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Hello All I've successfully brewed a a few batches of beer this year and am feeling confident to try and make a few modifications to the ingredients to get a beer more to my taste. I've bought a kit from Brupack called Almondbury Old. Here is a weblink with the description...

Hello All While drinking some of my most recent homebrew (St Peter's Golden Ale) with some friends this weekend we decided to set ourselves a brewing challenge. I was wondering if anyone here had any suggestions. We plan to drink the fruits of our labour and "judge" our efforts some time in...

Hello All I'm in the process of making my first ever wine using a California Connoisseur Savagnion Blanc kit. The fermentation completed in 10 days which is quicker than what the directions offered as a guideline. It started at 1.080 and stopped fermenting at .090 . I've racked the wine for...

Please excuse these very basic questions. I understand that IPA stands for India Pale Ale, and APA means American Pale Ale, but what's the difference? Thanks Llamapup

Hello I'm fermenting my first ever batch of wine and am wondering what's best for bottling. I have a 19 brown swing top bottles which are .75 L in volume. These are what I have been using for beer. I'll need to find some more bottles, but is there any reason why these won't be good for wine...

Hello All I'm fermenting my first ever wine (California Connoisseur Savignon Blan). Its bubling nicely in the FV at about 20.3 degrees. The wine started at SG: 1.080. What do I need to do to make sure the wine comes out dry and not sweet? Is it just a matter of making sure the SG gets to...

Hello All I'm new to wine making so didn't pay as much attention as I should to the fact that I'm going on holiday on day 29 of the brew. I'm making California Connoisseur Savingnon Blanc. It started ferminting yesterday at SG: 1.080. The airlock is bubbling nicely about 3 times a minute...