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Hi guys, I am completely new to making wine and have been following some recipes for country wines from the brew it yourself book. I have some lemon and lime wine that has been in demijohn for 3 months(transfering off lees twice) and is 1.010 don't know what OG was but used 1.4kg of sugar.i...

Hi guys, Just wanted your opinion. I brewed a wherry at 23L with an additional 500g of spraymalt OG 1.050. It's been sat at 18C for 14 days. When it was 1.014, I gave it a rouse and turned up to 19C for 3 days no change. Now turned up to 20C with another rouse. Is this done? Thoughts...

Hi guys, Thinking of moving on from kits brews as have done about 17 now. I see a lot of posts about making home made boilers, but there as a few years old, mostly before Maplin shut. Anyone got an up to date guide. I will l be using HDPE buckets as vessel and really need to know which...

Hi guys. I had a pack of Young's NEW world saison and one of the two bags had a matchstick sized hole in it. I was very kindly sent another bag. This was about two months ago and I am about to brew. Question is should I brew all three bags or will the one with the hole spoil the batch...

Hi guys. So, I put on a Young's AIPA 3 days ago. Fermentation started about 24 hours after pitching and it's emitting a horrible rotten egg smell. I cleaned and sanitised as normal. I read all 46 pages of the kit review on this forum and no mention of this smell. What should I do? Cheers Jim

Hi guys, Just put on a kit brew of festivals old Suffolk strong. Only I broke my thermometer whilst rehydratin my yeast. (Smashed into the yeasty gunk) so I had to bin it.ashock1 I chucked in a safale s-04 I had lying around instead. Just wondering what temp would be best for this yeast/beer...

Hi guys, Sure it's nothing but I have recently completed a mini all grain brew kit (warrior double ipa). It has been in the demijohn for 2 weeks and there is a white 1 cm layer on top of the yeast at the bottom. I have only ever done kits before and nothing has ever looked like this so no idea...

Hi guys, Managed to pick up a youngs complete brew kit at car boot for £3, minus the tins and thought I would give this brewing malarkey a go. Purchased some Woodfords wherry and followed the instructions only I put in 27 litres rather than 24. So I spoke to someone at local brew shop who...