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i made 23L of youngs Scottish heavy two/three months ago. i open a bottle and pour in to a pint glass the first two mouthfuls are great its a good heavy then the third is yuck and the rest to. it's a powder taste is it just me or is there something going on with it.has anyone heard of this...

got another kit. from ebay 99p yee ha its a bitter kit thought i would give it a try the thing is i have about 500g of brewing sugar is it ok to make the rest up with cane sugar or will mixing sugar make it go radioactive or even worse undrinkable :cheers:

made tc two or three weeks ago just the bog standard stuff of apple juice sugar ect but it turned out orange is this normal ?

got up yesterday and started to bottle my youngs scottish heavy. god it took forever but 39 1/2 pint bottles got done kitchen a mess ect you know what its like your first bottling. smells great BUT it is flat (will this be ok in a week ?) it says leave for 5 days i put two bottles in the fridge...

ok made up a kit of heavy last week is getting ready to bottle i thought i would just make it up in the secondary fermenting bucket as when it is fermented in about three days it goes straight in to bottles is this ok can i use the tap to fill the bottles or will i need to syphon it into the...

i started a kit young's scottish heavy on Wednesday but there is no fermentation it looks like it started but stopped how do i restart it again the only yeast i have here is cider yeast which will have to do any help please. went and googled it. i have put a heat mat under to see if that works...

started my first beer kit today youngs scottish heavy i have made a cider kit and got tc on the go. so as its a kit its a simple case of fling it in stir it up and bob's your uncle :) but i thought nope ill do it by there book so went to cut the label off to read the instructions but no to much...

made two lots of tc about aweek ago one just straight a/j the other 1L mixed berry no sugar half a packet of 5g yeast each they took 30hrs ish to get going then after 3 days both stopped i know there should be ok. how long should i wait till i take the hydrometer reading should i wait till it...

hi iam looking to do my first tc looking for a sweet,fizzy strawberry for my wife if you have an idea how to make it better. let me know 1) 4L apple juice (from concentrate) asda 62p *2) 1L strawberry ? any help please or other flavouring ? 3) half a cup of strong tea *4)lemon juice if so how...

went to move my first cider kit into a secondary bucket with a tap tonight lifted it on to the kitchen bunker when all 23L were transferred only to find out the tap was leaking (never use my superman strength ) only my super strength so it was either arm in or bottle it.but they were not ready...

hi everyone i think my firs brew has stopped i think i had a look today after about 12hr and there's not much or no sign of life will i need to put more yeast it it was bubbling away for a few hours. if i order more yeast will it be ok in a few days when i get it ?or will it be a case of start...

righty oh got the kit today :D followed instructions to the tee i put the bucket on a heat matt is this ok ill never get the temp right.put the airlock in the top of the lid with water in it i took the top off the air lock so air can get out. (is this right)i know it is it doesn't say in the...

hi to every one i'am the newest newbie ever i ordered a kit from ebay going to start with cider so watch out for my questions like this one is it ok to put the cider in plastic milk bottles or should i buy glass bottles thanks for any help you can give iam not a cider drinker but ill force...