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thanks for the quick replies i was a little concerned every time i drunk a bottle i may keel over, so will a coffee filter work? As you say i only fancy filtering it to give out to people so they dont think what on earth are those floaters!

I've just finished conditioning an ipa (bru pak linthwaite light). And its mostly cleared but there seems to be a few clumps floating in the beer itself. I assume these are clumps of yeast. Has this happened because i didn't leave it in primary long enough? I basically waited for a week got two...

Hi everyone, i want to make a koppenberg pear cider copy for the mrs.(much sweeter than others e.g. Magners or bulmers) Does anyone have any tips to achieve this? P.s. I would prefer to use a kit as a base but dont mind adding to it. I've done a little research and people have suggested adding...

I have just made my first homebrew which was a coopers lager kit. This is not a true lager and tastes more like a light beer to me. I like hoppy beers like hopping hare. If i did the same kit again but added some hops into the mix would this turn out ok?

and what type of sugar should i add to the bottles when bottling? Last kit i did was everything in box kit and came with coopers carbonation drops. Would they be good for this beer?

I bought linthwaite light from brupaks and have a query about the kit. I like a nice hoppy beer "hopping hare" being a favorite. Under the basic instructions it says to add the hop bag to boiling water and after 15 mins add to the fv. Under the advanced instructions it says you can cover the...

Hi just a quicky, this is my first ever brew. It is a coopers diy lager kit. In the instructions it says to keep secondary above 18 degrees. Is this very important? if it drops to 16 degrees will it be ok? Will it just take longer? Just about to start bottling :) excited. Thank you everyone...

Oui, pas de problème.

Would you also add the hops to a 2 can kit?

thanks everyone the brupacks look good to me. Anyone tried the linthweight or the colne vally bitter.

My first brew is just about to be bottled and i'm about to start my second brew. I fancy doing an ipa kit. I want to keep it simple for the time being and was thinking about using the coopers ipa kit as my last kit was coopers and was very easy. Has anyone had good results from this kit and/or...

thanks. i'm brewing a coopers diy lager kit at the moment so unsure of the type of yeast. I'm going to try an ipa kit next, which i imagine will come with yeast. If i intend to transport this for a family holiday would i be better getting rid of the yeast in the kit and using a different one...

Once i have bottled the beer and finished secondary (say a good month) would i be safe to drive the beer to france for a family holiday? Would i need to let it settle for a day once i get there?

Think i'll have too, want my first one to go well. Thanks for the advice. Do the bottles have to be bone dry once you have rinsed them? or is a tiny bit of water ok?

Thanks for the reply, I steralised them yesterday morning and did not cap them afterwards. I did steralise the caps though. Do you think i will be ok to put the caps on now? (monday night)