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looking at getting into beer brewing and was wondering what is a good kit to start with, possibly something like hobgoblin would be good. also a good lager kit if such a thing exists. thanks brewers!

yet another question! I was checking to see if my new brew had started bubbling yet and noticed a gel like stuff on the surface and was wondering if its common or normal?

Hello fellow boozers, was wondering if i could use my bottles i have for cider for bottling wine, they are the ones with a cap which is why i wasnt sure. anyone done this as i'm skint the now but have lots of these bottles. thanks!

For Christmas my old dad kindly got me my first brewing book, river cottage handbook no.12-Booze and i love it. has lots of great recipes in it and i'm looking forward to trying them all out throughout the year. what are your favorite books?? also not sure where to add this so just...

So yesterday my glass botters arrived and although I should probably leave my cider a bit longer in secondedy I decided to take a little bit out and bottle a couple. one I added some priming sugar and sweetener to try fizzy and the other i just added sweeter to try still. If I figure out how to...

Don't know if this warrants a whole thred but do you have to use pecotlas when making wine? may as well ask a couple if wino questions while i'm here, what is essential to add when wine making? cheers!

so where and how does everyone store there lovely bevrages? would be intrestong and well pretty informative to see. right now I have a airing cupboard hijacked!

so to start of I gave been looking at alot if the WOW recipes and they look good but my first question is does it need to be organic stuff? or can you use (just for example)the likes of ocean spray cranberry? my second question is-my first DJ of cider has just finished fermenting at 1.005, I...

quick question to put my mind at rest, is this normal? sorry the picture is sideways.

So this is my first attempt at making cider and after 10 days it seems to have just given up, i'll go through how and what I have used. started with freshly squeezed apples, not sure what type but there where 3 different ones, varying from sweet to what I guess is cooking, so after I got my 3...

so i'm a complete novice when It comes to brewing anything but I have decided to give it a try with some apples off a tree my gardener father in law keeps with the plan to have some nice cider for Christmas. anyway i'm looking forward to asking lots of questions and hopfully having a good brew...