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Had a leaflet through the door advertising brewhive. They are offering 24 bottles for £19 with a free glass and free beer guide. Just wondering if anyone has bought any of there beers or had this offer and took it up.

I have just done a brew which should have had an OG of 1056 (20 litre) I have a reading of 1066 but only about 16 litres. Would topping up to 20 litre bring it to about 1056 or would 4 litres of water take it past that

Hi all I'm making a mash tun out of two old buckets that I used to use as FV's. Done a bit of research a while ago on it and spoken to bloke at my LHBS. I have now fitted a tap to one of the buckets and about to start drilling holes in the bottom of the other, I'm wondering what size would be...

Keeping the thread title of Dad of Jon. Here is my latest brewday and whoever guesses OG and FG correct or nearest wins and bottle. Grain Bill: Golden Promise Pale Malt 4800 grams Crystal Malt 250 grams Torrefied Wheat 40 grams Was going for 200 gram wheat but only had 40 so stuck it...

Quick question about the mash. I have been stirring the mash halfway through and I'm thinking that I lose a bit of temperature due to this. My last one started at 68 after about 30 minutes it was still 68 but after stirring and another 30 minutes it was 65. Is there any benefit to stirring...

Scale batch today. After a few smaller batches of 10 to 15 litres i done a 23 litre brew today. Thought the 3 kg batches went well but having 5 and a half of grain in a bag made a bit of a mess. Still have another go next week with another 5 kg and hopefully get some beers in stock.

What is a wild yeast infection ? How can you tell if you have one ? What is the cause of getting one ? Can someone answer these please as I have seen a few people on about them and I had the strangest looking brew today when I went to move to another FV. There was stuff floating around in the...

I have done a brew today which was 14 litre, trying to build up brew size. I used the hop strainer I got a few weeks ago which didn't work first time so I made the holes bigger and it seemed fine. My problem is I only got 12 litres and when I went to clean out boiler there was the missing 2...

to add a can of malt extract to my next AG. I put the total amount into my beer enjine and hop additions so i think it should be ok with my numbers but my question is do i just add the malt after the boil and then cool. I'm doing this as i have can of malt spare and have been doing small...

This morning I went and purchased the BIAB starter kit from The Homebrew Company. I have only done two small batches using a stock pot (one is still fermenting) so I may try another couple of these before I go for a bigger batch. Where is the best place for recipes and clones to try? Looking...

Batch of AG. 11 litre boil and am waiting to cool it. My first time i put through colinder but then put through my bag as there was still a lot of bits floating around. My lhbs told me not to worry as this will all sink to the bottom in FV, should i just leave this one or pour through bag to be...

As title says how do you split a brew into two batches for experimenting with temps or hops. Would you split into two FV and add half yeast to each or add yeast and then split. Hope this question makes sense

Anyone made this ? I havejust opened mine that i bought in Feb and there is two pouches of malt is this right as that is nearly 4 KG and then there is some brewing sugar as well. I'm thinking there should only be one can anyone confirm this for me. I don't want to put it all in when i could buy...

After reading about the gallon brews that you can do on kitchen cooker (see clibit's post HERE) and others posting what they done I'm about to try it. The bloke at copperkettle homebrew done me a little recipe with pale malt crystal malt and a little torrefied wheat. Then some fuggle and golding...

On Friday I bottled my evil dog and northern brown so today I started hammer of thor and a coopers real english ale and then went on to bottle coopers european lager. This gives me about 150 litres in bottles and mini kegs and also got a scottish heavy to bottle mid week. Stock is building up...

Do anyone use a steam cleaner to clean and sanitize. Was thinking of buying one for the other half but was wondering if there any good for me as well. All the ads say they sanitize when cleaning so this would save time and money on using other products and rinsing.

Brewmaker kits before. I've got a brewmaker Scottish heavy to make soon probably some time next week. The can says that it ferments and clears quickly and can be ready to drink in 10 days (yes 10). I will still have it in FV then but was wondering if anyone has brewed these before and are they...

When calculating the ABV I've been told you add an extra .5% for the priming sugar is this correct and is it already in with the calculator on this site

Hi I have brewed kits for many years off and on. Having recently started again and finding this forum I am thinking of moving away from kits and onto all grain. Problem is I'm not sure what I need and what the process is, I know there are loads of videos on net but was wondering if there is a...

After all the reviews of wherry and brewing one on these reviews I am so tempted to try it. I have had it bottled for 17 days, 10 in warmth and the rest in garage. I don't want to be disappointed with it so should I leave longer. I was just going to try one and leave the rest. Is it worth...