Recent content by miguelito

After all the flack from my sugar beet warning (!) I stand by my theory - I have indeed been brewing Geordie lager for many years (some of you obviously think I'm easy pleased) but I like it, and I've never had a problem until recently after using Silver Spoon. The trouble was that the lager...

Sugar Warning: To beer and lager brewers. Major UK supermarkets are selling granulated sugar produced in UK - this is beet sugar. It is not suitable for homebrew, as I now realise to my cost. Make sure you purchase cane sugar, usually Tate & Lyle.

Thank you all for your responses - seems I'm a bit behind the times! Who can recommend a really nice pilsner type continental lager? I am at the moment using Geordie, but perhaps the price tells me that it is not in the top range. I use ordinary granulated sugar - is that bad? What about...

Hola buenos días amigos - I am a pensioner in Cheshire, I have just returned to home-brew lager.......... about 20 years ago, in a drastic economy drive, I turned to brewing my own beer. I chose Geordie Lager, and it served me well for several years. Recently, on a whim, I decided to do it...