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Don't like it. Flavour is at isn't quite right, like I've put two opposing hops in, and it's too bitter. Always worth trying a new hop...

That's one of my favourites, too. I use four parts blackberries to three parts elderberries. If it were me, I'd make 2 demijohns of 1kg...

As usual about this time, I drag all my berries out of the freezer and do my annual wine making day. Been a really good year for...

Never had a saison look so funky in the fermenter before. Sod it, smells good, tastes fine, it's getting bottled!

Just leave it a few months in a dark temperature stable place and forget about it. This allows it to fully ferment out and mature and...

Isn't it weird how we all get different results with the same yeast. I really like MJ yeasts and so far (touch wood) never had an issue.

5 month old yeast doing it's thing. Just goes to show that if you package it right and store it in a reliable fridge at 3-4c, it WILL...

It's a cracker and isn't as dark once it's in a pint pot! Not used cml Atlantic before, what's it a copy of?

Absolutely beautiful day yesterday which combined with a half price electricity offer and my wife and kids going out for a few hours...

The tablet is more to inhibit bacterial and yeast growth and not for chlorine. Kills off the nasties over the first 24 hours , and has a...

and just to prove a point about yeast harvesting being discussed here...

yes - in the fridge it goes in to a dormant state and can last a lot longer. And if you are careful, you wont get much trub in it. After...

If you bottle your beers, no need to buy/use jam jars. Or even just use a fizzy pop bottle. Although with plastic you can't sanitise...

Wow, I've been doing it wrong all this time... I've had yeast in bottles in my fridge for MONTHS before being used and so far I've...

Given how quickly the technology and finances have been changing, let alone major things like the withdrawal of most subsidies because...