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Hello, it's been a while, but I'm back with some questions! so firstly, i took my peco boiler for a brew yesterday, and this didn't go according to plan... firstly, I was following the saisson recipe from greg's book I noticed at the start that there is an empty space between the hop...

Hello, Quick question about summer brewing. What's the deal eh? I don't have a fridge, so all my beer has to sit in the shed post fermentation. Is this an issue? The instructions I have say 6 weeks at 12 degrees to condition.

Hello again After trying a small AG as described on this site I wanted to up scale a bit so I bought a Peco boiler a few weeks ago off a web site endorsed on this forum. I finally had a chance to use it today and issues have happened. Firstly when I connect the unit to the mains, it...

Hello I thought I'd bought all the ingredients to try the famous ag brew, but now the stuff has arrive I've made a blunder I ordered some 1056 American ale yeast, but it's some kind of mega liquid super pack, where it activates itself. I thought it was a bit expensive Seems like a...

Hello one and all! Been an age since I've been on here. since I started, I have made one woodferry? kit and one premium kit(can't remember which one) and a turbo cider. as the nights are drawing in, seems like a good time to plan the next batches.... i have been thinking of going to...

Well the brewing bug is certainly biting me! mrs goatboy went to asda earlier and asked if I wanted anything, so I said see how much a demijohn is. Well she did and bought one! So I've ordered a beaverdale kit. The instructions have a warning about "not shaking a pressurised demijohn as it...

Hello Since I'm coming up to bottling day, I'm starting to think about the next brew. As the temp is dropping, I wanna get an aquarium heater and a larger container with water. Probably looking at 50w. My question is.... is it worth getting an aquarium pump to go with it to get water...

Hello! Just wondering about bottling. what are good time frames for the bottling process? as in, it seems I need to keep the bottles in the warm for a bit, then in the cold. how long should I keep them in the warm? And finally, the priming calculator. do I just need to guess the volumes of...

hello once again! just a few questions on second fermentation. I measured my brew last night and at the moment its about 3% abv. Gonna leave it a bit more in the hope that the alcohol content increases (10 days in FV so far - I had thought it had stopped, but it was going again quite nicely...

Hello As the brew keeps brewing our eyes look to the future to bottles. I've started to save up my empty hobgoblin bottles. Are there any other types of bottles adequate for beer conditioning? For example I have a Stowford cider bottle in front of me and a non alcoholic Erdinger...

More noob questions from a noob! As my brew is hopefully brewing, my next plan was to let that finish then try to siphon it out into bottles As my fv doesn't have a tap, I could imagine this getting tricky. However a kindly soul has offered me a barrel with a tap. Is this better...

Yep I'm in. Got a woodforde's wherry kit and a bucket. I have tow questions to start... 1. I have a hole in my bucket in the lid. Will this make a difference? 2. Having a gander at the instructions to add sugar to the bottles. Will any sugar do?

Hello new forum people. I'm just about to start a new life of brewing my own beer. Currently have no idea what so ever! any advice greatly appreciated! Thinking a kit would be the best place to start. something like this...