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Usually a beer maker but got given a year out of date premium 5 gallon wine kit. As it was free thought I might at well give it a go .. Got it into a fermenter pretty late Sunday night. Was a little concerned as it was a bit out of date that it might not kick off but it's going like the...

Brewed for Obama http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... ygQrX8FI3Q :cheers:

I'd like this App ! http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=6a8Eimr-fm0 :drink:

Planning on doing an extract/kit based Schwarzbier later tonight both to use up some leftover ingredients and expediency as I am a bit pushed for time lately instead of doing my usual BIAB brews... So here's the plan: recipe taken from a US web site... with slight tweaks. 5 Gallons Better...

Although I have been doing BIAB for a while now, recent time constraints due to an online self study course have left little time for brewing and stocks are running low... So I decided to try one of these new Better Brew kits. The IPA kit comes in sealed, fairly tough, plastic bag with the...

I realise a number of home brewers use Videne as a no rinse sanitiser although I haven't used it myself yet... I have been searching the manufacturers web sites and safety data sheets etc trying to find where using Videne is recommended for use, as a long term use, no rinse sanitiser and cant...

Having had my beer (and wine) supplies severely depleted by Christmas it was time to get some beer brewing... Did 2 x 5 gallon brews, both extract... Session Bitter with 3kg pale malt extract and some steeped crystal malt, East kent goldings and fuggles hops through the boil... Robust Porter...

Although I have plenty of beer brewed and ready for Xmas A chance purchase of a large quantity of hopped liquid malt extract and thoughts of the new year... not just the 1st but the whole month... with my beer guzzlin lot of family and friends I could be in drought by mid January ! So had a...

Up till now I have only done kits and some extract brews using speciality grains and DME in a smaller pot and extra hops to compensate for the reduced boil size... Decided to move up a step and don't really have the room for a major brewery setup so decided to go BIAB... So ordered a 50 litre...

Extract Bitter is under way, needed a barrel filler... 5 Gallon Brew 250 gm Crystal malt steeped twice for 30 mins each time @ 65~70C 2Kg Dry Light malt Extract 1kg Dry Amber Malt Extract 80 grams East Kent Goldings 90 mins (perhaps a little much but my pots not full size so compensates) 20...

Wherry had finished and been in the FV for 10 days so barrelled most of it bar a few bottles for samples :-) Set another Edme Stout kit on the go... Edme Kit 2 x 454 gram jars of Holland & Barret malt extract 500 grams unrefined dark brown sugar Safale S-04 yeast recovered from the previous...

Was bored today and had some time on my hands... no beer kits handy so had a rummage ... found some black malt grains, 2 jars of Holland and Barret malt extract, a leftover kit yeast sachet and some fuggles hops... decided to see what could be made of it ! StrangeBrew: 10 Litre 200 grams...

Set a Wherry kit on the go today after kegging my Caxton real ale. Only changes to the kit were the yeast. Set it going with 12g of Safale S-04. Heard lots of good things about this kit except that it sometimes sticks hence the better yeast choice... Can't wait ! :cheers:

After a recent return to home brewing, mostly beers but 10 Litres of WoW and 10 litres of turbo cider done. I've decided to jump in at the deep end with a Chilli Wine ! Having looked at several recipes I have created a hybrid recipe from them all ... So here goes... The plan is: 5 Litre batch...

Set a Caxtons real ale kit on the go today (plus a gallon of wine but that belongs in another section) was brewed with 1 Kg brewing sugar. Used the full hop sachet and plan to dry hop the FV once the main fermentations over before kegging with some Bobek About 20 grams ... as a first attempt...

Had seen someone using one of these syphons for homebrew on youtube so thought I'd get one and see how well it works... http://www.toolbox.co.uk/silverline-451 ... 7464-85592 Yellow warning sticker not to use in petrol tanks was easily removable with soap n water leaving a copper plated end...

Just ran a pint off of me second brew after returning to home brewing. Edme Irish Stout kit brewed with 750 grams of unrefined dark brown sugar and 350 grams of brewing sugar. Only been a week conditioning in the barrel and already tasting quite nice ... This was a sample after all :-) Far...

Made my first batch of Turbo Cider today with 4 Litres of Budgen's apple juice, with the impromptu addition of a large handful of blackberry's mashed and squeezed into a small quantity of still hot previously boiled sugar and water. Fermentation has gotten going surprisingly fast ! Cheers...

Once the natural pressure in a plastic barrel has fallen and you use a Co2 Sparklet bulb to add some pressure. Do you have to leave the bulb and holder attached to the cap ... or once it's vented into the barrel will the cap self seal so the bulb and holder can be removed ? Cheers... Tony

Just about to barrel my first ever brew :-) Barrels sitting with sanitiser in as type, beers looking good, no more bubbles and 1.006 2 days in a row. Bought a Woodfords Microbrewery Starter Set that came with a Wherry kit but decided to run a cheapy Young's Harvest beer kit through it first...