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I prefer to use either a specific cider yeast, or a general wine yeast. But I also did a demijohn with bakers yeast last year & it...

Chippy might have read them but I doubt he remembers them at his age

Actually I think I might prefer their bottles double stout. But I think both are better than the Irish brew & highly underrated

I got a big pot of sodium metabisulphate. But I just use a tiny pinch in my strike & sparge water. If I got it only for beer making, it...

Yep, it's there to kill off the wild yeast on the apples and other nasties so they don't contaminate the pack of cider yeast you bought...

I’m with you on this, it seems when the big boys take over the beers are never the same.

Gin every time. Then 3 months later you can use those gooseberries in a fool & still have your gin to wash it down

A very pleasant alternative to the Irish option.

Use the red ones to make gooseberry gin (like making sloe gin) But unlike sloes, you can eat the gooseberries at the end.

Ditto. There must be a manual control alternative. Else what happens when an update stops the app working on your phone, or the company...

You're not giving us much detail on what make/model. If I look at images online, most look like they are press/snap assembled, but...

I just use the house central heating which is usually set to 18/19c because i'm a cheapskate/we are electric only. But I will admit my...

I tip mine on the compost too. But I put spent grain in the food recycling as I don't want to attract rats.

Also there are plenty of decent beers brewed in hard water areas, you just make suitable regional beers. Dont try to copy Burton on...