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I've made brew UK extract kit of wreck the halls and after just 10 days in the bottle ( following 2 weeks in fermenting bin) its amazing. A little more to it than a regular kit but well worth it. Best xmas brew so far, and I've made dasher the flasher, donner and blitzed, Geordie winter warmer &...

Geordie mild was £8.50, and like stated £3.75 for bke means £12.25 for 40 pints, what's that, under 32p a pint? Bargain!

I'm singer guitarist in a band and duo. Drinking helps inspire me to write new material - got a porta studio i record it all on. Blues/rockabilly/Americana/roots that kind of thing!

As many on here will soon be brewing the last drinks of the year, how about letting everyone know how it's gone - what's worked, what's not etc.A beer blog if you like. I do kits (as they are) plus adapted kits and also extract (maybe biab next year in addition!) This is how this year's turned...

Simply brown ale kits aren't a million miles away, especially if done with brew kit enhancer. I actually prefer it to be honest, good luck!

With 493 pages this question could still be lurking somewhere but...... I'm using hop oils and wanted to know how many A, whole hops and B, hop pellets would be needed to make 1ml of hop oil This is so i can get a handle on what to use in a recipe, thanks!

Ditto golden stag and ruby red. Of one can kits i love coopers even real ale, made up with enhancer it's a top summer session beer!

Cheers, i'll certainly be looking to use maltodextrin in future brews. I tried my brew the other day and it was very weak tasting, but with the 25g columbus hops and the bittering hop oil it tastes a whole lot better. The latest gravity reading is 1.006 from 1.020 which is around 1.8%. How much...

Interesting about the artificial sweeteners. When you say a little maltodextrine Rob, how much do you feel would be needed?

Thanks for the info, i've used gervin ale yeast in this brew, didn't know about the yeast tips mind. I haven't heard of those beers but will be sure to track them down!

I know this post hasn't been expanded for over a year and a half but due to recent bad health, i am faced with the prospect of cutting my drinking levels. I've read up on not only this thread, but elsewhere on the net and am currently experimenting with an extract brew. I'm not expecting...

It's now just over 4 weeks since i bottled. Week 2 tried a 330ml bottle. No head, stouty taste, very average. Week 3, another 330ml bottle, a little head, still no great flavour developed. Week 4, the beer is producing a head, and clinging to the glass. The aroma is of dark fruit, like...

Greetings from rainy England (today at least for most of us!) Personally, if it's a lager or light beer, i like fizz. Imagine a flat lager? Not good! When it comes to darker more complex brews, i don't mind if there's little or no fizz, and in the same way, nor do i want them to be too cold...

its the best way i've found for me so far, and a no more expensive way than using bke or even 500g spraymalt! best of luck!

Brewsmarter.co.uk do malt extract tins really cheaply.delivery is free after £65 has been spent. They're dirt cheap anyway (£4 for 1.5kg tin) but offer 16x 1.5kg tins for £58. When i make any 1 tin kits, adding a 4 quid tin of this just gives a much better result, plus it's cheap enough to...

Now i have to admit to doing one of these in 2012 and was pleased with the results. I can't help tinkering though so this time i made it using 250g crystal malt which i boiled for around 30 minutes before removing, then turned the flame off and added 25g simcoe hops at the end, and left it...

one of the things that myself and my fellow friends/brewers are curious about is how long different kits take to condition. While i'm rarely below the 150 pint mark of conditioned beer, my buddies sometimes run short. it would be useful to have a guide that may help people decide which brews to...

I've taken to playing around with the 1 can kits and did this to a hoppy copper that i picked up half price from wilkos in june. Boiled, in a muslin bag, 250g crystal malt for 30 minutes.Took off heat, removed CM bag. Added 30g cascade hops in another muslin bag, left 30 mins. Emptied both H...

This is the one in my fermenter at present and i'm pretty excited about it having tried a porter in a village called rye harbour last year (it was by Hastings brewery) I added the hop pellets at day 4 by tipping in the contents and not stirring (Normally with pellets or hops i tie in a muslin...

This is a good kit and very much reminds me of Great eastern, the now defunct woodfordes kit. I made some of this earlier in the year with added hops for aroma. I'm down to the last few bottles but it's been a decent brew! Would possibly do again but having discovered the festival kits, i want...