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Straight kit no changes

It is the Coopers one I will post here once its ready

No it was not high it was 1010 it has finished now at 1000 and went in to bottles today so fingers crossed it will turn out ok

i do have a hydrometer it was stable for 3 days previous to me racking it off for bottling its started bubbling while i was out at the shops and its still going now. i think i will leave it for a couple of days as you suggest then take another reading over two or three days to see where its got to

Hi i have just brewed a ginger beer which in the instructios indicated a 6 day stay in the FV but as with other kits i left it for 10 days and the fg rteading was the same for 3 days. I have racked it off to be bottled and and while i nipped out i put a lid and air lock on the bucket and when i...

My Favorite is the California Connoisseur Cab Sav, the 30 bottle kit is around £43.00. I made one of these for Christmas and i eneded up with 28 bottles in total. It tasted very good during the bottling process so it was drinkable straight away. I left it all in my cold cupboard ( the old...

I made this kit for Christmas and it turned out very well, i brought a wand for the degassing and used it quite a lot more than the 6 times as for everything else i followed the instructions and was left with a very clear wine which i racked off after clearing had finished infact it had an extra...

Hi Thanks for that, i did fit a cork to every bottle as well as the screw cap and i bulk sanitised the bottles together in buckets, however that was my thoughts as well perhaps the corks did not seal too well, in saying that i had no leaks and even the ones that tasted not as good as the best...

I put mine on a timer and it seemed to keep the brew at the right temp after a bit of hit an miss programming

I have made 3 Wherry kits in my short brewing career and all have been brewed to the kit instructions with the exception of the time spent in the FV and the time left in the warm after kegging. I have left it in FV for 14 days and in the keg indoors for 2 weeks also the beer has been very good...

I made a 30 bottle kit from california con, it was their cab Sav. I ended up with 27 bottles which were bottled at the same time at the begining of December. I popped corks in the bottles and as they were recycled botles i fitted the screw top as well. I am just intrested to know why some...

This Cider was a big hit on Christmas eve and day and having tried it myself i will brew this again for the Summer, great flavour and not too fizzy, judging by the eyes on the cider drinkers the next morning the abv was fine too,and to my amazement no bad heads were reported :)

Nice review i have this Kegged at the moment brewed as per kit instructions. I also noticed today the barrel resembles an egg but so far no leaks, looking forward to this one for Crimbo

At 1 we have the Woodfordes Nog, at 2 we have Nelsons Revenge, at 3 we have the Wherry ( a reliable brew) at 4 we have coopers pear cider and at 5 (as yet untasted) Bulldog mixed Berry cider, things may change when the Bulldog gets its taste test

More updates from Sussex My Pear Cider has all gone with good reviews from the family, mind you free booze is always reviewed well ! as mentioned the bug has well and truely bitten. I have the two wherry's kegged in the Garage with a kegged Nog. I have 30 bottles of cab sav on the home straight...