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  1. Milesey

    Cheap kits sub 14£, never again !!!

    Tried pimping them up , extra hops , dextrose etc end results poor Not very good even free 6 weeks in bottle Too thin , too much alcohol taste despite max of 5,5% I'll stick with premium kits in future
  2. Milesey

    Best Beer Names

    Circumcised Cyril's Sentational Citra IPA
  3. Milesey

    Plastic coopers brown bottles , **** ?

    They are good for that for sure
  4. Milesey

    Plastic coopers brown bottles , **** ?

    I've had a few cartons of these over the years and I'm gonna chuck them now Never get cold enough and I often find the taste in them isn't up to scratch, getting the tips off about takes skin off me hands and need molegrips to take the damn things off More than enough bottles now and swing...
  5. Milesey

    Wilkos Canadian ale

    Anyone tried this? Only cost 12£ so am gonna tart it up, might try another CML punked up dry hop, with a further 4/500g of Light spray malt What dya reckon?
  6. Milesey

    Its too hot.

    No air conditioning ? This is 2021 mate !! 😂
  7. Milesey

    Two weeks in bottle and looking very very murky

    How long do you crash cool for mate
  8. Milesey

    Two weeks in bottle and looking very very murky

    Morning 2 week ago I bottled a 2 can brew of wilkos feeling hoppy, 1kg brew sugar and 100g of Citra Anyway in cool dark room they've been for over a fortnight Still cloudy n don't seem to be clearing Did half dozen in clear glass so I am able to check their progress Here's a photo, what...
  9. Milesey

    Swing top bottles, lacking carb after refrigeration

    After I've left on fridge for like 48 hours I noticed some are flat , is this normal or could seals have perished? Mind you they've only been lightly used but I do put them in dish washer after use ?
  10. Milesey

    Recommend me a lager kit and hops to add

    Without dry hopping pal ?
  11. Milesey

    Recommend me a lager kit and hops to add

    Basic pal , I know lagers a tough call but just want tae give it ma best shot
  12. Milesey

    Recommend me a lager kit and hops to add

    Hellllllooooooooooooooo
  13. Milesey

    Recommend me a lager kit and hops to add

    I don't brew lager , tried in the past but just a kit and added just LME nothing else with poor bland results I've a spare fv so thought I'll try again with some recommendations Oh and a decent yeast for lager recommendation Don't do cold crashing , just want to make a batch and hope for...
  14. Milesey

    Very low starting gravity ! I'm very puzzled

    NEWS FLASH !!! So I've gen it a rate good stir, took sample and readings now a much more acceptable 1042, I'll take another early evening and report back 😁
  15. Milesey

    Very low starting gravity ! I'm very puzzled

    Hydrometer is ok by looks of it Only thing I can think of is , on this occasion I did dump all fermentables in at once then added the boiling water on top , but I did give it a thorough mix Maybe I need to give it a rate good stir up , will the yeast still work ok ? I always just pitch...
  16. Milesey

    Very low starting gravity ! I'm very puzzled

    50/50 dMe and gloucose Do you think I should go and give it a good stir up and take another reading ? And I'll check the hydrometer Thank you
  17. Milesey

    Very low starting gravity ! I'm very puzzled

    Yes I gave it a right good mix , temperature I don't know but whole process took like 20 minutes , so couldn't have got very cold nor too warm 🤔
  18. Milesey

    Chicken tikka

    I did a I think it was sharwoods or pataks , a slow cooker curry , It was bloody **** , don't bother if you see one in supermarket Watery , chicken come out all stringy , very very dissapointing
  19. Milesey

    Very low starting gravity ! I'm very puzzled

    Morning everyone I've just started a MJ brewers series Pale Ale off 1kg enhancer and 400g brewing sugar Took a hydrometer reading and it's like 1030!!! WTF ???? what's going on here !! I'll put photo of hydrometer up Cheers everyone
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