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Thanks for this, i have put them back under the stairs. Is it wrong to be considering starting the above recipe without even having tasted this kit?!

Thanks for the recipe. The kit cost about 11 quid but I was happy to pay that for my first attempt. It does taste a bit sweet though which perhaps the artificial sweeteners are contributing towards. A bit concerned that I've got the bottles secondary fermenting at too cold a temperature, anyone...

Good stuff, thanks again. It went down to and stayed about 1.006 over the weekend so I bottled it yesterday with 1/2 teaspoon in each 500ml bottle. Works out at about 16 days in the primary fermenter, as opposed to the 6 days suggested on the kit. So I presume now leave it to carbonate for a...

Thanks for this, as much information as there is on the net, it's good to get some specific reassurance. Apologies for the extra zero, of course it makes no sense at all to have water at 10.000, I must have got confused along the way. Essex_Lad: Did you get the SG of 1.035 with just the 1kg of...

Hi all, just after some advice. I started my first ever brew, a coopers ginger beer kit 12 days ago and it still seems to be fermenting. I followed the kit to the instructions and added no extra ingredients. My starting SG was 10.022 and it has been kept at a temp of about 18 to 22 degrees. Day...