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It is. I'm not a lager fan but I tried it the last time I was in London and it was pretty good. Quite citrusy

I want to brew a Frontier lager (from Fullers) clone. I was going to use pilsner malt with carapils but the big question is the hops. I know they use Liberty, Cascade and Willamette. But that's it so I have no idea what amounts to include, IBUs or timings. I got in touch with the brewery but...

I live in Portugal and looking for any malt suppliers (and hops, yeast etc) in Europe. I've been using the HomebrewCompany (Irish site) who deliver to Europe but like many others in UK/Ireland their online store is often taken offline because of COVID

I've got a tilt and I had the problem with Krausen skewing the readings. A bit annoying more than anything. As with the other comments, it is expensive for what it is but I still really like it. Regarding accuracy it says it can be 2 degrees out which is supposed to be the same as the glass...

I live in Portugal and the main reason I homebrew my beer is so that I don't have to drink the bog standard fizzy generic European lager hereabouts. However, recently on a rare trip to Blighty I did the excellent tour of the Fuller's brewery in Chiswick. A bit expensive but worth it if only for...

I've just got my Robobrew and now awaiting some ingredients for making the first brew. There are no instructions with the kit but Brewkegtap will email you with them (pdfs). The instructions are pretty light - more how you put it together rather than use it. There are a lot of youtube vids which...

I recently got the Robobrew v3.1 at Brewkegtap for 320 pounds. It had the chiller but no spider or jacket. Always pays to shop around.

The reason I was tempted to the dark side was that since I've been brewing with kits, the Grainfather was always the Daddy of AG but the price was prohibitive. More recently there has been a lot of discussion, not least by the youtube fraternity, that the quality of the robobrew v3 was top notch...

I've just done a four finger jack IPA and it looks like a pub lager! Tastes pretty good though

I've been brewing with beer kits for about a year now and been very pleased with the results. I've been toying with the idea of getting a robobrew v3 to go AG but need a bit of convincing to click the "buy now" button. I'm sure there are quite a few members who have been in my position, and just...

I've just bottled my first batch of Four Finger Jack IPA. OG1051, FG 1003 : 6.3%alc. compared to the box which suggests OG 1046 and FG 1012 leading to 4.6%. I can't understand why my brew will be so much stronger as I followed the instructions - brewed a bit short but only to 22 litres rather...

If you cold crash before bottling - (to help with clearing), doesn't this mean the yeast will drop out of solution and therefore there will be less in the bottle to carbonate? Answering my own question, I'm presuming there is always enough yeast left to carbonate - but how much is enough?

Do any of the beer kit sellers do January sales? I'm think of lovebrewing in particular as they seem to be the cheapest to post overseas (I live in Portugal). I want to put in a big order but wondering if I should hold off until January.

I borrowed a 75W reptile heater bulb and it works a treat. The Barn where I have the fridge is at 12 degrees and it heated the inside up in no time (I put it inside an upturned plant pot to diffuse the heat more evenly as recommended elsewhere). Got a Muntons kit going last night and the temp is...

Interesting comments but going back to my original question it seems no one uses a lamp for the heating of whatever wattage!

Maybe it's something to do with air/chlorine in the water as it comes straight out of the tap and then this gas dissipates after 30 mins.

I'm in the process of putting together my fermentation fridge. I know some members use a tube heater and others have said it's too hot and simply use an electric bulb. Is a normal light bulb OK? If so what type: incandescent/halogen/a.n.other? or do you really need to go with one used for...

IBT-2X BBQ Bluetooth Temperature Thermometer with 2 Probes sounds like just the business! Yes please.

I think the original problem was that I didn't stir the wort enough and so my sample was taken from the top which was weaker than the rest. In any case it has turned out really well. The FG was 1008 so I reckon it is quite a bit stronger than 4%, at least 5% with the extra sugar. The taste is...

43 pages of reviews: obviously a popular kit and now I know why. I usually leave my brews in the fermenter for 2 weeks but reading other reviews I decided to bottle it after 10 days. OG 1038 FG 1007 abv 3.9% It's not as strong as a stout really should be but those figures are accurate for this...