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I have been been brewing my own beer for over a year now and most of my brews have been successful. I have mainly been sticking with Bulldog brew kits, 4 finger jack and pennine peak being very tasty. However my latest brew has gone horribly wrong. I started it on the 16th April with an OG of...

I am planing to plant a couple of hop varieties to grow up against my garage. I am thinking along the lines of Early Bird EKG and Cascade. Has anybody got any recommendations or thoughts on this. Would these two varieties complement each other? I will be using them for dry hopping.

According to Frank Zappa 'Stupidity' is the commonest element in the universe. It certainly seems like it some days. :whistle:

I appreciate this only my 4th brew, but Bulldog 4 finger jack has been by far the best. I keged it rather than bottled it and it was extremely lively at first, just a matter of letting it settle in the glass and topping up a few times. Recomended.:cheers::thumb:

Well I got down to the tap on the keg of Saison and as the Bulldog 4 finger jack was ready to go, I ditched the last few pints. i am glad I did this new brew is a whole lot better. In other brewing news I keged my Woodford sundew and started off a Bulldog premium bitter.

Using tap water is certainly a mistake I will not be making again, as is brewing during a heatwave. I have 3 brews on the go at the moment and will get another one started this week, in an attempt to get more conditioning time. The three brews? Bulldog 4 finger jack, Festival summer glory and...

I am on my third brew and although the first two turned out fine, a St Peter golden ale and a bulldog evil dog, the Young's new world saison is not so good. It has a strong, quite unpleasant aftertaste. It doesn't upset the stomach or smell bad so it would appear to be safe to drink. It was in...

I was fishing down by the river yesterday and the banks were laden with blackberries and sloes. I wasn't getting any bites so my mind wandered to booze:grin:blackberry and sloe wine, if they grow together they must go together. So how many kilos of fruit do I need for a 5L batch and I was...

Well I tried one of the out of date 49'ers, smelt OK but looked rather murky in the glass had a wierd taste and it was just not right, so down the sink it went. Oh well just the way it goes. Good news is I have just put a Young's New World Saison in the fridge ready for trying tomorrow night...

I found some out of date bottles of Ringwood 49er down my mums the other day ( left over from when I broke my leg a couple of years ago ). They are a year past there sell by date, it would be a shame to poor them down the drain. I reckon they would be OK to drink. Anybody got a view on this...

The only taste I got was from the syphon as I sucked through, tasted fine. I shall endeavour to be patient... probably 2 weekends time. I feel a beer n' barbecue session coming.

I took the 1.040 reading after the beer had been in the FV before I syphoned off into a keg. The reading I took today 1.014 is from the keg after I had added the sugar.

Ok, here are two photo's the first is my hydrometer in fresh water from the tap so a bit cooler than room temp. The second is from some freshly drawn beer from my St Peters golden ale. Now the beer has had 18 teaspoons of brewers sugar added, it's a 36 pint kit, so will show a different reading...

I did not take an OG at the start as I did not have a hydrometer. I did get a nice bulge on the lid of my FV so something must have been happening.

I have just syphoned my first ever brew into a barrel, St Peters golden ale, after 17 days in the FV. I took a reading with my new hydrometer and got a reading of 104. There was around 2 cm of sludge in the bottom of the FV, I take it this is normal? I got a slurp from the tube as I was sucking...

I have to say I am partial to Ringwood 49'er from my local asda .

Thanks for the replies. I do not have an airlock fitted to my FV, nor do I have a hydrometer. However my FV lid has a healthy bulge to it so something must be going on! I shall leave it 3 weeks in the FV then see what the hydrometer has to say ( I will have bought one by then ) .

I have just started my first ever home brew ( Saturday ) a St Peters golden ale. And after looking at a few you tube clips I have noticed that the yeast is just sprinkled on top of the foam and left. I stirred mine in along with the hop sachet, have I made a mistake in doing this? Also as I have...

Hi everyone, just joined and am looking forward to picking up a few tips and getting my newbie questions answered. I have a St Peters golden ale 36 pint kit on the go as my first attempt, using gear I bought from the Maidstone wine making centre. Expect some stupid questions over the next month...