Recent content by SJAughton

Great thank I've made kits and turbo before but now I have a tree with a really good season last year I wanna take advantage. I'm estimating about 9kg to get 1 5 gallon? Hadn't tho8ghtvof grape conc that be a good mix will look into that Any yeast reecommdations good at consuming the...

Brilliant thanks!! Great tip on the vinegar

Hi All Last autumn I moved home and discovered my new garden has a beautiful apply tree with most thr apples now on ground rotting away.. #missopportunity I love scrumpy cider, so come late Aug I wanna start collecting those apples I was wondering while others Rippon ready for picking how...

Thank Clint Was thinking as it's getting to tail end it eont be in there long so that kinda grassy flavour I wasn't concerned with but a little on oxidising it through exposure and adding fresh ingredients

Great thanks, I was wondering if was a good move or not. It's not a lot left I'll despose of it the only way I know 8D...

Hi All I'm just reading around and got me thinking, I've about 1/3 brew left in King keg. The beer is OK nothing special but drinkable. I'm was wondering, could I open the top C02 add some dry hops to and then force pressure? Would this kill it or give a new lease of life?

Thanks all So, brewday next Friday. I'm making 2 batches of coopers carveza and coopers lager 23ltrs each. I'm thinking of trying a mix of Saaz and Hersbtucker A 20g Saaz 40g Hersbrucker for 1 and vice versa for other. Is 60g a good amount? I'll be dry hopping using a hop bag. Last time...

Thanks Twostage I've always felt rocking to not be essential and risks oxygenating my brew.. I think I'll use the fining in the fermenter once primary is finished and as you suggest leave it a while longer before bottling.

I'm new the this so far I've used kits but got rid of the premium yeast and gone eith munyons range Planning another 2 types lager with muntons M54 califotnian. I use Youngs clear it Finings 24hrs before bottling, what eould be better ? So far all my brews I've rwcked off fermenter into...

It's a curious method using soda stream but seen someone doing it on YouTube... I've got the stuff so might try a couple bottles on next batch. I'm thinking, a blast of C02 might purge the bottle of oxygen which eoukd be very helpful but you'd have to then make sure you don't over prime the...

Hi All I've been doing OK priming my bottles with sugar or drops getting a good result matching the brew style. Although sediment isn't massive it's still a neusence... I'd like to find a way to reduce or remove it for a crystal clear fizzed lager or cider. I've seen some people injecting...

I made the Woodfords Bure Gold last year it came out very good - I then made the Coopers Euro lager, but as I tend to enjoy a hoppy beer I pimped it up with malt extract and hops using the M52 California lager yeast. It did come out excellent, although a tad pungent from way too much hops...

That's interesting I took the chemical TCP kind of smell to be from oxygen in beer but... its only the bottle brew that went bad the rest in barrel has turned out pretty well. wonder if I didn't rinse well enough after sterilizer and the solution messed up in the bottles? I was over zealous...

Thanks all, what's the thoughts on fermenter like the coopers krousen collar? That's seems very different to a bucket and the lid apparently allows for C02 to escape. But its an opaque container does that impact anything? I've had 1 batch go bad, I think during racking too much Oxygen...

From what i understand yes the C02 is a barrier (please do correct me if wrong), my concern was if too much C02 builds with no outlet would it then pollute the brew? Being new I'm still learning, only one batch went bad from too much oxygen so wanna avoid that again