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Hi guys! I have done about six batches so far and every single one has come out great (although I was a little concerned that my pilsner had some off-flavours at the start but I realise now that the type of yeast just had a longer maturation period and now it tastes great!) It means I now have...

Hi guys! I started my first mead a few weeks ago (we're about four weeks in now) and I've realised that apart from the advice of 'leave it as long as you can' I don't really know if I should be doing something. It was bubbling away for at least four weeks but in the last couple of days it has...

Hi guys! So we were collecting elderberries from a neighbours garden earlier today (with him, we aren't animals :D) and the missus spotted a curious plant growing up the side of someone else garage. It looked like hops, and I've never seen them in the wild before. They don't smell of anything...

Hi guys! I have a couple of 5 gallon batches bubbling away and as much as I want to have a lot of great home-brew around, I need to reign it in a bit to avoid having too much to drink. I was talking to my girlfriend this morning and we saw a recipe for ginger beer - which she loves - and I'd...

Hi guys! I'm planning my second batch and am staring at the Evil Dog Double IPA kit. The instructions say to add the malt extract first to the fermentor, follow it up with hot water and stir. The problem is, I'll be using a six-gallon glass carboy, so stirring isn't an option. I thought that...

Hey guys! So the time finally came to test out the new kit and brew my first beer. I brewed up a can of Coopers Pale Ale with the brew enhancer and am currently waiting for it to ferment. I messed up something at the start though and I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with this and how...

Hi guys! I'm about to start preparing for my first batch - a Coopers Pale Ale kit. Now, originally all my research involved EG kits with a boil. However this one is simply done in the fermentor so no boil needed. I'm thinking though, is it risky to use tap water without having boiled it...

Hey guys, So I'm a newbie and I've only just started receiving my first bits of kit, but the site I bought from seems to be selling a lot of essentials pretty cheap for now. The main thing is the Big Mouth Bubblers both siphon less and standard are half off. I'm not sure if they still ship to...

Hi guys! Newbie here. I'm yet to do my first batch as I'm waiting on a delivery of some bits. However I found the Coopers range in the supermarket here of all places and picked one up having been promised by the can that 'everything' was included. Obviously not everything is included at all...

Hi guys, Newbie here waiting on equipment and a custom kit from Northern Brewer to arrive (Chinook IPA). I'm looking ahead to my second batch and I've realised that a lot of the kits I was eyeing up are 'pre-hopped' or 'in a can' and basically skip the boiling stage. I really want to brew...

Hey guys, Just thought I'd introduce myself. I've recently bought a house in Italy after leaving the UK a few years back and we have a lot more space than I ever managed to get living in the city :) So naturally my lifelong curiosity about home brewing is about to be explored. Moreover...

Hi guys! I'm waiting on my home brewing kit order to be finalised and using this time to research the process and get prepared for my first batch whenever everything turns up. I've noticed a couple of slight variations in methods (which I realise may be down to recipe, but they sounded more...

Hi guys! We've recently moved house and have enough space to pursue brewing - something I've been wanting to do for a long while! It's difficult to find good beer here in Italy, and when you do it's expensive so I've managed to spin it as an investment ;) I've decided after reading reviews and...