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Thanks guys.. I do pretty much all my brewing in the basement at my house.. It's a little bit cooler down there buy by no means cold, and my first two batches worked out well down there.. I guess I'll just leave it a bit longer.. The instructions on the Cider said to bottle it after a week to...

Having a challenge with one of my brews.. Actually it's cider, but I have a beer I just bottled also and I hope I haven't made the same mistake twice.. I started brewing it a fair while ago and let it sit in the fermentation bucket for a few weeks until I got around to bottling it (it gassed a...

STELLA! :o

The Lelland Cellars is a nice place for a spot of lunch. It's this pub which is pretty much entirely underground.. They did dead nice food when we were there in 2010...

Got one of those ready to go once I sterilize everything. Got to bottle a brew I have going first, but the bottles I have need boiling (got them from my wife's aunt - regular beer bottles, but she always leaves dregs in the bottom for some reason and they went moldy) and life's been kicking my...

I do my brewing in the basement at home, and lately I've noticed a bit of a smell of yeast around the house.. I assume it from what's venting from my brewing. I don't mind it (smells like a bakery) but I was wondering if anyone else gets this and if there are any possible side effects (i.e...

I've been given a crapload of wine bottles, but I don't much fancy making wine as a) I hardly ever drink it (although I don't mind it now and again) and b) Wine kits are about 2-3 times the cost of beer and cider kits. I'd like to put beer or cider in them instead as I now have loads of...

Just bottled my first cider (Black Rock) and had a bit of a taste.. It's quite nice! :) I used dextrose corn sugar as that's what the recipe said to use, but I also make beers and the recipes you get with most of them say to use dextrose, but most of the people on here recommend high maltose...

This one's pretty good as well - Fab FM - 60s and 70s music. http://www.fab943.com/

So, I've had my first (ever) batch in carbonation for a week now, and I figured I'd crack one open to see how it was going.. Tastes pretty good, but reminded me a bit of the old 'Soda Stream' drink makers when you put too much 'fizz' in the drink - like you can taste the carbonation. I know...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X73BNKS04xw :wha:

Another n00b question.. Most of the kits I've gotten say to put in about a teaspoon of sugar for a 750 ml bottle. I'm going to be using 2 Litre pop bottles for at least one batch, so doing a quick bit of maths, that works out to about 2.5 teaspoons per bottle. Do you think that will be OK or...

Yeah, I have quite a few friends, but don't know if they drink that much these days.. ;) Good idea though, I'll message them on Facebook.

Just wondering if anyone has 'the ultimate bottle solution' as I feel like this is going to be the major hangup with my brewing process and I'm sure there's got to be a simple way around it. I've heard lots of suggestions about re-using Pop bottles, which seems like a good idea, but I've seen...

Do a stronger one for later called 'Defloration'.. ;)

So how much malt extract would you substitute for 1kg of Dextrose in your primary brew? (I'm assuming you still put sugar in the bottles for gas?)

Just wondering if anyone had any tips on this.. The Wine & Beer store I usually use has packages of it for about $8 for 2Kgs. Real Canadian Superstore has 2.2 Kg tubs of it for the same price, so that seems to be the level it's around.. If I went to a wholesaler like Costco (or Batley's for...

I know this usually isn't bad practice, but I'm not sure if these are 'the best' instructions.. I got a can kit - "Beer Makers Premium Australian Style Pilsner" - and it says to mix the can with water, sugar & yeast and leave for 5 to 7 days then sugar bottles and bottle the mix "once the...

A pub I went to once made a big deal over changing a pint of bloody PEPSI because it tasted of line cleaner! :? The woman behind the bar was all "blah blah, well other people have drunk it and not complained, so there's nothing wrong with it!" I passed it to my mate, he took a sip and was...

Ar wants a chippy tea! ;)