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Latest batches of beer bottled, but strange effect. In a lot of bottles there is yeast sticking to the sides of the glass. They were all stored upright next to radiator for about 3 weeks. I noticed yeast on the sides of quite a lot of them. Decided to give them all a bit of a shake to put yeast...

Attempt at "proper" lager. Two batches...one bohemian malt / saar hops, the other Viennese malt / mitelfruh hops. Fermented in unheated garage last March / April, and stored in unheated garage since then. Bottled yesterday...great colour and tastes good, especially viennese. Currently next to...

Complete novice when it comes to wine. Made a load of cider end of last summer and had loads of juice so decided to experiment. Boiled juice down to half its volume....SG 1.1, and then fermented with wine yeast. Left it in FV for ages.....fermentation stopped and now nice and clear. Thinking of...

Dark IPA with Simcoe hops. Bottled 23 / 1.....great taste bit minimal carbonation so far. Been a bit chilly in back bedroom, so may need a bit longer. It's going to be good I recon....

It's that time of year again. Total of 50 L of cider fermenting away. As an experiment I boiled a load of juice to raise its SG to 1.14.....fermenting with wine yeast and plan to produce sparkling apple wine! See how it turns out.....

I usually add hops in Muslin bags ... one bag per batch. Tried something a bit different today. Using one of the reusable fruit bags you can get in Tesco. Hung it into boiling worr so I can add back batch of hops to it. Seems to work so far......

Made an extra strong bitter, starting on 5th April this year. No specific recipe... it was a brew to use up all the left over bits and pieces I had accumulated. Malt was bohemian pilsner / golden promise (6kg total) and chucked in the remains of a batch of light crystal / carafe special Ii...

Pretty pleased.....nice colour. Made with golden promise / bohemian pilsner / pale crystal malt. Hopped with chinook and then another 100g chinook pellets added about a week before bottling. Nice carbonation / head. Made another batch that is identical except using Citra hops.

A clone of Brewdog punk IPA made according to the recipe from their web site being compared with the real thing. The clone is quite a bit darker, stronger and has a much stronger hoppy flavour. Slightly harsher, with a bit more bite, but definitely the same sort of thing. Both taste pretty good!!

Decided to try and develope a system for small scale brewing. Mainly as a way to try out test recipes, but also to make some super strong barley wine style brews that could go into 250 ml bottles. Basically got a 2 gallon igloo and a grain bag. Had a first go yesterday.....just thought I'd give...

Always a bit of a faff getting last 3 litres out of bottling bucket and into bottles. Tilting bucket etc. Got this from B & Q plumbing section. Forms a siphon which totally solves problem. Virtually nothing left in bucket now! Maybe a well known trick....but new to me! Need some PTFE tape to...

Two batches of lager....czech pilsner and vienna lager. Using mangrove Jack's bohemian lager yeast (M84). Temp in back kitchen seems perfect.....both fermenting like fury for first 3 - 4 days but calming g down now. Plan to shift to garage (totally unheated) after 10 days and just leave there...

Honey and apple cider. OG 1.07, FG 1.05 so 95% attenuation and 8.9% alcohol!

First batch of cider bottled. OG of juice was 1.05 ... fermented right down to 1.00. Cider always does this....only fermentable sugars in apples. Got a second smaller batch which was souped up with 3lb of honey. OG 1.072!

DPale ale with citra hops.....done a similar brew before, but this time I tried dry hoping with more citra hops just as fermentation was slowing down. Great success....pleased!

First attempt at a slightly unusual style. 3kg bohemian pilsner malt, 2.5 kg marriss otter pale malt and 0.5 kg roasted malt. Helenbrau (?) Hops and lager yeast. OG 1.068, about 6.7% ABV. First taste tonight.....needs a bit longer to fully carbonate (only a week post bottling) but very pleased...

I started my first attempt at a lager 10 days ago. This was my 6th whole grain brew....I've foundvthat my OG has been rising as I've refined my mashing / sparging method. For the lager I used 6 kg of bohemian pilsner malt, and a total of 100g Saaz hops. Wort was beautifully clear and had a...

I'm a beginner to this brewing game and a bit confused! Started by brewing apple and pear cider....very successful so decided to try whole grain brewing. My first attempt I had no real equipment and just tried to wing it with a grain bag, insulated cool box and as many big pans as I could...