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It's started fermenting now very slowly it has got 15litres of head space so not much airlock activity but atleast were getting somewhere now

Right I've got some super wine yeast now how would you suggest using it? Just pitch it straight away or make a starter?

Will give it a go anyway and try again with less vimto next time

Have you had any experience using the lalvin champagne yeast?

Or would it be worth stickng a couple of litres of water in?

Okie doke ill pick some up today if this doesn't work should I bin it and go for a lower sg?

Okie doke would it be worth stick some turbo yeast in? What sort of super wine yeast would you recommend?

The vimto was boiled for a good 20mins also

Hi everyone I usually brew beer but thought I'd have an experiment with some vimto I boiled 2 litres of vimto and added 8 litres of Apple juice and 1kg of sugar starting gravity was 1090 it's been about 24hrs since I pitched the youngs cider yeast at 23c it was at 21c overnight and was raised to...

Hi everyone I bottled a pils around 5-6 weeks ago now it's had 2 weeks warm and the rest cold so about 3 weeks the taste is starting to get better but it just isn't starting to clear at all has anyone got any suggestions?

Hi I recently bottled the wilkos pils kit I'm happy with the carbonation after 2 weeks however it tastes like I've just eaten a leaf off a tree does it just need a lot more time to condition further? Will this taste eventually go I dried hopped with saaz using the teabags you can get

How did the bottling go? I'm starting this on Sunday can't wait hope it's as good as the one I'm drinking now I bottled a pils today n had a few bottles smash how much priming sugar did you use?

I've done a similar thing so I know when they were bottles ill give it a go with keeping a few at room temp and cool the others see how they turn out should I leave them for another 2 weeks in the cold? Or will a few days make a difference? I've just gotta bottle the pilsner that's just finished...

It's just being stored at room temp which varies from 18-21c I doubt it'll be around long enough for it to go funny

I might just try that sounds like a good idea it tastes a lot nicer when it's room temp I've put a few in the fridge and done a comparison that way not much difference and tastes a lot better than the shop bought stuff

Hi everyone I've recently brewed a newkie brown kit it's been bottled now for 2 weeks carbonated perfectly and is nice and clear it's tastes great so my question is does it need to be cold conditioned?

How's this brew going? Very interested to see how it turns out I've just craked a bottle of the Samson's newkie brown kit I did been bottled for a week now it's carbonated perfectly don't think it's gonna see another week or cold conditioning tastes so good

No i didn't use a starter it took about 2 days to get going in the sample there was a lot of yeast so it seems very healthy there's a lot of activity I'm gonna leave another week take a another reading then go from there

Hi I started a lager off a week ago it was 1052 after a week it's at 1038 does this sound like it progressing ok? I know that lager ferments slower than an ale would

I've recently just bottled a newkie brown can't wait for it to finish conditioning so I can tuck in I did the Samson's kit brewed to 20 litres with 1kg brew enhancer and 1kg dark dme turned out great infact I'm starting the wilkos one I've got tomorrow night