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I'm sure you're all aware of the explosion of popularity that Craft Beer is seeing in the US. But what you might not be aware of is the epidemic of Craft Breweries engaging in petty squabbles over trademarks and intellectual property, which is fast reaching crazy levels. The disputes range...

I've been sitting on the idea of brewing some tea (excuse the pun) for a little while now. No fancy bacterial cultures or any of that, just tea, sugar and yeast. I know a lot of members here mix tea into their TC or WOW, I've even heard of it mixed in with Beer. I'm thinking about making an...

Decided to bottle my first batch of Cooper's Real Ale last night. After taking readings over the course of a few days it finally settled on a reading (Can't remember off the top of my head) Added some sugar to the bottles, gave a shake and have left them to do their thing. I checked a...

For my first 'proper' brew I decided to pickup a Winebuddy 30 bottle Merlot kit online. The kit promises drinkable wine in 7 days and true to its word, that's what I got. There's a lot of valuable advice on these forums about leaving the wine to ferment for a few weeks as opposed to the 6 days...

Decided to start my Coopers Real Ale kit this evening. Got everything setup and proceeded to add the extract tin, water and pitched the yeast. :thumb: Now, silly me thought that I didn't need to add any sugar and that it was all in the tin! :doh: I've just realized this little mistake...

Hi everyone, I’m Ben! Novice brewer here and a lurker of the forums! I’m fairly new to brewing having only attempted to make a 1 Gal batch of Mead a few months ago. The ferment went really well, got it all bottled and left for aging. After 5 months of aging I decided to crack...