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Firstly, I am a newbie to using a barrel (10 litre / 2 gallon) and mini keg (5 litre) as I have in the past always bottled my beers. I am after two pieces of advice: 1. How much priming sugar to I use in both the barrel and mini keg and should it be dissolved in water first and then added to...

I was wondering if there are any Home Brew clubs or meets around the Middlewich/Northwich or Nantwich areas of Cheshire. I am a fair Newbie to Home Brew and would be keen to join a club or maybe even start one of there is interest to share ideas and brewing tales (as well as the finished...

Thanks Sadfield for your excellent post, I will follow your advice and OG - also thanks simon12 for your advise I will heed that when making up the kit. Sadfield - I would be interested in some more information on the Macc Home Brew Club if possible.

I have a 2nd Youngs American IPA kit to start, my first attempt ended up with an ABV of 6.9% which is a little high for session drinking!! My question is on this 2nd attempt is there an easy way to ensure the ABV comes out around 4.5% - 5% - it comes with a Malt pouch and 1kg of brewing...

It is a very vigorous brew, am savouring mine now but it was 17 days in the FV and ended up at 6.9%!!

1.004 about 7% ABV

Well the brew finally came to end on Saturday night and has been bottled today so I will wait in anticipation of when it will be ready to drink!!

My airlock does indeed fit into a black grommit, how long does the tube need to be and how big a bottle?

I had a huge krausen on mine which blow through the airlock on numerous occassions, not sure how to make a blow off tube! :-? I am now prepared for it to take a lot longer to ferment out, just hope the hops will not ruin it as put them in at day 15!

Thanks for the advice, from the sample I had last night when testing the gravity and from the smell of it when the addition of the hops I have high hopes too!! The reviews are good for it and I like a very hoppy IPA so hoping all good - just a little stronger than I normally go for! :-?

I am hoping it will not take too much longer then - will the bubbling stop when fermentation is complete? Then check the gravity remains stable over a few days?

I am a fairly Newbie to Home brewing and this is my 2nd kit a Youngs American IPA. I am after some advice as my fermentation seems to be not going by the instructions - I appreciate that these things being natural may sometimes not follow the instructions. The wort has been in the FV for...

I have drunk about half of my 1st ever Home Brew (40 pint kit) which was an outstanding success but I am struggling to work out when to start my 2nd brew batch so that I do not have any period of time without Home Brew being available. I only have the 40 x 500ml bottles (plus a few extra) so...

I am planning my 2nd Home Brew beer run and I have been looking at either the Muntons Hand-Crafted American Style IPA or the Muntons Courage Directors Bitter. Has anyone had any experience with these kits and how they turn out? Thanks in advance

I have just bottled a Ritchies Simply Yorkshire Bitter into 500ml bottles and the recipe saifd to prime with a flat teaspoon of sugar I used regular granulated white sugar for mine :)

The reading was the same tonight so I have dry hopped using 50grams of Fuggles Hop Pellets in a boiled Muslin Bag which has sunk nicely into the wort. Will leave until the weekend to add a nice taste and aroma to the wort and then will bottle it.

Well I am relieved - I have just taken a hydrometer reading of the wort - The OG was 1.042 and today is Day 6 and the reading today is 1.012 so fermentation has clearly taken place!! :thumb: Will take another reading tomorrow to see if fermentation has finished as it looks like it is still...

The Krausen is starting to die down so I think I may dry hop on Day 7 as suggested and then it can have another 7 days with the hops in the wort. Thanks

That looks interesting - will have to watch the youtube video about it later. I am glad to hear that your foam has subsided as I looked at mine this morning and panicked at first but when I saw bubbles coming up to the surface I presumed it was still fermenting and I have a crust ring around...

Thanks Rico1973 I will take a look at the Craigtube channel on Youtube as I have been watching several including the HomeBeerBrewery channel where he actually brews a Simply kit and that is the one I followed to get me going. Let me know how you get on with your brew via PM as always good to...