Bitter_Dave

Personally I use a standard plastic fermenting bin with hole drilled for tap. Can't see any gain in those ones with the four inch cap...

Also tried the CML citralicious. A few drops per can of Aldi lager.... nothing. A few drops per bottle of homebrew ipa... nothing...

That's brilliant info, thanks. The next thing I've got to brew is a Bitter so I'll give the Kentish Gold a try.

Des I'm quite tempted to have another go with hop oil, adding some drops direct to the bottle at bottling stage. Obviously, I...

Syphoning is a massive PITA. I have no idea why people still do it, except if you are using a carboy, and then I have no idea why people...

CML sell isomerised hop extract to add bitterness to beer and hop oil to add aroma etc. That means you could make your own beer kit in...

Point about king kegs giving the closer approximation of cask ale carbonation is a good one. But you can play with carbonation levels to...

Oxidation doesn't cause a sour taste. A sour taste is more likely an infection, which could be caused by wild yeast entering when you...

Was going to say exactly the same thing. Flavour-wise it shouldn't matter if you use coopers plastic bottles or glass, as long as you...

I have moved from king keg to bottling (using coopers plastic screw top bottles). It takes longer to bottle than keg, but I find the...

I just don't get the whole phones thing. It's not as if pubs are full of people who have gone to the pub to sit in silence and look at...

Until you become a kit brewer I think there are some of us more idle than you ;-) I tried goldings hop oil some time ago. Details are...

I disagree, @Appleton Brews . A couple of CCs of chlorine-based cleaner diluted in, say, 20 litres isn't going to harm anybody. I've...

Just put tap water in the air lock no need for steriliser.

If unions yielded the sort of power to block change that you seem to be suggesting teachers working conditions would be rather better...