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Brewing up a Festival Steam Beer kit at the moment - 4 days in and I realised I forgot to add the dextrose pack. You're supposed to add the hops after 5 days, would it be sensible to leave it a few days to settle down again before doing this?

Just noticed that my latest batch of white wine (a Kenridge Sauvignan Blanc kit) which I bottled a few days ago and put in my freezing garage seems to be getting a bit fizzy. There are quite a lot of small frothy bubbles in there! I'm puzzled, because even if I managed to introduce something...

Well the cider tastes fine, but it has a head that is creamy to the point of being like Guinness.:doh: Why would it do that- I've never seen commercial cider with a head on it?

Apologies if this has been asked before- couldn't see anything in a quick search. Just racked my second Festival kit (Landlord's) using my autosyphon. With the kit you get a wee bag to go over the end of the syphon to stop too much crud getting sucked up. All good, but the bag gets a build up...

Hi, I'm about to get a batch of TC underway, and once it's ready for bottling I'd like to transfer it from the FV to my 'bottling bucket' (is that the correct term- another bucket with a tap and Little Bottler) and batch prime there before bottling. My first kit cider (Black Rock) came out...

Hello, just joined the forum, which as a lurker I have found very useful. I've only been brewing for a few months and have a lot to learn, but am enjoying the process. I'm just brewing from kits at the moment, but the results have been good. The Woodeford's Admiral's Reserve that was my first...