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Ok, fair point about sloppy use of 'sterilised'. Should have said sanitised. Agree there is no one answer to this stuff. Just voicing...

It doesn't take long with a funnel and measuring spoon either, especially if I stopped sterilising them (which I'm too paranoid to do)...

Welcome! Nothing wrong with kits if you take care with the brewing process and buy ones you like.

The dispersion from the zevro is too wide, you need a funnel, but I sterilise a small funnel in advance so it’s dry. I then go from...

I assumed one of the reasons for getting a zevro thing was that you didn't need a funnel. Is that not the case? If you are going to have...

I think the Dave Line recipes use 60-100gm of molasses in his recipes. Sounds like less is more when it comes to treacle/molasses

Hi there

That Cooper's enhancer that is just sugar and maltodextrin seems like a very odd product. Sugar to thin it out, maltodextrin to give it...

Yes, I can see the logic in that. I used to use golden syrup for priming but in those quantities I don't think it added much flavour...

Thanks for the replies. There seems to be different types of enhancers. Cooper's has three, the first of which is just brewing sugar...

I'm a bit surprised that people don't have views on this? My local homebrew sells a kilo of DME for £6.99. Young's enhancer is £6.50...

I normally taste it in a glass 👍🏻

Roll on end of March 2113...

Hi all, In the past I've been an AG brewer, but in recent times have fallen into kit brewing for reasons of time mainly. I find I...

I like Mackeson Stout and drink it quite often when I want a tasty low abv beer. It's 2.8 per cent abv. There is a Graham wheeler recipe...