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Would it be ok adding the sugar an hour or two before bottling? Bought 1KG of dextrose thinking I would require tons but looking at my brewing instructions for wheat beer it says 8g per litre so i'll have enough for the next few batches ;)

clearly I need to give this more thought...

I have two Wherry kits left to do before making the leap to AG. For both of these remaining ones I want to add a little fruit to each: 1. 2KG plums at the end (+ Pectolase + Liquorice) 2. 550g Apricots with Apricot essence at the end (+ Pectolase) For the essence, do I need a particular one...

Just called a shop near me to ask if their brewing sugar was dextrose as fancy giving this method a bash. What a grumpy old sod (sorry but he was). Said "Why are you doing that, just use normal household sugar, or prime the bottles as it's better", went into one TBH, couldn't wait to get off the...

So I have one kit on and two more left to do. I plan to mix these up a bit and try adding some fruit. Once they are underway I will start getting prepared for AG. I'm pretty excited as I felt the kits gave a decent pint, if people are saying AG is another level then I can hardly wait!

oh wow never considered condensation, obviously in the kitchen I have a decent extractor, can do something else whilst it's boiling, in the garage I would have to leave the main door a jar. We are on quite a main road and people with a certain type of vehicle have been known to help themselves...

wow, guess people took pity on my situation ;) It's really not as a bad as it sounds (honest). life is hectic at the moment and i'm not a huge drinker - would rather have 1 decent beer than 10 poor ones... so that's tons to digest, I had actually watched Clibits BIAB video and started looking...

So, I was worried this would happen... As soon as I get my first brew on and start coming here I feel the addiction kicking in. You know, the need to brew more, try new things, buy more gear... But I need a clever strategy to stop me going crazy and it needs to be realistic. A bit about me: -...

interesting, I use a wand and thought it was designed to leave a specific amount of free space in the bottle. Is room not meant to be left?

this house has had the 'tumble dryer' debate several times. I've been assured it's not much and TBF the line comes out in the summer. Was not an enjoyable conversation to save 50p...

ha very funny guys... Made me chuckle ;) So having two small rather inquisitive kids and leaving 21 litres of beer accessible with a rather inviting tap is a nightmare waiting to happen. Getting the green light to use the utility room was seen as a perfect solution, I have a sink, enough...

So been relegated to the utility room and am paranoid my fv is at a temperature that's too high. I've got a wheat beer that's been going nicely for 36hrs but looking at the temp guide on the barrel it's reading 22 degrees. Problem is I have nowhere else to put this and no other equipment I can...

TBH this is my second one, this time I want a little more fruit flavour coming in. The first was was still excellent though. You should give it a try... was super easy

In my limited experience, I found priming each bottle pretty quick, think it was only 20mins (ish). If you add in the time to batch, clean etc there can't be much in it??? But never batching I don't have anything to base that on...

can that Nylon sock be washed and reused? I might get some as need to filter our orange peal and grapefruit zest

what apricot essence do people recommend?

Well that's done. All in now let's see how it goes

Hmm, totally confused. Do people: A. Boil seeds and peel for 5-10mins and add the lot to the fv for the entire period Or B. Boil seeds and peel for 5-10mins, strain and remove only adding flavoured water to fv

I will use the dried stuff as that's what I bought it for ;) was mostly concerned with whether I should leave it in the fv for the duration but thanks for confirming it's just used to flavour the initial batch of water then thrown away. Btw how did the punk clone go?

So just to pick up on this thread are you saying boil the ingredients then remove before adding the strained contents to the fv? Are these items only used to flavour the water initially and then are binned?