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For more years than I like to think about I've had to juggle beer making with a load of other stuff, so for a long while now my 'everyday' brew has been the Fullers ESB lookalike from 'Brewing beers like Those you Buy'. It's proved to be a likeable and pretty consistent brew that I've been able...

Apologies for replying to my own post. Just searched the forum on rehydration - some say not necessary, but think I'll rehydrate with cooled boiled water - unless anyone can convince me otherwise in the next half-hour.... :)

Thanks for that - so how to you go about rehydrating it then please? Must say it's news to me, but I want to give the brew the best possible chance of success. I'm actually out of home brew for the first time in years, and I'm gagging to get some more on the go. Cheers.....

'morning all....I normally do AG brews, but time pressures have had me making kits for the last year or so. I'm just about to kick off a brew of Muntons Smugglers Gold. It comes with a sachet of dried yeast, but the instructions say to 'add the rehydrated yeast'. Normally I'd just pitch in the...

Ah! Good point! I normally use a heated brewing belt and have had the odd overflow during the early stages of fermentation. I guess I'll also have to strike a balance between getting the ME warm enough to dissolve but not so hot it kills off too much yeast. I'm looking forward to trying this...

Thanks Rob...by the time I picked up your email I'd pitched in the spray dried malt, most of the water, and chucked in the yeast. I've given it a good stir and snapped the lid on, so hopefully the yeast will at least kick off tonight, but then I'll have to stir in the ME tomorrow. Fingers...

I've just started to kick off another of Brupak's 'Brewers choice' kits and like an eejit didn't check my ingredients before starting. Will I never learn :oops: I knew I had a tin of malt extract in the cupboard, but having started making up the kit I've found out it's a part tin and I haven't...

I've used The Hop Shop in Plymouth too. Good range, competitively priced, and excellent postal service.

Thanks LewisA and BigYin. I've uploaded a couple of pics to Photobucket, which you will hopefully be able to see. The images aren't brilliant due to reflection and condensation on the bottle. Despite how it looks the brew still smells OK. Have picked up a big tub of the Lidl oxygenated cleaning...

Thanks BigYin and Runwell-Steve for your replies. The brew is still sitting in my 'Bettabottle' with an airlock, and doesn't look any worse than yesterday (I did take a photo but have not yet figured the upload process for the forum). I normally use finings in my brews, but have been...

Folks...checked my latest brew late on Tuesday, and it hadn't quite worked out. Checked it again on Friday and the surface of the brew was covered in a thin film of white stuff, which I guess is a bug from somewhere and means the beer will have to go down the drain. I racked it off, but now, 24...