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Ok no vinegar taste but the ale i was reffering to was my stout, i had the barrels mixed up, i noticed as soon as i starter syphoning off lol, not a very good start lol. Anyway all bottled ready to be put to one side for a fewe weeks

i will post the result in about 20 mins

Ok, but i have never seen anything like this before

OK I have just come to bottle my IPA and when i opened the air lock there is a film on the top with white strands in it, it looks like a mould, not much of a smel off it but i haven't broken the skin yet. Any ideas? or is it ost

To be fair i though mine looked a bit cloudy, but today it was clear, it is my first beer kit and the advice on here says it gets better after a few weeks in the bottle. Taste was a bit strong but i am hoping that it mellows down a bit with age. That said i have had worse over the counter at...

Well a pleasant suprise i bottled my first lager kit last week and today i was going to transfer the bottles to the caravan for storage. Well being a bit curious i had to have a sample. So bare in mind it hadn't been chilled and has only been in the bottle a week i just had to sample it and i...

I just swill with cold water, then i wash with warm water and washing up liquid, i then rinse again fill with steralising solution usually baby stuff let it stand for half hour then rinse it again and bang another brew in

Just a quick update, i have just got in from work and picked a couple of bottles up out of the caravan and WOW what a difference, the fizz is perfect. Just shows what a bit of patience can do

I have 4 -25 litre d johns on the go, and as i empty one i wash steralise and get it straight back on. The aim being that eventually i get to a point where i am drinking stuff a few months old

The kit come as a can of appleconcentrate that you tip out and add sugar and water, pretty simple really

I just finished this kit and although drinkable i will not be using them again, although i did have good results from a magnum pear kit

Bottled my first lager the other day, it was a bit cloudy but hoping it will clear when i move it into the caravan where it is nice and cool. Started my Irish velvet stout kit yesterday, and i should be able to bottle my IPA in a few days. Whoo hoo looking good, my first forays into beer so it...

Thanks all, i have got a hydrometer but to be honest i struggle to use it. (a bit thick) i will have to have a good look at it and take a reading off the lager and the pale ale over the next couple of days. And i use 5 gallon demi johns so there shouldn't be any gasses leaking, i will check...

Right my problem is this, I have just done a Coopers IPA and after only 4 days all airlock activity has stopped, is this normal? Also i started a Young's pils kit and this has done the same but i think that managed 5 days before packing up. I have only ever done cider previous to these two...

Sounds good to me, I am going to bottle this first batch the weekend and put it up for christmas and then get the next lot on the go.

well there is enough fizz to notice, and it is going down a storm, pear cider, john bull cider and turbo cider. Result

ahhh, Thanks for that, my first time with bottles lol

I tried one of my recently bottled cider last night ready for the bonfire tonight and i was a bit dissapointed with the lack of fizz in my bottle, i used 1 tea spoon of sugar in a 500 ml bottle they have been sitting somewhere warm for a week and not enough fizz to make a ggod pffft when opening...

hmm, i would hate to ruin a brew because i hadn't racked off or bottled in time

Right here we go, i have got all my 5 gallon dj's in use but i do have a number of fermentation buckets handy. So here is the question i want to start another brew tonight so i have cut a hole in the lid of a bucket to take a bubbler, i have checked the fit and i have a few gaps around the bung...