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    Best kit mod i have ever done.

    Coopers Dark Ale 500g Light DME 500g Dark DME 500g Brew enhancer 40g Dark treacle 100g Fuggle hop leaf. 20L or water from asda (£4) - My water is shocking and i would never brew with it. 12L stock pot with 8L or water 1 hour boil. 40g fuggle at start of boil 40g after 30min. the last 20g is...
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    LME brew

    i have 2 cans of coopers medium LME, i was wanting to know if you have any quick brew to turn them into a nice better or ale i was hoping it would be as easy as adding hops?
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    Corny keg question

    Hi, i have just ordered 2 corny keg's, with one gas set up. if i force carb a keg then remove all the gas line and party tap to put on the second keg will the first keg stay under presser? if not is there a way to do this so save me spending £70 for ever keg i have/get
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    what stabilizer

    what stabilizer do they use in wine kits. it always works and always stops the wine in the tracks, i am using Potassium sorbate and it done sod all ever time i use it. last night i added it to 4 WOW's this morning there all still bubbling away
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    first turbo cider

    after a little over 3 year of home brew i decided i needed to do a turbo cider..... and after 3 weeks i have just had 4 pint bottles and now i am left thinking how do any of you stand up . it came out at just over 14% thanks to wine yeast :-P and WOW its like rocket fuel :twisted: the only...
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    bottle use limit?

    is there a bottle use limit. ever times i use a set of bottle i put a mark on the bottom with a sharpie i have just seen my Grolsch(swing top) have 6 marks on them.
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    Best sugar for wine/cider

    What is the best sugar for wine/cider, i have always just used table sugar
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    getting the best out of turbo cider.

    When i make turbo cider i do, 1gal DJ 3.5L apple juice 1kg sugar 1tsp tanning 1tsp glycerene 1tsp Nutrient 1tsp yeast i top up to 5L with apple juice after fermentation to sweeten and take up excess room in DJ. i am about to step up the brew to 18L is there anything i am missing that will...
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    Wine flavoring packs?

    hi, Is there a shop that sells wine flavoring packs, i love black cherry wine but i can only ever find 6 bottle kits. it is just a red wine with a cherry flavoring pack, i would love to fine a way to make or buy flavoringpacks so i can make a 30 bottle kit and add it to that.
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    12L cider brew

    Hi all, I have just had a 15L bottle of water delivered to use with a brew i am doing, i used to use the 5L bottle's as they was cheaper but i figured i could use the 15L bottle for a cider brew :hat: i am looking at a 12L turbo cider brew, with a 3.5L head room for the whoosh that happens. i...
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    nelsons revenge + black treacle

    Nelsons Revenge SG 1052 what would i been looking at for a FG and a ruff ABV estimate. i have done a few of the nelsons revenge's but this time i added 450g of black treacle just to see how it would go
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    Malt Extract.

    Hi i have just found out that "The malt mill" dose Malt Extract that is about 50% of the price of the main brands. is there any reason to not buy the malt from the The malt mill. also DME(1kg) and LME(1.5kg) have about the same amount of fermentables in them around 900g and with them been...
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    ibrew system?

    Hi, i have been looking at the ibrew draft system for a bit but dont know if i should get one or not. am i right in thinking it works as a force carbonation type system? it say the tap is also the carbonator. End of the day are they worth getting...
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    Sad Sad day.

    lets start with I work in an Asda Warehouse, this site as just started to Stock the none main stream beer and ales. Now i drive a scrubbing machine cleaning the floor and over the past month i have cleaned a lot of dropped bottles of beer and this make me sad knowing that the poor little beer...
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    King Keg

    Used 2 times bottom tap king keg. As new condition, just gave it a clean and filled with star san open to offers + postage. postage would be £7
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    Free bottels

    i have 37 660ml Stella bottles that i will be putting in a bottle bank on friday, if none wants them. i used them one time but found them to be too big for my needs. pick up WF9 2AQ
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    Keg - buckets - washer - bottles

    Selling off some stuff i dont use, i only really do wine and have no need for there bits listed here but i don't want to skip them, All item cleaned apart from the bottles. KingKeg, used 2 times HERE £48 2 x buckets 25L and 33L HERE & HERE £25 Bottle Rinser HERE £11 bottles, 44 650ml...
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    Muntons Range, good or bad?

    I have just done a Muntons Connoisseurs Pilsner and it is soo bad i dont want to drink it. BUT i did hop with saaz hop bag. it is a bad kit or the hops? I went into my local shop for a one can bitter kit and i was told the Muntons Connoisseurs Yorkshire Bitter is very good so i am giving it a...
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    dose DME ferment faster than sugar

    Simple question, dose DME ferment faster than sugar. my coopers brew in sig, as done after 9 day's do i try for a restart or is it dont? it is tasting good and no sweet but i cant find my tall jar to do a test
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    watering wash down.

    if i was the half the the total ABV of my wash is it just a case of added 21L of what ever to the 21L of wash? Let's say i have 21L of 30% but i want to end up with 15% do i just double the amount of liquid in the wash?
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