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I've made a few extract brews using spray malt as i have read that unless the malt extract is really fresh you will get the malt extract tang. If the malt extract is within the use by date would it be better to use this instead of spray malt. Also does anyone know where you can buy malt extract...

Does anyone know where you can buy spray malt from thats cheaper than the avergae home brew supplier. I've looked around and have found that it costs around £6 per kilo. Also I've read that if you can get good quality malt extract syrup it's best to use that instead of spry malt, but only if...

Thanks guys, Will it take longer to condition due to the cold temperature in the shed. I normally leave my ales in the cupboard under the stairs where its between 13 to 15 deg C. I want to leave it to condition fully before I drink it but would like to do this the quickest way.

I have just bottled some cider, 15 bottles without additional sugar and 15 bottles with half teaspoon of sugar. After fermentation I transfered it into another bucket with a bottling tap and tube, and left it for a couple of days before bottling. This is my 1st cider so not sure if this is right...

Does anyone have any comments on the Brewers Choice dry kits, you just add boiling water to the dry ingredients to re-hydrate before adding remaining water. I was thinking of trying one and any comments would be grateful. Also I have a cider kit in the FV but have read that it would be better...

Thanks for your help guys' I'll try the dex and spray malt with some extra hops, lets see how it goes!

OK Jon, Thanks for your reply, happy drinking!

Hi Jon, What was the ABV of you brew? Do you mean 33 pints?

I've brewed a couple a 40 pint kits, had a problem with the last one as I overtighten the keg cap and have just sorted the seal and added more primming sugar to start it off again. I was wondering if you could beef up the ABV up a bit on the basic kits, I have read that you can add less water...

Thanks a lot for your help guy's i have sorted out the seal on the keg cap and added more priming sugar and will hope for the best.

I was worried that if I added more sugar to prime it could make it too sweet?

Hi Guys, just started brewing and made the old mistake of overtightening the cap on my keg. After kegging I left in in the house for 5 days then moved it to my shed. It's been there for 4 days so I checked it this morning and found the problem with the cap. I have put it back in the house and...