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  1. coolhandluke

    Woodfordes Wherry Review

    Yes, I've recently made a couple of the 20 pint starter kits and the single sachet worked fine here
  2. coolhandluke

    My absence,my illness,my battle for life

    Go to the doctors. It is best to get examined and make sure. Chances are it is minor or treatable, but it is important to make sure. It will put your mind at rest, or else it will identify a problem early enough to put it right. All the best.
  3. coolhandluke

    My absence,my illness,my battle for life

    Best wishes, glad you're getting home, hope you can get back to your hobby as well.
  4. coolhandluke

    Help..... where best to source online home-brew items?

    I've used home-brew-online.com several times in the past few months, and they've been very quick & efficient. Free delivery on orders over £65 Postage is usually about £3.95 but products are good value so if just a few items are bought together it usually adds up to a competitive price. Aside...
  5. coolhandluke

    Tom Caxton Real Ale Review.

    Yes, this is definitely going to be one of my regulars. I've had a couple more since and I couldn't be happier with it. What a great result in such a short time.
  6. coolhandluke

    Head at last, but at a cost...

    There must be a reason for the lack of a head. I've recently done a couple of Wherrys and two Tom Caxtons, and all had a long lasting head while drinking, and plenty of rising bubbles which lasted. My Wilko IPA was pretty flat, & I put that down to a few things - I think the finings stopped it...
  7. coolhandluke

    What are you drinking tonight.

    I've just had a Tom Caxton real ale, and I'm following it up with a Woodfordes Wherry to compare the two. They are both made by Muntons and they seem almost identical to me. So I'm almost wondering if I only need to brew one of them. Anyone else noticed this? Probably best if I keep making...
  8. coolhandluke

    Tom Caxton Real Ale Review.

    My Tom Caxton Real Ale kit came with a hop sachet, but it did not come with any patience so I am testing one now after less than 3 weeks! And I am over the moon with it. ( Bought from Wilkinsons for £14 plus 1kg beer enhancer on sale at £3). Brewed on 3rd April, I made up just half of the kit...
  9. coolhandluke

    Wilko hop & cheer IPA

    I'm not sure if this is the same IPA, I'm pretty sure mine was just called Wilko IPA, so I don't think it is called Hop & Cheer anymore. Anyway, I brewed this on 17th Feb 2018, using 38 pints of water and 1kg of brewing sugar. OG was 1040 and FG was 1008 (4.2%). Primed with 1/2 teaspoon table...
  10. coolhandluke

    Woodfordes Wherry Review

    Wow, that was a great result, and really nice to see that Muntons were receptive & willing to make the change.
  11. coolhandluke

    Woodfordes Wherry Review

    Thanks that's good to know, I wonder if they did that in response to the stuck ferments. When I read all the previous posts about Wherry, the ones mentioning stuck ferments seem to be several months old, so hopefully it's no longer a common problem. My first two certainly bubbled away pretty...
  12. coolhandluke

    Woodfordes Wherry Review

    Thanks LarryF, I've stocked up a few sachets of that already for future use, so I'll bear that in mind :)
  13. coolhandluke

    Woodfordes Wherry Review

    This was my first homebrew kit (well after making a couple of kits over 35 years ago, it counts as starting new), and I was extremely pleased with the result. This was the 20 pint complete kit version, and I brewed it almost exactly to the recipe. That is, I used 20 pints of water on top of the...
  14. coolhandluke

    Hello

    Thanks LarryF, yes I agree about the Wilko kits. I hope my current ones eventually come good, but anyway I will try them again in the future with some different additions.
  15. coolhandluke

    Hello

    'What you have to go and say 50 for? Why couldn't y' say 35. Or 39?' 'It seemed a nice round number.' :hat::cheers7: Yep, definitely watching it again this week now, they don't make classics like that anymore.
  16. coolhandluke

    Hello

    Haha, Nobody can eat 50 eggs! That is brilliant thanks. (What a great film, it's really about time I watched it again soon).
  17. coolhandluke

    Hello

    Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum, but I've been reading it since December and getting some good information already, thanks. I re-started the hobby after a 30+yr break, starting with a Woodfordes Wherry complete kit, and I was very impressed with how it turned out, and I've since made a...
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