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So my son asked me if I could make a WKD clone. This is the horrendous blue alcopop that you can purchase which costs about three quid for a 750 ml bottle. My original thought was why would I do that - but then I realised there were quite a few technical challenges to be overcome. Firstly you...

I am looking to do another leffe clone. The last one I made was a good beer using crossmyloof Monk yeast. But I wasn’t sure it actually tasted much like Leffe. I looked up the Maltmiller Leffe clone recipe which uses Safale T-58. Has anybody used this or got any better recommendations for yeast...

I’ve just been given a Brewmonk for Christmas (hooray!!) and did my first brew on Thursday. I used 20 litres of water to 4.5 kilos grain to mash - not quite full volume. Presumably due to the constant pumping through the grain bed after an hour the resultant liquid was impressively clear. I...

I have just kegged my first beer today having got sick of bottling! I kegged into a9.5 L Corny. I bought a new gas regulator which is Attached to a SodaStream. Bottle. I set pressure at 20 psi last night when I looked this morning it had dropped to 12 psi. Does this mean that my system is...

So my husband is starting to say there is too much beer around everywhere! I’ve done three brews that I have bottled and have two more waiting to be bottled - a fruit cider and a lager style. So I wanted to do another brew but thought I better scale down to a gallon. So I looked around on here...

I’ve just bottled my second beer kit. It was a Coopers blonde. It seems to be a lot darker than I would’ve expected. It this normal or have I done something wrong. Also can anyone recommend a kit where the beer is quite a bit lighter. Thank you

Hi my name is Annie from Guernsey. I’ve currently made my first batch of beer from a kit after a 25 years break from home brewing. However I’ve never made beer before - only wine so I think I’m going to need a lot of help.