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Hi Guys. I’m fairly sure this has been asked before. How do I keep brews at around 20 degrees C through summer and winter without having to heat garage? What’s the best technique or equipment to use I’ve been banished to the garage by the wife who hates the ‘stink’ fermenting makes in the...

Can anyone recommend a good lager kit? Going to be bottling into 1 pint swingtops. Getting ready for summer with a few batches. Any links are welcome as I know you guy in this forum no doubt have done the search for the best deal. I’ve tried Mexican Cerveza from Wilko but wasn’t that...

Hi Guys. My wine is ready to bottle and recently saw someone suggesting to re-use the solution used to sterilise equipment. I clean all my kit as soon as it’s finished with washing in hot soapy water and consider my kit to be very clean. With the cleanliness in mind is it actually good...

Hey guys. So my St Peters Stout kit is ready to bottle after sticking at 1018 for 10 days, now it’s at 1014 it’s going into brown swing tops. A question on sterilising new bottles. Can I just put them all in a dishwasher on a full cycle with no detergent? Heard this is a good way to...

Hi Guys. Merry Christmas to you all. Just had the aforementioned wine kit as a present. I see this kit is only 1.8kg - can this kit really make 30 bottles of Cab Sav? By my estimations it would probably be pretty pissy and weak. Can someone advise how much water and sugar to I really need to...

Hi Guys Firstly I’d like to wish everyone a Merry Xmas and thank everyone for their help answering my questions this year. I currently have a St Peters stout kit in the FV since last Sunday 11th Dec 2018, the SG this morning (15th Dec) was at 1018 but should be 1014 so I gave it a good ol...

Hey chaps. Brewed my first Admirals Reserve. Here's my question: For best results, how long do I leave it on the yeast in FV? Been around 5 days and Temp has been constant 22 degrees C. Will be going into a King Keg top tap. Thanks