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Ordered all the ingredients for 6 beers...luckily delivered when the SWMBO was outwink... magic timing! Minor faux pas....forgot the yeast for the Festbier. Seen a few (well most of the vids) on a popular steaming site and there seems to be a lot of options of yeast to use....obvs not Lutra...

Brewed a David Heath dark mild on Sunday with no issues (getting the process right) however: 1) My inkbird had packed up. It's still keeping the temp at 20c but I'm unable to change it as I should have fermented this one at 18c for 10 days and then ramped up to 21c. I've tried turning it off a...

Used WLP002 for the first time which came as part of the Malt Millers Proud Griffin kit. The instructions say.. "Ferment at 18c for 10 days or until final gravity is reached and stable. At this point hold the temperature for a few days to allow the yeast to clean up any diacetyl prior to...

After many a yellow card about using the kitchen to do BIAB brews I have been given the full red card now, as swmbo says it stinks the kitchen out and I'm getting under her feet. I tried to fight my corner as explain the the all-grain brews were much better than the wilko kits and wilko weren't...

After much reading of sound sages advice here I did my first beer brew today, went for the standard Wilko Wherry. Cleaned everything in the kitchen that didn't move...dog legged it!. And didn't leave a mess (higher authority is very pleased) Followed the advice about the 1/2 campden tablet in...

Hello from the very sunny south coast, Just done my first kit - Wilko's Rose. Did this one mainly to see how to start off and because higher authority loves Rose! Got all the bits from Wilko and followed the instructions to the letter Have to leave it now for 3 days before adding anymore...

Hello from the very sunny south coast, Absolute newbie advice (not even got the kit yet but the shopping list is growing), higher authority has said I can brew my own beer (only if I make her some wine...seems fair), however I can only do it in the bat cave (aka the garage). Even on the south...

Hi all, Been told to get a hobby to get out from underneath the wife's feet. so something I can do, make and consume in the bat cave is ideal. Never brewed before so any advice would be well received.