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Lol, well at least you know better now! Someone handed me a bottle of Millers the other week and it literally smelled like Puke, couldn't believe I used to tell people it was brilliant!

ahh right, thats giving me second thoughts, im too impatient for that!

I want to make a small batch of mead and this is how I reckon I'll do it (not figured out the exact measurements yet), if anyone can offer advice that would be great! Water in fermentation bin at room temp, Add honey, Mix vigorously to oxygenate, Add yeast, Add yeast nutrient in stages to lower...

I had thought about this as well. A friend and I saw a 225L barrel on ebay and thought it would be cool to fill it, this has given me second thoughts.

Yup...on tap Tennents makes for a good night and a morning like the one after Dresden.

So I got a hydrometer...do not know how to use it but the reading was on the black line and the instructions say that means to bottle your beer :P Is that right? Just sterilising my bottles now!

Ok, my friend has one, I'll borrow it off him before chuck it :)

Na I tasted it on Saturday and it just tasted like water.

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Second day since repitching and the brew is doing pretty much the same as before. Keeping it above 20 degrees. I'm thinking I might just have to abandon it and start again.

I'm drinking a Witbier I brewed from a Brupaks mash kit about two months ago. Very hoppy and bitter, it had orange peel in the mash which has matured to taste quite peachy. I was a bit skeptical at first but it's matured really nicely to the extent I might do it again fairly soon. It's quite...

Is this from a recipe Armchair or an invention. I like the look of your brewing space by the way, I'm restricted to my kitchen just now :doh:

Thanks for this guys! It's only just occurred to me that heather is a tad out of season just now :P Can't wait for this though. I think it will be a great summer beer.

I don't have a hydrometer, when I was in the brew shop today I had a "I'm sure there's something I'm forgetting" moment. I'm putting my bin in a hot bath to raise it to 20c then I will pitch the yeast again after hydrating it. Then I'll wrap it in a blanket and keep it warm. I think that's the...

Well this is the 6th day since I rowed it and it just tastes like water, with a temperature of 18c, so on the advice of the guy from the brewing shop I've wrapped a blanket around it it and stuck it next to a radiator, when it gets to around 20-25c I'll then add more yeast and start again...

Fraoch is easily my favourite beer and I'd like to make a batch if anyone has a good recipe?

I put it in on Sunday night, the temperature might be around 16/17C. When I put it in the I had just been diluting the wort so I put it into water that was around room temperature. It's nearish to a radiator that I keep on very low so I might just crank it up a bit

I've just put on a batch of brown ale, it doesn't seem to be bubbling. I forgot to sit the yeast in warm water before adding it to the malt extract, and when I did I was half way through topping up the dissolved extract with cold water...think I've screwed it up?

Thanks Dennis and joe, Yeah I know it's a bit tight, hope it works out. The recipe I used says it's even better after sitting for around a month in the bottle, wish I had read that a month ago!

Hi guys I'm Keiran from Edinburgh, Did my first brew under the supervision of a friends dad when I was about 15, 9years later I'm getting into it. I made a Witbier from a mash kit couple of months ago which turned out pretty decent despite my dizzying lack of equipment or competence! Literally...