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Nice to see lager relegated to fourth on the list! And interesting to see Southern Comfort being the most expensive drink!

RIP David Lodge - a fine writer best know for his satirical university-based novels...

Erm, it depends on the kit and how bitter you want the beer to be. If you want the beer to be more bitter go ahead and use two kits...

As said above, each to their own. My brewing is much simpler these days. I am brewing kits and no longer AG. This is primarily because...

RIP to Jimmy Carter, who seemed like an incredibly decent bloke.

Reading the obituaries, Jimmy Carter was an impressive President (and post-president) in many respects. He was ahead of the game on...

Yes, agreed, I wasn't disputing the origins of the term (although I did not make this clear), just that Guinness should not be...

So a milk stout is not a stout then, despite being around for 100+ years? In that case I could argue that most American IPAs are not...

People find different ways to brew that work for them. Personally I would not do this as you would be making it almost twice as bitter...

What would be a better stout than Guinness that is the same gravity (or certainly no stronger) and does not have some kind of gimmicky...

You could use DME dried malt extract instead of enhancer,

Hope you have a great day everyone! I've just put the Turkey crown in the oven 8-)

Well done on persevering, it can take a few goes to iron out problems and arrive at process that works for you. You'll probably find...

I've got no desire to buy products from Brewdog, so I will will stick with the yoof and will continue to buy Guinness ;-) Alcohol free...

I really don't think this is the case. As others have said, Guinness have made a massive marketing effort (which has included using...