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im a bit skint so i was thinking of doing a cider kit and using normal sugar. now what i have learned on here is if you use normal sugar it leaves a cider taste in beer so it should be great for cider. whats is a good buget cider kit. something like strongbow would be good . cheers

i have been collecting glass bottles from my local pub and still have not got all the ones i need, so what i will have to get is some 500ml spring water from tescos at £1.88 for 8 and ill need 32 so its £7.52 or i can get 2ltr spring water bottels at 12p each, so i need 13 which is £1.56. now...

just a little in the bottom if i turn one upside down it goes. and iv just noticed the same in my lager, is this normal for bottles, i guess you get sediment in the bottom of kegs

bottled my stout yesterday and just had a look at them and there is some white stuff in bottom of the bottles is it yeast and do i have to give them a shack to mix it up or just leave them :?:

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not shore about all grain looks like to much hard work :grin: going to do the mid range kits then go on to the better ones when i know what im doing :hmm: cant wait till i can try my stout, what do you think i should do next , i love new castle brow ale so want to do some thing like that and i...

just couldnt wait its my first ever home brew and its a coopers lager and im really shocked how nice it is, im not even much of a lager drinker, i used to be but im more into stouts and real ales , so i cant wait till i try them . well happy should have done this homebrew lark years ago. :party:

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im about to bottle my stout and iv got tesco 500ml spring water bottles can empty the water and then use cause they should be clean or do i have to sanitze them all

my lager was really clear before i put them in the fridge, they have been in there for 3 days now, they are now hazy which i was told could happen, will they clear in time, i think someone on here said let then warm up a bit before i drink them but i like my lager cold. is there some thing i can...

its been 6 days now and yesterday i got a reading of 1011 and today the same if i leave it longer will it go down :?:

is the alcohol in the bottles now going to stay the same or will it get stronger with age

so the longer i leave it the more carbonated it gets :?:

anyone tried there lager/beer 1 week after bottle priming. :?:

its been at 26 to 28 , coopers says it should be between 18 to 32

tested my stout again today and it still on 1012 like yesterday, but its only 3 days into brewing, will i get the same reading 2 days in a row and then it will drop again

checked my stout today and is on 1012 , on the instutions it says bottle it beween 1010-1008 after 6 days, when it get to that reading and it before six days is oi ok to bottle. when i bottle , im using 500ml bottles, how much sugar and iv got some brewing sugar left so is it better to use that...

just had a look and it bubbling away nicely, i lost the rubber seal for the water airlock and have taped it up instead , it must be that

its now 24 hours since i started the brew and its not started to bubble yet , when i did my larger brew it was bubbling by now is this normal for stout