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Hi all, I tried a small bottle of my leffe clone last night and when I opened it it gushed out everywhere and threw up all the yeast on the bottom, whatever foam was left tasted lovely once settled though. I moved the other bottles into my spare room, went to bed and at 5am I heard a loud bang...

11 days fermenting Took FG 1.020, didn't take any notice of how high it is Added priming sugar Bottled the lot Woke up my braincells Cried Took another reading Basically the same Cried some more Threw everything back into the FV on top of trub Now sitting in silence, wondering if I...

Hi all, This has most likely been covered previously on the forum so apologies but I searched for a bit and couldn't find a question similar. I'm a newbie so be gentle with me 😂 I bottled my first beer on the 18th a few weeks back and also harvested/cleaned some yeast from the stuff at the...

Hi all, I'm completely new to brewing and wine making, I made an ipa from all grain kit which turned out nice but I just wanted to double check a recipe for a mixed berry wine. I'm using wild sour cherries 6.5lbs, 1lbs of strawberries and. 5lbs of ripe plums. 5lbs of white sugar, 8litres of...

Hi all, I joined last year and was looking Oo do my first brew by January but life has gotten in the way. Anyway, I ordered the totally tropical ipa recipe kit from malt Miller and its coming up to the yeast expiring so I want to get brewing, I'm working from home now (coronavirus) so have...

Hi all! I've got a three day weekend ahead of me and want to brew my first beer, I'm a little stuck with a few things mainly being how much ingredients I need, to give some perspective I have a 21 litre stock pot for boiling, 25 litre mash tun and a 20 litre fermenting vessel. How much beer...

Hi All, After a few months of thinking about it I've decided to give home-brewing a go, this post is probably going to be long but I'd like to give as much info to people as possible in case anyone has any feedback for me, I've spent a lot of time watching videos and reading but still feel like...