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Thanks gents. I'll leave it alone :cheers:

Hi all. I've always bottled my beer in the past, but have decided to keg it instead. I've got a bog standard pressure barrel with a s30 cap. My question is, I've but the beer in the barrel with 100g of sugar to condition it. Do I need to inject one of those little co2 bulbs straight away or...

Found 4 bottles of last years brew at the back of the shed last weekend. Popped one in the fridge and gave it a try. Absolutely amazing. Crystal clear, sweet, fiery and very tasty. I'll be doing much more of this and laying it away :cheers:

I'll be bottling my 4th experiment with this one tomorrow. Just the one tin, brewed short to 20l, with the required kilo of sugar. But I've added 500g of dark muscovado sugar and a tin of black treacle. O.G was 1.046 now down to 1.008. The taste from the trial jar is promising :cheers:

Done this one a few times now. First time was my first ever ale brew (I usually make wine :-)). First time, I followed the instructions and ended up with a pale, not very hoppy obviously homebrewed beer. M'eh, I thought. So having read reams of info on here I decided to fiddle with it a bit...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-25594482 Keep your eyes peeled for dodgy stolen brews !!!

Just bog standard general purpose wine yeast, 1 teaspoon per gallon and a teaspoon of yeast nutrient :cheers:

No. That was per pint bottle. Makes it perfect for my taste :cheers:

I've made this a couple of times now. The second was much better than the first. First one fermented dry so was a bit bland and sour but still drinkable. For the second batch I used 1 and a half teaspoons of Candarel to sweeten it up and the difference was amazing. This and ginger beer are now...

Tomato wine :sick:

Should be nice :thumb: and its still cheap at £12. Less than 50p per bottle :cheers:

4 hours in and going strong :cheers:

It definitely benefits from a teaspoon of splenda in each bottle. Totally transforms it :cheers:

So, I started another batch of this today. This time I've substituted the limes in my original recipe for oranges. The smell is amazing :thumb: Ingredients all ready to go. 2 kilos of fresh root ginger (2 quid per kilo from asda), 2 lemons and 3 oranges (zest and juice) and 2.6 kilos of...

I'm very pleased with the way mine turned out. Only got 8 bottles left :whistle: It's so simple and easy to make with outstanding results. I ended up with 34 pints of delicious 6% ginger beer for around 8 quid. Gonna try some with oranges replacing the limes. This is now my stock brew and...

I get em in my local Quality Save shop. Never had an infection. They're fine but your stuff needs to soak for 30 mins and must be rinsed. For bottles just one fill and empty with clean cold water is fine :cheers:

Quality Save sterilising tabs. 64 tabs for 99p. 1 tab per 4 litres of cold water. It actually has dosing instructions on the pack for home brewing. Rinse well though :cheers:

Set mine off today after reading this thread :-) 2 kg fresh root ginger (grated with skin on) 2 lemons (zest and juice) 2 limes (zest and juice) 2.6 kg sugar 4 tsp CoT Ginger simmered with citrus for 20 mins then added to fv with sugar dissolved in 2 litres of water. Topped up to 24 litres with...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambucus Scroll down to toxicity for info. A quick Google search for elderberry wine recipes will yield hundreds :cheers:

Well, as promised I'm reporting back. The brew has been in bottles now for 3 weeks and after chilling its actually pretty good. Nice and clear with a decent head and very drinkable. I'm very surprised and a little puzzled, but happy all the same :-)