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No im going to bottle it. Just didnt want to bottle it and have left out a vital stage Thanks

Hey everyone. I'm just wondering...i have just done my first batch of beer and I had to prime the brew when putting it into a keg...Do i need to do a similar thing when bottling my mead? thanks WB

Thanks for the tip...i am using a 5gal plastic keg so i wont go over 80g as i rele dont want to come back to find it has exploded.

Thanks for all the help

im doing a moderately dark ale. are you saying you use a little bit of demerera with table sugar or just demerera? Thanks

Are you saying to use normal table sugar? and do i just dissolve it in some warm water? also what would be the sugar to pint ratio? Thanks

Hey everyone, Today is the day my beer is ready to be put in the keg. only problem is that I've just realised i need to prime it and i don't have any corn sugar. can you use regular sugar? I read that it makes the beer taste cidery :S so i dont want that. By them time i finish work the lhbs...

I used the supplied yeast.

oh ok. Well currently its going very well, so fingers crossed. really i want to do all grain but dont have the funds or room for the extra equipment at the moment. But will be going back to shropshire in the next few weeks and we have a small scale brewery as my step dad is now doing teaching...

Riccardo are you saying uh oh as in I have made a bad choice with this beer? or because its a kit? I decided to do a kit as my first as i want to work my way up

Ye im sure a small child falling in the brew might spoil it haha

Thanks, and im brewing wherrys bitter

Ok so now i Have a new problem that is completely the oposite to the first. Now the brew is bubbling so much that it is displacing all the water in the airlock...what should i do?

Thanks Carl

Life is good...bubbling away nicely :)

It was dry yeast. and i shall be patient...was just wondering as i didnt want the first brew to be a disaster Thanks for the replys

Hey everyone, Just made my first brew, i added the yeast about two hours ago and have left it in a nice warm place...temp is showing about 24-25 degrees c. lid is firmly sealed and the air lock is on securely and correctly...question is...how long should it take to start bubbling? Because at...

Cheers Moley. I think my plan is to use finings this first attempt, but then hide away the bottles so that they can age and hopefully taste better. Living in student digs kinda makes me want to get the alcohol bottled and hidden asap without ruining the drink, as some plonker is likely to come...

I read somewhere that it is best to let it ferment until it completely stops bubbling before racking...as racking before this will remove some of the yeast that is still working which kinda defeats the object. IT said that you should rack is few times as possible but must remove all the...

IM struggling not to taste it now and its what...4days old now and full of yeast. So im going to have to stash it somewhere that i wont keep looking at it constantly. haha. Also thanks for the link im sure this will come in very useful