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Can anyone point me at a good calculator to help me with the addition of brewing sugar prior to fermentation? I made a wheatbeer a while back and had difficulty extracting sufficient sugars from the grain to give me the alcoholic content I wanted. My solution was to add brewing sugar prior to...

I need to get hold of some malts today for a brew at the weekend but I am not at home to visit my local supplier. I will be on the Brighton area later today so can anyone recomend a homebrew shop in that area?

Since the beginning of December I have brewed six times. Two of these brews have gone sour, both Wheat beers and both in the keg and in the same keg when gone bad. All of the other brews are just fine. After the first failure I took the keg apart to find out why I seemed to have had an issue and...

I am brewing a mild for the first time as as sort of nostalgic brew. I used to enjoy a pint of mild on the rare occasion I could find find one when I was young and now as mild is as rare as hens teeth I thought I would have a go at making one for the benefit of the education of my grown up sons...

I have a kegerator that is supplied with co2 for the kegs via standard grey gas line. She who must be obeyed says I must move it but to get it where it must go I need to change the gas feed. Do John Guest speed fit connections work with co2 pressures? What I need is a 90 degree sharp bend to...

I am always trying to improve my brews and at the moment I am turning my attention to clearing my beer. I want to get a better handle on what various additions do in this respect. So far I have have used gelatine to completely clear a beer with great success but have trouble in getting the more...

I have to confess I missed this forum when I joined at the beginning of December but its never too late. I have been brewing with my son for about three years with surprising success. I had a go at brewing back in my youth (late 1970's) with a kit, possibly from Boots, that was a disaster but...

I use an ispindel to monitor my brew and to eventually calculate the ABV. I have gone through the process of calibration and subsequently used it successfully in several brews, always taking a manual gravity reading at the start and end of fermentation to be sure. I am brewing a pineapple NIPA...