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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

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...

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?

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...

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 ?

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...

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

Hi everyone Right today I've bought the above kit £11!. Want to use as a base for adding the CML hop mix punked up Using just 1kg of dextrose it ends up @ 4.4% I want a further 25% strength , without ballsing up the brew how much additional fermentable should I add? I'm thinking a further...

Anyone added this to a kit? How did it turn out and what kit for you use, it's my next brew Cheers

Hi I've done this batch of 2 can Wilko feeling hoppy , 1kg enhancer , 100g of hops including what was supplied in the kits Sg 1062 Two days ago it was at 1011 So anytime.now I'll be bottling Let's say calculator suggests 100g of sugar , same as what's supplied in Young's American IPA...

You.know the tikka ya get from takeaways or kebab shops that's got a red colour on it How do I replicate it in my own kitchen I've marinaded chicken in a tikka mix but you don't get the red colour on the meat Is there something in particular I can buy from Asian supermarket and if...

Can I buy "saison" from a supermarket in can / bottle ? Can anyone recommend something , apart from stout / porter , perhaps only one I've never brewed , would like.to taste the style

Hi everyone Ordered the above hops , I'd like suggestions of a kit to use with the hops I'm thinking a high end kit might be overkill and not generate what I'm looking for , might be wrong ? Anyone tried this ? Thanks all

Hi I've done a 2 can feeling hoppy brew , 1kg of LME and both sachets of the supplied yeast. Seems to have stopped fermenting or hopefully fermeted out after 5 days, no activity through air lock. My home is warm throughout the day and perhaps drops to 15c at night. It's 8 days in now so my...

Doing the above , started it last Saturday so been in FV for a week now Bubbling away quite happily in a warm place But looks like fermentation is coming to albeit a slow close Last one I did was Young’s IPA and that fermented for three weeks and I left a further week In anyone’s...

Just done a Young’s APA turned out very nice after some initial doubts Got Young’s IPA in bottle now conditioning what next , did a mangrove jacks grapefruit a while back but something went wrong I think with it and needed to be dumped want something 5% min thanks

Hi made this today , now 6 hour later not started to ferment first cider this is so unfamiliar being an ale man it’s in kitchen and temp must be 22 C reassure me please lads

Hi made this today , now 6 hour later not started to ferment first cider this is so unfamiliar being an ale man it’s in kitchen and temp must be 22 C reassure me please lads

Want to make one of my lads some cider sadly he has no taste for ale so cider it is I’ve tried making cider before using juice but always came out like a sparkling wine and strong so wanna use a kit a flavoured one with raspberry or strawberry is preferred cheers , oh and what’s...

Anyone find that sometimes this method is less back breaking !! ?