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I'm new to growing hops. My plant is around six feet tall at the moment and looks healthy. I just have a couple of questions: What should I feed it with? At the end of the season what do I do with it? thanks

My computer crashed a couple of weeks ago and I lost a lot of stuff including all my recipes. Can you guys recommend a recipe for 5 gallons Rhubarb wine please

I'm making a Peach & White grape wine from juice. I forgot to add citric acid. Can I add during fermentation or is too late? Thanks

Has the price of 'Crystalbrite' filter pads gone through the roof. The last time I purchased some (a couple of months ago) I'm sure they were less than a fiver a pack. They are now nearly ten quid!!

I've just found out I've been working under a misconception. I am relatively new to brewing but I thought that finings 'killed' yeast cells and brought the fermentation to a stop. Seeing as my aim is to have secondary fermentation after bottling or kegging I haven't been using finings. Today...

Does anyone know of a better tap for a king keg. Currently I have the standard one you turn anticlockwise. I wondered if there is a lever type one that would fit?

I mentioned this on another thread regarding making a 5 gallon batch wine. Its been almost 2 weeks now and this is the second time I've added yeast. For some reason it wont start to ferment. The temp is hovering at 22/23C. I started the yeast off in some of the must and it was fine, in fact I...

I seem to remember some time ago that there was a thread about making wine in 5 gallon batches but I cant find it. Ring any bells with anyone?

Hi Guys, Just thought I'd draw your attention to some Welch's juice that I bought today (10 cartons) :x It is 'Grape & Peach' batch number 2248. It was the only carton with that batch number and the rest appeared to be ok. Since I had poured most of them into my fermentation vessel before...

Hi Peeps, I've just started a Youngs kit. I usually use a King Keg but this time I want to bottle some of it. When is the correct time to bottle. i.e. SG etc? I din't want them to become bombs :o :)

First time I've ever tried Coopers. On the pack it looks like a 'blonde' beer but now that its brewed it has come out much darker than I expected. Its also somewhat sweater. Being a 'real ale' type I expected it to be more hoppy. I'm guessing I should have added some? :hmm:

I know that after brewing the bi products are often used as animal feed etc. Something thats always interested me is what happens to the liquid left after distillation of whiskey for example? :hmm:

I have just finished my second brew from my King Keg. Its happened again! I cant get the top off. I do have a dodgy shoulder but it occurs to me that to get the top off I need two hands to hold the keg firmly and another two hand to try to turn the top. Does anyone else have this problem and...

I expect this has been asked before but has anyone used Grolsch bottles for storing beer? I usually use a king keg but when we go camping it would be nice to take my own beer :D

I've made up a recipe for mead. 2 jars honey (900grams) 2 lbs of plums (for flavour and colour) Tannin Juice of a lemmon 1 tsp pectic emzyme 1 tsp yeast/nutrient I put the honey into 3 pints water and mixed it thoroughly. Added this to the plums, lemon juice and pectic enzyme in DJ for two...

Just come back from Whitby and whilst there I saw some 'Lindisfarne Mead'. Got me thinking if anyone here has a recipe and is Mead restricted to wine or can it be beer also?

I'm struggling to achieve a fermentation anywhere near 'dry'. I have just tested a batch of white grape which appears to have stopped fermenting. The hydrometer read 1080 when I started and its now down to 1020 after a month. I did try to start another fermentation last week but nothing has...

I suspect I'm about to ask a stupid question but.... Being a relatively new wine maker I have discovered that brewing 1 gallon of wine is really good but... it doesn't last too long! So bulk brewing is the answer. If I want to brew 5 gallons instead of 1 do I just use multiples of the...

Just over a week ago I transferred my first beer brew (Yorkshire Bitter) into my King Keg. I had a problem with losing pressure but I sorted that fairly quickly. My first question, how long does it normally take to clear? Also what is the shelf life of beer in a pressure keg? Thanks guys

A couple of days ago I transferred my first beer brew to my King keg. Yesterday (now that the pressure has built) it is leaking through the tap. I took off the top and tightened the tap but now that the pressure has built, it is still leaking. Obviously every time I release pressure I am losing...