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I'm breaking this out of another thread slightly rather than cluttering it: I've done a gallon as a little test as follows: 1.1kg sugar 100g lentles water to the shoulder ( still had a bit of a blow out through the tube when i topped up) 1 Packet of fast acting baking yeast, asda or tesco...

I've just bought some goldings in a clear plastic bag which isn't vacume packed as I would expect them to be.. Maybe its filled with argon or something.. Or just air. Should I expect these to be of lower quality than the ones in silver foil packets? http://s73.photobucket.com/albums/i228/ ...

I've just mixed 4L of Tesco juice in too a 5L water bottle and some ale yeast from a local brewery. I plan to add a litre of blueberry or cherry juice which are my usual favourites. OG-1.045 I'm hoping it'll be a little less dry than the usual wine yeast. If it looks promising in a month or...

I'm hoping to fit an s30 valve to this pressure barrel lid: http://s73.photobucket.com/albums/i228/ ... 000375.jpg But I can't find a hole size for them http://s73.photobucket.com/albums/i228/ ... 000377.jpg The hole I have is 15mm, could go larger.. Tricky going smaller. The alternative is...

I picked up some yeast from Darcey at blackjacks brewery today; So the plan is to try and get through a few of the kits i picked up very cheaply so i have an excuse to buy some decent ones, and as if i need an excuse to use a decent bit of this yeast immediately! I've picked out the above...

Last night I had to doubly child proof my house as my sister in law came round with some rather active kids...making ours look easy to deal with! So I bagged up some random bottles in a big sport direct bag, put a pram rain cover over them and moved them from my cool storage spot (living room...

One of my local shops sells quite a lot of turbo yeasts and such things, I've noticed that they also have bits of bourbon barrels. Could a alcotech48 sugar wash pick up any of these flavours after filtering. I just fancy having a play with these yeasts and putting a gallon or two away to...

Its taken about 2months to get hold of the right person but at last we have been given an allotment, word on the plot is that rents are very cheap and the plots are pretty rough... My wife typically has picked out the roughest looking one and requested it. I received instruction yesterday to go...

I'm planning to convert one of my 60L plastic barrels to a boiler within the next few weeks. I'm not usually too great with DIY but I have two barrels to hack at so I'll have a trial run if needed. I'm going to use it fir biab so I need a tap, hop filter and holes for elements. I'm totally...

I'm hoping to use poly pins for my beer and wine. Where online should I get them from? Also what size do people go with? I'm brewing 20L at a time and drink maybe one pint a night on average... I do have space under the stairs to store quite a bit of beer and a spare fridge for a couple of...

That's one of todays descisions. I have a choice of four kits, John bull lager, best bitter, IPA or traditional ale. To go in them I have 500g dark dme, 1kg brewing sugar and about 2.5kg of elderberrys.. And some blackberrys which are supposed to be for pies..... but I havnt a clue which to...

I noticed that there was a catering sale at uni today, they had big stockpots for 10quid each. I thought I might as well grab two so wandered off to the cash machine.. Got back to find just the one slightly battered looking one. Carried it around uni for 7 hours, on the bus, whilst pushing the...

I had a bit of a freezer disaster yesterday when I came home to find it bleeding.... My elderberrys had defrosted as had some blackberrys, it looked horrific. So I quickly racked my wine kit, forgetting campden or stabilizing. And washed the yeast to save in a bottle. 15kg of elderberrys (with...

After the partial success of my last 6 bottle wine kit i thougt i would give a 30 bottle kit a go, it also helped that they were reduced to £10 at wilko's... The Kit is made up of grape juice concentrate, Yeast, Stabilizer & finnings, and the instructions are aimed at somebody who has probably...

After 3-4months without any fermentation ticking away in the kitchen i figured it was time i got on with it.... Some good offers on kits also spurned this along! Multi tasking with a wine kit cooling so i can pitch the yeast. And again.... I always mix the enhancer / dme with boiling water...

So i have been planning to head towards BIAB for months, whilst i seem to also be getting towards the end of my bottled beers. The cheap kits that i have done with liquid malt and hop tea's are tasting great after 3 months in the bottles. But then..... I walk in to tesco and find these kits at...

I've managed to get around 5kg of blackberrys from the last three days on my way to the shop. Many seem to be on their way out and there are considerably more ripe ones than I can pick with the kids sat in the pram! so im unsure how much longer the supply will last. Still some red and green...

I've got quite a quantity of this stuff in the cupboard having found it cheap at b&m, around £1.50 / kg IIRC. once i had got home and give the kids a drink each I noticed it tasted rather malty.. turns out to be 44% malt extract So i'm wondering if a couple of Kg with "some hops" and 500g of...

I'm looking for some inspiration on how to make my next BBQ a bit more interesting. i'm camping this weekend and plan to take my big kettle BBQ so i was thinking of trying to cook a slab of beef or pork. I'm thinking it Should be fairly simple if i just stack up the coals at one side, seal off...

Having just bought our first big tent for some summer camping I'm starting to add up the bits we need to take..... and looking at the size of my car in dismay! Just 8 sleeping bags alone takes up a lot of room. Of course my fellow homebrew ers must have some camping experience! So the...