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A friend of mine has just been telling me that she started a homebrew beer batch back in January and it's still not at the right gravity to bottle. I'm guessing that the yeast died... Other than that, is it still going to be good to drink now? I told her she should keep it between 18-23C Any...

They should invent a keg like a bodum coffee press where you can squelch all the floaty **** down to the bottom..

I've really grown to like Root Beer since living over here.. Funny, b/c anyone from the UK I ask is all "Urrrgh! It tastes like Germoline!" :|

Yeah, those are the ones I mean.. The women don't give a **** about straight pint glasses, but they always get upset about these... I like the mug/pot types though, especially for bitter.

I've never gotten this.. When I lived at home with my Parents, I got myself a couple and my Mum always muttered about them being "common".. One 'mysteriously' broke and the other got "given to the jumble sale".. Also, when I've been out with the Wife in the past I've asked for a pint in a mug...

I remember back in about 1995, Weatherspoons used to have a dirt cheap ale on all the time.. Back then it was Wm Younger's Draught Bitter that was about £1.15 a pint all day long.. (It was ****, but it was a pint in a pub and I was on sh**e money back then..)

I'm assuming this won't be an issue with the Cider I'm doing, but I thought I'd better ask. I just made the mix and I threw the yeast in on top (as I've just done beer mixes up to this point and that's what they've always say to do). I sealed the bucket and left it, then I just nipped back...

That's alright then.. I'm not one for messing with them once they're going anyway.. This bucket is a translucent plastic, so I can see what's going on.. (My beer bucket is opaque plastic, but I don't leave it in there too long - I usually shift it over to the carboy in 3-4 days and those are...

I just started my first cider kit.. A 'Black Rock' one from New Zealand. I was just wondering though.. I bought a new primary fermenting bucket with an airlock for making it, but the capacity is 30 Litres and the kit is for 23 litres. I filled it up to 23 litres, but the gap is about 4 inches...

Don't forget the pancakes on Jif bathroom scourer day... :P

Yeah, that can be a problem.. When I was a kid, I was over at a friend's place and his parents were talking about a friend of theirs who had wild rhubarb growing in his back garden and decided to make a mash out of it and brew wine.. Turns out that rhubarb is a fairly acidic plant and...

First time doing it and I'm not sure of the best method. Can you stop the flow between bottles, or does that break the siphon cycle and you have to *slurp it again to get it to restart? Should I just put the bottles in a tray and move from one to the next once I think they're done? (*...

Fair enough, makes sense.. The beers I've made came with bentonite as a clarification and yeast encouragement agent though, so when I racked it over, there was this big muddy mess left in the bottom of the bucket.. So yeah, I think it needed doing in that case.. When I racked my first batch...

I've just got my first cider kit - a 'Black Rock' one-can one. From looking at the instructions (which look pretty simple TBH!) I just need to empty the contents of the can into my fermentation bucket with a couple of litres of hot water, dump in a kilo of sugar, give it a good stir, top it...

I know... "There's no such thing as too much beer!" Just something I've been considering.. Here's my logic.. I'm enjoying the brewing and I want to keep it up - otherwise my equipment will just get 'unused' dirty and I'll get demotivated again as I won't want to clean it. (Even though it's...

I just discovered them a couple of years back (as I'm now living in Canada - originally from Preston) You should also check out "you could get hit by a bus tomorrow" and "I fear Ikea" as they're brilliant! :)

When my Dad used to make beer back in the 80s, he once made a batch of lager with sarsaparilla extract added.. He always said that was his favourite brew that he'd ever made..

Cheers! :thumb:

'Pour Away And Cower' ? ;)

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