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Hi all just wanted post some pics for posterity / observations and opinions. I used the dregs from two 750ml bottles of Stella Unfiltered with 4g DME and 75ml of water and a pinch of yeast nutrient. Something is happening, I've got lots of big clumps of what I hope is yeast. This is after 3 to...

Hi all Been trying (and failing) to grow yeast from the new Stella Artois Unfiltered beer, first attempt went south with my wort getting infected. Going to try again with light DME this time but that's not why I'm here. I've had a bottle of chemsan stored in my shed for over a year. First time...

Hi all Have been trying to grow some yeast for a Stella Artois clone recipe using their unfiltered beer. I made up 2ltr of wort using 500g german pilsner malt and 1/4 tsp of yeast nutrient (using bottled spring water). This went fine and I cooled it down with an ice bath to room temp. I filled...

Hi all. I'm looking at making a Stella clone (here's the thread with the recipe Stella SMASH Clone Recipe Check ) Think I'm happy with it but the water calculations are a bit of a mystery to me. I've used the following video to try and figure it out This is what I've got for 12.5 ltr batch...

Hi all. Back again after long break from brewing, Fancy trying my first BIAB beer and quite fancied this: I'm starting with a smaller batch due to cost and having never done a grain brew before so have halved the amounts. I'm going to try and harvest the yeast from 4 bottles of Stella...

Hi all First time brewing again after a long break and decided to give an apple and mango turbo cider a go. All going fine and bottled last Sunday, checked on it today and got the fright of my life. Is this an infection? It's in every bottle some have less, some loads. Here's the recipe...

Hi all. Hoping to finally have a go at BIAB brewing this year. Needing to do no-chill untill I can get running water to my brewshed and don't really want to buy a dedicated vessel. Got me thinking about using my Wilko pressure barrel as I can purge the O2 with CO2 keeping the beer safe while...

Hi all Looking to the future and want to give all grain / BIAB a go. Thought a smash wod be a good place to start. Found this recipe Single-Malt, Single-Hop IPA (For Beginning Homebrewers) Recipe and have plumbed it into a calculator I found on the playstore which gave me this (pdf file) or...

Hi all I've come into a water filter housing that I'm thinking of using to filter sediment from my brews and am looking for a filter for it. A couple of videos on YouTube seem to use 20 micron filters and my understanding is any lower than one will remove yeast which I don't want to do as I'll...

Hi all Had a go at my first turbo cider last week and have pretty much left it to do its thing all week. Had pretty steady temp, decent airlock activity and a mini krausen form and drop so thought it was all was well. Gone back to it today (6 days in) to top up with apple juice as per recipe...

Hi all Just wondering if anyone can recommend a replacement cap for a wilko pressure barrel. I'm aiming to modify it to use with a vacuum pump rather than a siphon and I've looked at a few but not sure. Wondered if anyone has fku D a replacement thst fits. Cheers

Hi all Got signs of life from my coopers Cerveza kit (krausen and co2 build up, airlock is pants, gonna swap it for blow off tube) but my question is when I release the pressure via **** airlock its smells like eggs. Is this normal? First lager attempt using starter from youngs lager yeast and...

Hi all Bumbled across this today on youtube: ...and thought 'hmmm, I've got most of that and am going to wilkos and morrisons today anyway' so thought I'd give it a go. Used the following 1L Strawberry Ribena 3 (. 5) L apple juice 7g ale yeast from Coopers kit 6ml glycerine (vegetable...

Bit of a panic, boiled some water to mix with extra light DME to make a yeast starter and it's gone ever so dark and I'm worried I've buggered it Put the DME in the sterilised demijohn, took the water off the boil and poured it in an mixed it. Is it screwed? I've not put the yeast in yet thank...

Hi all After trying to make my pressure bottle sit in my brew fridge properly I am having serious thoughts on removing the inner panel on the door. Only problem is I can't find any screws or clips that are holding it in place under the seal. Will have another look but am thinking I could cut /...

Hi all Going to get a coopers Cerveza on the go at the weekend, using a starter made from youngs Lager yeast (1st time using a starter as this idiot didn't check the net weight so need to breed it it up a bit). My understanding is that it will take longer to ferment (3 weeks at least) and...

Hi all Was hoping to get my next brew on this Saturday, a Coopers Cerveza kit with the idea of lagering it for a long time after fermenting. Problem is getting something fit for purpose that will fit in my brew fridge. I have a wilko pressure barrel that kind of fits but it's at a dodgy angle...

Hi all Waiting for a Coopers Cerveza Kit to come to get back into brewing again after moving. Did a Wilko one a while ago with no brew fridge and extra light DME and it was okay-ish but definitely had an ale-like undertone to it which I'm guessing was from the standard yeast they put in their...

Hi all Been a while (moved house as the country locked down, not good for the blood pressure) but slowly getting back into brewing. Got a problem with my bottles, they've gone a bit mouldy in storage (can't seem to post pictures from my phone for some reason). Got some brew safe sanitizer...

Hi all Not been on here for a while, life has been very peaks and troughs recently and it's now finding me looking to move to (possibly) Strood, off of Bryant Road. Just wondered if there were any members here with experience with the area and what their thoughts were. The house we're looking...