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I have made several of these kits. Both the IPA and the American IPA by Youngs are lovely. I ferment for three weeks luring the hood in after two weeks leaving it a week before I bottle it. I much prefer the flavour of this method as I find secondary fermentation into a barrel makes the brew...

Put my name in please Chippy

He's a celebrity in the world of home brew! The way that TV reality shows are struggling and scraping the barrel to get famous people onto shows, it wouldn't surprise me if we see him on the next big brother/I'm a cedlebrity/come dandancing/on ice thingy!!

On your recommendation,mine has too. I'm hooked on the fruit juice wine making video Chippy Tea. I'm on my third now.

Hello I need to use some finings to help clear a fruit juice Rose wine kit I have clouding away in a Demi jar, which has finished fermenting now. My wife has taken my shopping list to the home brew shop and brought beer finings, is there a difference, and wil beer finings be suitable to use...

I've done 4 wilkos golden ale kit and love them! Just trying their equivalent larger kit.

What is the optimum temperature after fermentation prior to bottling please?

Thank you very much. I topped it up and the Gravity was at about 1000 so not too far off. Added the stabiliser and finings, shook it and it's now in the utility room which is about 14 oC which I hope is ok. I'll let you know how I get on when it clears before bottling.

The shaking sea to have done the trick. Albeit I can't get an accurate reding now as the hydrometer sink straight to the bottom of the demijar, leaving the top of the solution at the 1000 mark of the gravity reading. Am I correct in assuming that it would not be a good hide to top up with water?

I don't take the temp as I done have a thermometer. It is warm, maybe too warm on the heat pad. I will shake it and see what happens. I do have some yeast nutrient and super yeast compound but they are from 2007. I guess if it gets to it these will be no good now?

I'm quite to brewing, and I brewed my first Wilko Golden Ale kit last year and became concerned when mine didn't seem to clearing after 6 weeks. I kept mine in a cold shed, and about a week or two after bringing it into the house it went crystal clear without any additives. I guess the cold...

This was great advice as I have brewed 3 more since, and it does take time 6 weeks to clear properly but they go crystal clear after this, maybe it was to do with the chill. They all taste lovely. I'm trying perfect the wine now after a disaster with a cider kit.

Oh dear after just posting a thread regarding stuck gravity I went to read the instructions for the wine kit before posting. I am brewiwing two Wilko kits a blackberry Wine and a cab Sauvinion. The cab comes with a wine floavouring sachet which is supposed to be added after fermentation stage...

Hello my this is my first go at brewing a kit. I purchased two kits from Wikos a Blackberry and Cab Sauvinion. Under the same conditions the blackberry FG was at 995 so has moved into the next stage of conditioning. The Cab Sauvinion's FG however has stuck at 1018 over the last 4 days. The...

Thanks Rob. It could be the cold as it's been in the shed since November, so I might transfer it into the house, at a steady 16 oC. Can I add the gelatine gat any time them, and what quantity?

Ok thanks Nick so hops in the wort after the initial two weeks of fermentation prior to racking into the pressure barrel? How long do I leave them in for?

Ok so hops in the wort after the initial two weeks of fermentation prior to racking into the pressure barrel? How long do I leave them in for?

5 gallons of Wilko's Golden Ale = 272 gallons

I'm about to commence my second brew, and I'm keen to experiment to see what does what to expand my mind. My first brew, Wilko's Golden Ale, turned out nice, if not a little cloudy. Very pallet able, not too strong, but not bland either. I have a few questions; What difference will the...

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