge under co2? I'm not in a hurry to drink it but if I'm not...

Hi all. I want to get another ale on the go at the moment. I've got some citra hop pellets (about 75g) sat in the freezer and they've been there for 6 months +. Is there a basic kit or unhopped lme I can use to do make a light/medium tasting ale with a slight bitterness? I've never done a...

Hi All, I'm sure this has been discussed at length but prices in the past may be different to what they are now. I've been brewing beer for a few years now but only from kits, tweaking here and there as you do. My question is simple but the answer may be complex. How much, in your...

Hi all, I like a good cider every now and again. I've found a kit that produces a very acceptable drink, Bulldog Premium Cider Kit - Perfect Apple. I brew this to 20L and I've found it's best bottled. It is however, quite expensive (around 25 quid). Is there a simple recipe I can use to...

Hi all, I've got a tom caxton real ale in fv and I'm wondering how to get my desired amount of carbonation. I like my ale on the flatter side. Not totally flat as a witches... but like cask ale. I don't like the carbonation levels of a lot of bottled supermarket ales as they seem too fizzy...

Hi all At a bbq, an idiot friend of mine neglected to turn the hambleton bard bottle off on my keg and wasted the lot. I've since then got myself a large co2 cylinder and I'm wondering if it's possible to top a king keg with an s30 valve up with it? I just don't know what to buy in order...

Hi all I've got two brews in old king kegs that were given to me. They have had enough time to carb up and the seals are good, the glasses I'm drawing off at the moment come out really fast which I expected from the first few but there's no gas in the drink. The kegs are the top tap...

Oh. My. Word. I have found my BBQ brew. I have just popped the cap on my Cooper's Mexican Cerveza, a week earlier than I anticipated for quality control purposes of course, and it's f-ing marvellous. It contains: 1 Cooper's Mexican Cerveza 1.7kg kit can 1 Cooper's Brew Enhancer 2 25g of...

Hello all. I've just received my first corny keg and tap and some disconnects. I'm wondering how cheaply I can source the co2 bottle and regulator. I'm struggling to find a local food grade supplier and the prices online seem crackers... I'm in huddersfield so any one close by, let me...

Hi, Just a quick post about Cooper's kit yeasts. I've done a lot of kit brewing now and it seems that one of the more popular ones I've done is the Cooper's Mexican Cerveza.... However, even though it's going down well with friends and family, I've noticed that it doesn't form a solid...

Hi all, I haven't posted a while and I know that everyone loves to bash mexican cerveza but.... I made a batch of Cooper's Mexican Cerveza using their brew enhancer 2 and nothing else and in time it produced a very drinkable lager (-type drink). The only thing it was lacking was a bit...

Anybody got experience with these? I've got two given for free and I was wondering if they NEED to be pressurised with CO2 cartridges when the level gets down or if primed well, they will completely drain without having to buy CO2. Thanks! :cheers:

Hi all, Just bottled my 2nd brew yet, the Wilko's Hoppy Copper Bitter. I brewed it with 1kg of Munton's Beerkit Enhancer, 454g of Golden Syrup and brewed it short to 20L from 23L. Primary - 2 weeks Secondary - 1 week Just primed it with 85g of brewing sugar (would have used normal but had...

I know there's quite a few informative posts on crash cooling and how to do it but some are not very specific. I want to apply it to my current brew, a wilko hoppy copper bitter. It's been in the Primary over a week, secondary for just under a week and I'm wondering should I crash cool it for...

What does everyone think of the Cooper's ox-bar bottles? I plan to use them to bottle a bitter in a week or so and wonder how this magical layer works to remove oxygen? I presume one layer is a perforated membrane that allows oxygen molecules to pass out but retains the larger co2 molecules? I...

Hi all, Just a quick post for brewers of all types to unite and work out which way of brewing is the cheapest and which yields the best results. Let's work on the best price for 1 litre as we can work that out easy: Price of all ingredients / how many litres were brewed = price per litre...

Hi all, I'm in the middle of a batch of Wilko's Hoppy Copper Bitter and I've just had a second FV delivered. The SG is down to 1.010 but it looks like it's going to go further and my question is: What is the benefit of a secondary vessel? Also, when should I rack to the SV? How long should it...

I started a Wilkinson's Hoppy Copper Bitter on Thursday the 20th and it's bubbling away nicely. I added muntons beerkit enhancer and about 490g of golden syrup to ramp up flavour and gravity slightly (1044). I plan to let it finish in the primary, add to secondary and leave for a while but my...