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Hi all - Tinlife here! Just bought a couple of these wilko IPA kits that are being sold off cheap because they’re reaching near end of shelf life. Gonna brew one up next week and was looking at what I have in the freezer to perhaps bung in there to spice things up. Got 25g of Amarillo pellets...

Hi all - tinlife here! Has anyone attempted to make Japanese Umeshu in the UK using fruit other than ume, like in this example: Umeshu - Japanese 'Plum' Wine - with ume OR green apricots (diversivore.com) Any help much appreciated. Tinlife

Hi everyone, Tinlife here! A quick question if you good people don't mind. I recently bought a sachet of Wilko beer finings and am keen to see if it makes a difference. My questions though are: 1. I bottle condition/carbonate, will the finings stop the carbonation process by stripping out the...

Hi Everyone, Tinlife here! I know there's already a few posts on the Fermzilla but looking through them I'm not sure if anyone has answered my question: Has anyone any experience of using the fermzilla to serve directly from? I don't have a keg and like the idea of brewing in and serving from...

Hi All, Tinlife here! I recently put on 22litres of the Canadian Ale from Wilko - used 1kg of dry malt, 250g of brewing sugar, and dry hopped from day one (which I suspect was a bad idea). Bottled it on day 7 which was yesterday after 2 days of the same reading. I wanted to wait longer but I...

Hi Everyone - Tinlife here! A quick question I hope one of you can help me with please. I'm brewing from kits at the moment and the ones I've done say to brew in fermentation vessel for around 6 days and then bottle condition for 2 weeks. Can I ask, if I keep it in the fermentation vessel for...

Tinlife here! just banged on my first ever turbo cider attempt. Saw a guy on YouTube doing it so thought I’d have a go: Approx 3.5ltr of apple juice from concentrate 1ltr of cranberry jiice 300g brewing sugar. Sparkling wine yeast. haven’t a clue what to expect but had the stuff so fancied a go!

Hi All, Tinlife here! A very basic question but one I hoped some good soul could help me with. I'm planning to add dry hops to my fermentation bucket in a few days. I've bought the hops and a few hop bags. My question is - how do people clean the bags before putting them in the bucket? I was...

Hi All Tinlife here! Planning my brew day and here’s what I’m thinking - any pointers much appreciated: 1 x coopers draught 1kg light dried malt extract 300g brewing sugar 25g Amarillo hops. my plan is to do the hops as a tea in the empty coopers can - 20mins in the can and then throw in the...

Hi All First proper post from a new brewer. I recently had some seriously rotten smells coming from my “clean” fermentation bucket after brewing a couple of bad batches. Had a look at recommended fixes and saw a few recommending unscented Napisan. We had some in from a few years back so I...

Hi All, Tinlife here! I’ve been reading posts on here for almost a year now but only just signed up. I’ve been brewing Kit beers since last october, and enjoying it. Had around 5 dreadful brews before I realised my sanitiser is just that - it doesn’t also clean! Latest brew (coopers draught)...