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Hi I’ve got into making kit wines over the last twelve months as well as beer and currently got 15 gallons at various stages of ageing in demijohns. I want to add some oak chips to a few jars to mix it up a bit and see what results I can get. All have been racked 4 times and sediment free, just...

Thought I’d share a review on this kit as I don’t see any at all for Renaissance Kits by Mosti Mondial, a Canadian manufacturer who produce a lot for the USA. First up, I’m a beer brewer, I used to do wine kits when I was a kid but they were invariably bad so I stopped decades ago. A pal was...

Hi all, not been on here for a while, I’ve been working my way through the stores in the garage and it’s about time now to do a few brews as my remaining stocks aren’t going to last through the zombie apocalypse. I did an Old Tom recipe today with some added oats for extra body and some Candi...

Did this one today using a 5kg of year old Maris otter I bought just for the purpose of doing a recipe with the store cupboard speciality malts and freezer drawer hops, all about 18months old themselves. Decided to mash low at 63 degrees because I want this quite dry, it seemed to do the trick...

Saw this on Facebook, 2l flask less than a tenner delivered, 3l less than £12.50 if you get it delivered to your local shop. Billy Bargain, my 2l was £18, and I'd much prefer a 3l one with headroom for a 2l starter. https://www.creamsupplies.co.uk/glass-conical-flask-2000ml-be...

I've got too much ale in stock needs drinking, but I still need to have something on the go at all times, it's a sin not to after all! So keeping with my theme of brewing something to lay down and condition for a long time(last brew was an RIS) I thought I'd go for a real long termer this time...

Hi all, I'm planning brewing a big big beer at the weekend and I'm using liquid yeast for the first time (well, second, the actual first time 9 months was a disaster that stalled 2/3 of the way finished) I've got myself a fresh pack of wyeast Belgian abbaye II with a manufacture date of 5th...

Title: St Petersburg RIS Brew Method: All Grain Style Name: Foreign Extra Stout Boil Time: 60 min Batch Size: 23 liters (fermentor volume) Boil Size: 28.5 liters Boil Gravity: 1.060 Efficiency: 85% (brew house) STATS: Original Gravity: 1.075 Final Gravity: 1.014 ABV (standard)...

HOME BREW RECIPE: Title: Cwtch Author: Poochops Brew Method: All Grain Style Name: American Amber Ale Boil Time: 60 min Batch Size: 20 liters (fermentor volume) Boil Size: 25 liters Boil Gravity: 1.043 Efficiency: 75% (brew house) STATS: Original Gravity: 1.053 Final Gravity...

Title: Jack Hammer Brew Method: All Grain Style Name: American IPA Boil Time: 60 min Batch Size: 25 liters (fermentor volume) Boil Size: 28 liters Boil Gravity: 1.058 Efficiency: 85% (brew house) STATS: Original Gravity: 1.065 Final Gravity: 1.010 ABV (standard): 7.22% IBU...

I just ordered my grain for my next 6 brews :thumb: I thought I'd try the custom grain kit option on Geterbrewed for this one, all comes to 29kg which keeps the shipping cost to £5.95 according to their ts&cs. So I got the ingredients for... Punk IPA clone, already have the hops Tiny rebel...

Currently raising this to the boil, I had a load of bits and pieces leftover from previous brews including 3kg extra light DME from my partial extract days. So ordered some williamette and centennial from CML on Thursday and paid the princely extra sum of 25p to upgrade to 1st class so they...

Mrs Poo loves a sour, she even set up an account on beerhawk and buys a dozen or so at a time which I never thought I'd see happen but I'm not complaining. It can be blimmin expensive though so I thought I'd give it a go. The recipe is unashamadely borrowed from a post I saw on a Facebook...

Well the last of my brews from the 20kg of Maris otter and many many bags of speciality grains I bought not so long ago. The first three BIAB brews convinced me to buy the GF, which I'm happy to say i felt familiar enough with today to put some photos together. I timed it as well just to see how...

I bottled my zeitgeist clone the other day and I've got my brown Ale to bottle this weekend, the thing is I've got the grain to do a milk stout but Ive reached what you call critical mass, aka once the brown is packed all 350ish bottles in my garage will be full :whistle: Well that was until I...

Well I'm getting treated tomorrow afternoon / night for Father's Day in Liverpool with the fambo, going out for libations and a meal and more libations so I thought, as I'm idle tonight and the missus is engrossed on Ancestry.com, that I'd get a mash on tonight ready to boil in the morning...

Well my GF arrived yesterday from Maltmiller and I was itching to get it fired up and going so today I popped my cherry on it. I bought a custom kit from them at the same time to do a Schwarzbier partly because the grain bill wasn't too big for my first try, and partly because I'm a bit of a...

I'm kicking around the idea of fitting a tap to my 32 litre aluminium pan and I've seen this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272613659279 And this on maltmiller https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=2591 I wouldn't have a clue if either is any good or indeed...

Well I've decided to take the plunge and buy one, sold a lense the other day so the cash is ready to burn I'd like to order one over the weekend :thumb: Everywhere appears to be similarly priced, I want the unit, sparge heater, micro pipe work, cleaner and a jacket, does anyone know any good...

If you're a kit brewer like me, (just moved on to AG actually) and you like a pint with a bitter bite and a whole pile of hoppy loveliness, then you can't go wrong with Tiny Rebel Cwtch in my opinion. I'm quaffing a pint right now which is why I'm posting actually! but bugger me sideways it's...