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I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas, suggestions or improvements that can help me out with my keg/tap setup I'm building. We're having a wedding party at the end of July on a campsite so I need a way to cool my beer down when serving it from kegs/taps. The biggest hurdle is that it's in a...

Yesterday was the 3rd time using my new Grainfather and the 1st time I've had a complete brewing failure. I failed so badly that I didn't get any wort into the fermenter. All was going well, a slightly stuck sparge but that was sorted, until I got to the aroma stand at the end of the boil. I...

I brewed a small batch (8L) attempt at a brut IPA on Sunday. Checked on Monday and there didn't appear to be any fermentation action. Checked on Tuesday and still nothing. Today I decided to take a reading to see if anything was happening. Turns out it's gone from 1.045 down to 1.000 ashock1...

So just getting around to bottling my imperial porters which have been conditioning on different fruits for a couple of months. I split a batch of porter 3 ways. One had coffee beans and vanilla added, this was bottled a few weeks ago and looked and tasted fine. One had frozen cherries, dried...

Had probably my messiest brew day to date yesterday, despite it being just a small batch. Decided to open the last bottle of stout I made a while ago, not a great beer but I needed the bottle to package up a christmas stout....WHOOOSH!! the biggest gusher I've ever had. It literally lept out...

So I'm planning an imperial stout to brew soon and let condition until christmas (bit late but they'll keep). I want to do a small batch (14l) and split it into 3 small buckets and condition them with different flavours. I've based it on a recent porter I did, which is by far my favourite so...

I'm planning an IPAish style beer using mostly only NZ hops (depending on what's available). My girlfriend and I have always like NZ hopped beers, but this would be my first home brew using these hops and would like some feedback. I've got a basic pale ale recipe which I like, but I'm...

I just got my new cornies set up yesterday, which are already so much better than bottling. I had time after work last night to set it all up and package two batches of beer. This would have taken me days if I wanted to bottle it all. But one thing surprised me last night. After I had put my...

What's your preference for bittering hops? Do you have one you always use, or do you change it depending on the style you're brewing? I ask as I recently bought a bag of Admiral (16%) which I used purely for bittering purposes in my last 4 or 5 brews. I see a lot of US forums using Magnum for...

So this is my summary of my first 6 months of home brewing. Having thought about doing it for a few years, I finally moved into my own place with my girlfiend having shared rented accomodation in London for my entire adult life. Now I have the space for brewing and storing my own beer. It'a...

Hi all I've been lurking for a while, but have finally found time to post a greeting. I've only been brewing since April but have already caught the bug :thumb: My first kit was the Tiny Rebel Cwtch, a beer I have enjoyed many a time, but for the me the kit really didn't deliver what I...