Recent content by Bananaman

Sky Mobile: "Hello Possible". Utter nonsense.

Thanks for everyone's help on this and for the kit recommendations. Brew is now bottled and I'm looking forward to sampling my (pimped) ruby ale.

Thanks for the tips terrym. All duly noted. I guess when I think about it, it's a little disrespectful to the kit creator to suggest that the ale isn't everything that it should be in its undoctored state. I've always favoured stronger brews - not for the intoxicating effects because I only...

Thanks everybody who took the time to reply. I'm going to get this brew bottled sharpish . And yes, Chris-S, "pimping a kit" with such little knowledge was probably a bit of a maverick move but, what the hell, life's short and sometimes the best way to learn is to experiment (as long as doing...

Hi guys, yes, it's a St. Peter's Ruby Red but I wanted the alcohol content to be a little higher, so on the advice of a friend who brews I added an extra 1kg of powdered malt extract. Not sure if this was bad advice and I've a serious rookie mistake or how exactly that effects the situation now...

Hi there guys and gals, another complete newbie here, so please be forgiving of anything that illustrates my obvious ignorance. I’m onto what’s only my second ever brew and not sure what’s going on with it. It’s a ruby red ale from a kit and it’s been in a 5 gallon carboy for 2 weeks now...