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A few months on and I'm having another one thinking I'm sure there was a hint of liquorice in this, and a quick check of my prev post confirms this. This one is a little different. Liquorice has disappeared and it is a more 'bodied' drink. This has really matured into a top notch drink. Most...

After a successful ferment at cooler temps with an EDME lager I really pushed the boat out with my next brew. I got a liquid yeast for Christmas so decided to use it with a Coopers Pilsner and instead of the usual brew enhancer I bought a tin of malt extract. The yeast was a Czech Pils WYeast...

Having done a couple of lagers I was recommended the EDME lager as a bit of an unsung hero, with most people buying the Coopers range. At a £1 more expensive I gave it a go, and decided to try a true lager yeast and ferment at a cool temperature. The S-23 yeast recommend 2 packets if you're...

This is the fizziest brew I've ever done - I've done 2 and when racking into secondary masses of CO2 are released, even though fermentation has finished. I would say there's nothing to worry about - i left mine another week (3 weeks in total) but 1014 is high - if you've followed the kit it...

After leaving these a while having been sidetracked with lagers! and giving a couple away to good comments, I had one last night and these are really really good. No smells or after tastes and are as good as any of the shop bought stuff. I made this in Oct2012 so the 3 month wait I had read...

Did this kit on the strength of the reviews on here. A big heavy amount in this pouch, and reasonbly priced at £12.99 I did this with 1kg of brewing sugar, as the instructions on the pack. Started at 1042 Finished at 1010 After 8 days it looked to be done, but a reading of 1015 made it get...

Having drunk Sol in the 90's trying to be trendy with me little bit of lime stuck in the top I thought I'd give this a try. Brewed to 23L using brew enhancer. Started at 1038 Ended at 1006 I was expecting a very light 'straw coloured' drink, but was surprised to see quite a usual lager...

Tasted another and I have to say these now are on a par with the shop bought stuff from Magners and the like. They just need time so be patient. I've gone from 'wouldn't touch again with a barge pole' to a 'will definitely do another' I'm now more than willing to do one of the other flavours in...

This was my first stout. It came recommended as a great drink from my mate who used dark spray malt in his. I used the Burton Bridge brew enhancer - at an extra £3 ontop of your bill spread over 40 pints i think it's worth it. It took about 8 days to ferment, i primed bottles with just normal...

Had one last night and there's a massive difference to the first one i tried. The unpleasant chemical flavour has settled down and is a very acceptable drink, so even longer to mature should see these actually being drunk, rather than going down the plug hole :sulk:

Looks pretty good. Did the head stay down the glass?

Hi, just got the bug again after my Mrs bought a wine kit off ebay and stirred me into doing it again. I've brewed lager, stout and barley wine previously as well as home made wine made from the raw fruits rather than kits. This time she's the wino and I'm the lager lout :D

Bang goes that theory then!

I bought this kit after reading a few reviews with the intention of leaving it a good length of time for the pear flavour to mature. Fermentation started quickly and was pretty much done and clear by a week later. I racked off, left it in the cold cellar overnight and bottled the next day...

This was my first brew since coming back into homebrewing after a gap of 20yrs. In the good old days your beer looked like beer, smelled like beer and tasted like beer, until about 5 seconds after swallowing it when a huge siren went off screaming HOMEBREW ! So i'm in the homebrew shop and...