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Apologies for basic question but stupidly put in priming sugar into primary fermentation from Festival Golden Stag Summer Ale kit. Realised only afterwards that this was fir secondary fermentation and this kit did not need sugar at this stage. Is this remediable? And do I just add the same...

Grateful for quick help! My siphon broke 30 pints into 36 pint transfer. V keen to get last 6 pints our but new siphon arrives tomorrow. Beer was put into keg on Thursday, having had 5 days hop pellets. Can I undo top of keg and siphon in the remaining 6 pints without causing any damage? Sorry...

Sorry if this is a basic Q - but in making a homebrew kit (Festival - Father Hook's) recently, I discovered in error that if I put 100g of sugar in at start it really improved flavour. So was going to do this again but for some idiotic reason put 500g in by mistake. It is fermenting fine I...

I am very keen to bottle some of my (delicious tasting) Father Hook's Best Bitter. What is the simplest and cheapest way I can transfer the beer from the pressure barrel to glass bottles (to be capped)? Is there a way to maintain pressure in the bottle without loads of fancy equipment? I have...

Having tried a cpl of brews now, I thought I'd have a go at this. However my inclination was to use 50/50 brewing sugar/spray malt and maybe to add hop pellets towards the end of primary fermentation. This is as suspect the beer might be a little insipid otherwise. Do you think my approach is...

Hi - sorry if stupid Q but I want to bottle beer for some friends from the keg. The beer is only going to be in there a couple of days. Do I really need to sterilise them? Help appreciated! Thank you!