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Hello I have brewed a number of single-can bitter and mild kits to the full 40 pints / 22 litres. However, I find them lacking flavour and body. I use 500g of spray malt and 500g of brewing sugar for fermenting. Once fermented i bottle, priming first with fermentation drops. To increase...

Hello everyone I'm struggling to get a decent head on my pints of homebrew. I have therefore purchased some Youngs Heading Liquid to add to the fermenting beer. The instructions say to add to the beer and stir in prior to bottling. However, if i do this , it will stir up the sediment in the...

This may sound very silly, but how safe is the fermenting beer in a fermentation bucket when the lid is temporarily opened? I always thought that fermenting beer in the vessel was susceptible to bacteria in the air - hence the need for the lid and bubbling air lock filled with water...

Hello everyone I'm new to home brewing (this is my first post) and have completed a couple of brew kits. I see a number of kits sold as 'Yorkshire' bitter. Can anyone tell me what are the characteristics of Yorkshire bitter (apart from originating from Yorkshire)? How does Yorkshire bitter...