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I have been looking at these and I suppose the mane advantage is being able to cold crash in a normal fridge but they are far too expensive at the moment

Hi everyone I made some geordie lager by mixing the wart with 220g of dark brown sugar and topping up with water to 15ltrs it took 10 days in the fermenting barrel and it's been 1 week and 6 days in 1 ltr bottles with 1 teaspoon of white sugar in each bottle it is very clear but when chilled it...

Hi everyone my first lager kit for some years is a geordie the Mrs got me today so I went to asda and got some light brown sugar 500g so everything steralised and ready to go I boiled 2 litres of bottled water and stood the geordie can in the sink with hot water when the water was boiled I...

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Hi thanks for the info but I can get cans cheaper online and it depends how much you drink I dont every day anymore so 20 pints would last me some weeks and 40 would last months i may try the woodford but at one can at 20 pints a time with different yeasts and maybe some spray malt in one .

So just 20 pints of water in a 40 pint kit does this make the beer as good as a premium kit or close to one

Hi people just a quick couple of questions is brewing 1 can with half the water 20 pints the same as using 2 cans for 40 pints and do you use half the amount 250g spray malt and half sugar 250g ?

Hi guys so I have chilled the capri sun and apple cider opened a few bottles and the taste wasnt very good there is a taste of alcohol and some apple with a hint of blackcurrant but it taste like a watered down bad cider I will give the remaining bottles more time to condition see if it improves...

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Hi I only brew in a cupboard at the moment due to not having much space I need to get a new shed that's bigger so I can put 2 fridges in it one for brewing lagers and one for cooking the brewed beer to drink but that could be a few years down the line as things stand now so I brew at room...

Hi everyone can anyone recommend a good yeast to brew lager from the can kits please .after looking on threads everyone agrees the yeast with the kits isn't the best but not many yeasts recommended and is it better to harvest your yeast when you have used a good one .

Ok so I mixed the spray malt with cold water in a jug put it in the fermenting bucket then boiled some water disolved 300ml sugar in it with the 500ml of glucose and warmed the can of coopers in the sink I added the water with sugar and glucose to the spray malt the added the coopers can then...

Hi everyone I just got me a coopers draught lager kit with some light spray malt and glucose any tips on making this will be appreciated even though I have brewed for years on and off I am still learning thanks in advance people.

Hello home brewers and everyone else ,I join this group a few weeks ago and sorry just seen this to introduce myself I am 56 and my name is Mark we live in yorkshire England I have done home brewing on and off since I was 19 i started with my father sadly he is no longer here we have brewed many...

I make mine by warming the juices in hot water in the sink then I make a strong cup of black tea from at least 2 tea bags then dissolve a teaspoon of pectalase in a small amount of warm water and the same for yeast nutriant I then add the juices to brewing vessel I then add the warm water with...

Oh and the vimto and apple is still bubbling away nicely

Hi everyone the capri sun cider is clearing nicely I will try a taste test over the weekend and see how the carbanation is going .

Bottling the capri sun and apple cider today its stopped brewing ,taste is great 2.5g of sugar in 500ml bottles it's still cloudy but hope it clears when carbanation takes place I got 7.5 500ml bottles from the mix after syphoning from 5 litre bottle and discarding the sediment the half bottle I...

I do like most beers and like the dark beers the most so any of the dark brews would be great for me .