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Discovered my first ever batch of spoiled wine at the weekend, my Elderbbery from last September. Notice some odd spots and marks on the inside of the glass, emptied one out and the bottle had loads of slimey growths covering the bottom and half way up the sides. 26 Bottles down the drain...

Just picked up a youngs merlot 5 gallon kit for £12 in the sale at wilkos. Do you think it would be OK to make it with additional fruit (ie. Elderberries) to make a fuller bodied/slightly stronger wine? I dont really want to waste the kit or the elderberries. cheers.

Well, this is a couple of pictures of my Coopers Wheat Beer with 1 litre of raspberry juice added after the initial ferment. This is after 1 week in bottles (couldnt resist) moving it to storage now for a few weeks. taste wise, its fairly thin (which i think wheat beers are??), no overly...

I have just added 50g of Fuggles to my Coopers Real Ale, how long should they be left before bottling/kegging? Thanks.

I am thinking of doing the Coopers Real Ale kit but i would liek to try dry hopping as i do like a hoppy flavour. So, which hops would you recommend? Also, how many should i use for a 40 pint batch? Thanks.

Well, the gravity on my Coopers Wheat kit (brewed short at 20litres) was down to 1.010 (from 1.040) with no signs of activity. So, i have mashed and strained some of my own frozen raspberries which resulted in 1 litre of pure juice. Added to FV, will leave till activity dies down and bottle...

I opened one of my bottles of Brewfrem Triple lat night, mainly to test the carbonation before i move it into the garage to condition. (been sat in house for a week since bottling) Obviously i couldnt resist testing it. Tastes pretty awful, not off or anything but "chemically" id say a bit...

I have a Brewferm Triple (2X to make 18 litres) and a Muntons Barley wine on the go at the moment. Both of them were started at the same time 15 days ago. I have taken a reading tonight and the Triple is it 1.020 ish and the Barley wine is at 1.015 which seems a bit high to me? In both...

Hi, I am currently brewing a Barley Wine and a Brewferm Triple. Instead of sugar, i used some malt extract and brewing sugar. Is malt extract as fermentable as sugar? i.e. if i substitute 1kg suagr for 1kg malt extract (dried) will i get teh same abv? Im a bit worried that my "stronger"...

My first ever beer brew was a Coopers Dark Ale, i followed instructions, left it for 2 weeks in germenter (seemed to be general advice on here). I then kegged with 85g of sugar and left in the house for a week, then moved to garage. I tried a glass at the weekend, it is extremely lively, after...

I have been reading the "How to" guide on making Belgian Candi Syrup, i am going to give it a go. I thought while i was at it i might do 2KG of sugar worth. My question is, how long will it keep? Im assuming it will be OK for a while as these sorts of things (concentrated sugar solutions)...

My sloe wine is just about ready to stabilise and clear, i had a cheaky taster last night it was very dry, probably the dryest wine ive made to date. Now, obviously its young, but i was wonderig if this is a trait of Sloe wine or wether it will mellow out with time. I think i might stabilise...

Well, my first brew (Coopers Dark Ale) has been in the fermenter for a week now. I used a box of teh Brew Enhancer 2 instead of sugar. The fermentation vigour has died down so i thought it take a reading last night. I was getting 1.015 ish id say. (difficult to read with all the bubbles that...

I like the fruit beers, particularly Kriek and Framboise. I have several kilos of frozen raspberries that i picked this year offmy own canes. I was wondering wether it would be feasible to do a beer kit and then add raspberries after initial ferment to make a fruit beer? Has anyone tried...

Found this on the web and thought it very useful / interesting. Enjoy.

Picked the grapes off my vine last night, not sure how ready they are but wasps and birds are swines... Bunged them in a FV and squidged with my hand, ended up with about 4 litres ish of juice and skins (after i removed most of the big stalks). Took a gravity reading, was 1.050 so not...

Im partial to theakstons old Peculiar, anyone know a kit that produces a similar style/tasting beer? Thanks.

I have decided to go for a keg and offset the cost with the saving on bottles (i can then save my own bottles). Looking around, it seems the cheapest option is the white "wood effect" barrels. Whats the main difference between these and say a king Keg? Is it just the quality? Any advice on...

I havnet actually done a beer brew yet (trying to decide which kit to go for) but have read a few posts about clearing and sediment in bottles etc. Is it possible to treat beer as we do when brewing wine in terms of leaving it for a longer period to settle, using finings, or maybe even running...

Hi All, Wine brewer here, new to beer. Which are the better kits? There seems so many to choose....Milestone, Geordie, Woodfordes, Muntons, Muntons Gold, Muntons Premium, Youngs, Brebuddy etc etc Are they all much of a muchness? is it a case of you get what you pay for? Personally i prefer...