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as my post title says , the only reason i asked is because i got a bottle from a cupboard opened i poured it into a glass and it was perfect :thumb: it had a nice head on it all the way down the glass and tasted lovely , the following i poured myself another one straight from fridge and it...

hi peeps just a quick question , im just about to bottle a geordie lager kit and was wondering whats the best way to prime the bottles , the last 2 times ive done this i put the sugar in the bottles first but was wondering if it would dissolve better if the beer was in first ?

would adding clear honey to a geordie bitter kit spoil it or improve it ? obviously i will still brew using 1kg of brewing sugar

this is my second batch of this as my first one didnt last that long :shock: it got drunk over christmas ,ive brewed this one to 20 litres and used bottled water as my last batch had a bit of a offish taste it couldnt be the way i sterilised because ive used 2 different types and had same taste...

anyone one here support guernsey fc and are making their way down to my neck of the woods for saturdays fa vase game ? :thumb:

ive had this in fv for just over 2 weeks now , its had same hydrometer reading since monday so its done , im going to bottle it saturday but ive forgotten how much sugar i should prime bottles with they are 500ml bottles , im pretty sure it is half a tsp for ale and a whole tsp for lager is this...

i have a gallon dj which has a bung and airlock in the top my cider has been sitting in it for 4 weeks now and its still bubbling away 1 every couple of minutes , should i leave it in this dj till it finishes or should i move it off its sediment and then let it carry on fermenting in a fresh dj...

im new to brewing and im currently drinking my first brew :cheers: if youve read my posts before you will know how helpful this forum has been to me , :thumb: cheers guys and girls

how sweet is it ? and is it just like the newcastle brown ale you can buy in pubs ? sorry if these are stupid questions but im new to this :D

it was a geordie lager kit in a can , i left it for 3 weeks in the fv in a dark cupboard , with a constant temp of 18c , and it turned out lovely :) i brought myself a little bottler and it was so simple to use i managed to get 32 bottles out of it , well no point in not sampling it as your...

im brewing a geordie 40 pint lager and i seem to have lost the instructions :oops: i was just wondering how much sugar i need to add to it for secondary it will be going into a barrel

i have a lager brewing which should be ready the weekend after next now ive read the instructions about adding sugar when bottling but is it better to store it in a preesure barrel or put it in bottles ? how long would it last in a barrel ? as this seems the easist option as i can drink it...

Im going to start another 1 gallon cider tonight using youngs cider yeast i was wondering if i could add some undiluted apple and blackcurrant squash to the apple juice is this ok to do so i was thinking of adding about 250-300ml ?

Ive just started brewing my first batch of geordie lager and was wondering how do test with a hydrometer when its ready do i syphon abit out to fill my hydrometer test tube or do i do it in the fermenting bucket , as each time i open the lid air is getting in and wont that ruin the brew ?

as title says what is a turbo cider , how is it made and what ingrediants are needed ? i know ive asked alot of questions but i drink cider quite abit and would like to make my own strong dry cider

i made up 1 gallon using this yeast but for some reason it turned out with a very heavy sediment in the fermenting bottle , i cooled it down to stop fermentation and then bottled it the trouble is sediment has formed in the bottles and its impossible to pour and drink without moving the sediment...

im about to start brewing a geordie 40 pint lager its my first time brewing anything at this quantity , my fermenting bucket doesnt have a hole in the lid for a bubbler is this needed or could i just leave the lid resting on the top ? ive got a nice dark cupboard with a temp of 18c any advice...

hello im new to homebrewing so please be gentle with me :D i have made 3 of these kits all white sauvingnon blanc the first one i made was perfect but the next two finished up sour tasting , i brewed all of them in plastic tesco water 1 gallon bottles just wondering why batch 2 and 3 turned...