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Good Afternoon All, 2 months ago I got down on one knee and asked my lady an important question, she was silly enough to say yes to marrying me. We are now looking at wedding venues in the UK, and we want to have a homebrew bar. Thankfully we have a few interesting venues to look at. We...

Hello All, I have an issue with a Coopers Dark Ale that I started in May for my BBQ in 2 weeks time. Started 23rd May, used 500g dark spray malt + 300g normal sugar. OG came out at 1048 which I was very happy with. However the brew started with a problem, was using a bucket with a tap on it...

Hey guys, Was down ASDA today on the suggestion from a friend. They are selling these : http://direct.asda.com/Bubba-Keg-11.4-L ... lt,pd.html Seems quite good, nice size for taking to a party etc. Also with my beer brews coming to 23 litres, I could keg it into two of these fine creatures...

Hello All, Making an "Absolutely Pure Spirit Base Kit" made by a company called "Alcotec". Its 5 litres of water, tons of sugar and high alcohol yeast. Anyway the 3 weeks normal fermination has finished, then I messed up the instructions. Was meant to put in the "Activated Carbon" + Stabliser...

Hello All, Don't normally look for this kind of assistance but here is the score. The company I work for is trying to force a very bad contract onto its workforce (including me!). I'm looking for someone who is good with contract law to have a quick lookie at this contract and see how many...

Hello All, At the minute I have a setup where there is several demi's in my house full of sterilising fluid. When I do a re-rack, I will tip it out of the first Demi into a washing up bowl, add a touch more powder and use that to sterilise stuff. Then I clean and use the "fresh" demi as it is...

Lidl - 50p for 1.5 litres of Apple Juice Just incase people missed it. I got 6 litres tonight for £2 :D Bargain and ready to go :D

Hello All, I'm considering over the next few months and during the summer to head out on the mountain bike in search of wild growths of anything out there that's a fruit that could be used to make wine. The following items come to mind that I would be looking for : Strawberrys BlackCurrants...

My question is, when is the best time to re-rack your wine. I've had it in my mind that its when the fermentation has slowed down or stopped. No chance in the gravity, and no bubbles in your airlock. However having checked my information, I am no longer confident about this as being correct...

Not sure if this is the best section to put this, but I think it will get plenty of attention anywhere on the forums. I am currently looking at relocating some of my brewing from my parents living room to my bedroom. Sadly however its getting close to winter, and its not the best time to be...

Hey all, This is now my 3rd attempt at making some "supermarket juice" wine. I have two issues. Here is the first one. My 3rd batch is - 1 litre "Orange/Peach/Passionfruit" from ASDA - 1 Litre of White Grape Juice. - 1 kg sugar. - Water to top it up. This is how it looked when I started it...

Hey guys, hope this is the right forums for this. If not then please move :-) So on Thursday/Friday i started a lager. Its the geordie lager kit. Here is the linkie The problem is that the kit is about 4 to 5 years old. Purchased by parents but never used. Found it when in the shed figured its...

Hey all, A few quick questions. I've got some wine bottles from my local pub (2 weeks back). They all have screw caps, would you suggest using the screwcaps or sticking a cork into it instead? I'm thinking it would look a bit funny having the screw thread on the bottle and put a cork in. But...

So its my first official "brew day", so this should be fun. Todays (or in this case last nights) aims are : 1) Get a christmas brew on. Something very similar in taste to Hob Goblin. 2) Try out this supermarket wine idea. So without further ado, here we go : All my starting items for both...

Was drinking out in town last weekend when I came over the following idea. Got a drink at the bar and watched the staff throwing used bottles into a large container. My idea came from where do those used bottles go? I am considering they do one of two things with them : 1) Bin them all 2)...

Hello all, Looking at making a Hob Goblin style beer for christmas. Something to brew now and leave in the shed till Christmas Eve. Currently got the following on order : 1 x COOPERS CLASSIC OLD DARK ALE 1.7 KG 1 x MUNTONS BEER KIT ENHANCER 1 x MUNTONS FOIL PACK SPRAYMALT DARK 500GRM My...

Hiya all, I'm currently in the process of doing a nice kit of cider for my girlfriend and me to split. She paid half for it wahey. Here is the kit i'm using : http://www.homebrew4u.co.uk/homebrew-ci ... -cider.asp The question I have, is I'm going to have to split the final product as she...