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Hi Chaps, Im looking to get my kegorator/bar set up by Christmas. And I am struggling to find a chest freezer in my area. Could buy one new for £130 if that is the last option but would prefer not to. I have 3 kegs, but would like 2 connected to taps at all times with beer in the 3rd...

Hi guys, Me and my old man are looking to build a mash tunn out of a cooler box. I have purchased one of these 24l cooler boxes...

Just found a packet of the malt miller west coast ale yeast which says best before october 2014 and a packet of us-05 which i cant be a BB. Both purchased in March 2014. Theyve been in my homebrew cupboard in the garage ever since. Do you reckon they are still usable? Could i pitch onto a...

Hi folks, fancy going a split batch for my next brew to try out different hops. Will mash enough for around 20 litres of beer and then i will split into 2 cubes of 1 litres each with different hops. Is there a thread on here (or anywhere) explaining a bit more about it. Struggling to work out...

Doing a brew on Friday night which i'm hoping to be drinking on New Years Eve. Fancy a pale ale type of thing. How does this look: 2.4kg Marris Otter 2.4kg Pilsner Malt 100g Carapils 150g Crystal 60 minute mash at 67c. 25g hallertau hersbrucker + 25g Cascade - 60 mins 10g hallertau...

Hi guys, recently purchased a bottle of this. How long can i keep a solution of this mixed in 4litres of water kept in a big water bottle? will it still be good to use after a couple of weeks or should it be thrown away after 24 hours like normal sanitiser?

Bought quite a bit of pilsner malt and maris otter. How long will they be good for? Unopened in the bags!

Hi chaps, My first BIAB was done at the weekend and i did a timothy taylor landlord clone, this recipe: 4.25kg Maris Otter Malt 30g Black Malt 50g Styrian Goldings (celia) Hops 30g East Kent Golding Hops 11g S04 yeast i did a 60 minute mash, started at 68c and only dropped to 67 after an...

BIAB Sparge. Do you do it? How do you do it? Reasons to sparge? Reasons not to sparge? Thanks

Could somebody point me in the correct direction of how to convert a fridge into a brewing fridge. I want to be able to do some all grain lagers? Thanks

Hi guys, Id like to do my first all grain lager but i dont have the equipment to lager it properly yet, so id be fermenting at about 17c. Whats the best yeast to use to get it as close to a normal lager as possible? I guess i could rack it off for secondary and leave it in the garage at the...

Hi Chaps, looking to invest in my first corny keg and iv come accross this: http://www.thehomebrewcompany.co.uk/co2 ... -p-63.html now iv only seen the corny kegs connected up for a gas bottle through a CO2 regulator. The above product looks a lot simpler, cheaper, and easy to store than...

Morning all About to do my first all grain, BIAB method. Im going to do a TT Landlord clone and have the following recipe: 4.25kg Maris Otter Malt 30g Black Malt 50g Styrian Goldings (celia) Hops 30g East Kent Golding Hops 11g Nottingham Yeast Now, i only have a 20l or so stock pot can i...

Going to attempt my first biab ever which i am very excited about. However, i only had a normal household stove and an 18l stock pot from wilkinsons, so: Can i make half a batch, ie 11r so litres/2.5 gallon's by using half the grains/hops but still boiling them etc at the same temperatures and...

i have a cascada hop tea bag thingy that im going to add to a wilkinsons golden ale kit. the kit has been fermenting for a week now. do i just add the tea bag as normal (add boilling water to tea bag in a cup and leave for 10 minutes, then pour the whole of the contents into a cup. would the...

Anyone used these? Says you dont have to rinse after using? Sounds good to me. £1 for a packet of 28, and i think you can probably use 2 tablets to do 40 500ml bottles so works out pretty cheap. Thoughts?

Have made a few nice kit bitters and ales but have struggled with the lagers. However iv read that its better in winter time unless you have a beer fridge thing? I want to do a nice lager for my dad for christmas so iv bought the coopers european lager kit. Could somebody give me a step by...

Iv got around 20-30 friends coming for a BBQ for my birthday at the end of july and iv promised them all plenty of beer. So this gives me 6-7 week to brew my little heart out!! At the moment i have a wherry in my coopers FV, which has the good tap for bottling which id like to use for bottling...

First attempt at Rhubarb wine. Froze 2.5kg of fresh rhubarb from my dads allotment. Put in the bucket with 1.2kg of sugar and left it 2 days to get the juices out and sugar dissolved. I used a sieve to get the syrupy juice into the DJ but it looked as though i only got around 1 litre of juice...

OK guys, im pretty new to brewing. And its 2 months away from my birthday and im planning a nice BBQ with a range of drinks. I have a few wines and bits and pieces on the go. But im looking for a lager kit, something your average lager drinker would enjoy, and something similair to what you...