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Or if you want something that'll look good on your wall: http://zekeshore.com/hops_v1.12.png

alternatively most homebrew shops will have a full system you can buy such as http://www.leylandhomebrew.com/cat202_1.htm

Hi, it sounds like you may need to give extract, or partial mash a try. I am currently doing extract with a view to getting in to AG next year. With extract you have the freedom of playing around with recipes, using hops and specialty grains (ones that you steep - not mash), the main...

I think i got a pack from Morrisons for about 3.99, but can't remember, but my LHBS do their own for under £4 http://www.leylandhomebrew.com/item2196.htm Admittedly you'd have to pay postage, but for me it is only a slight detour on the way home from work.

Def little bottler, sometimes also called bottling wand or bottling stick, i do not have taps on my FVs, but is something i am considering. currently i siphon off using a peice of silicone tube with a little bottler attached. You could siphon off in to the barrel and use the tap on the barrel...

Sorry didn't read that well enough, the one on the link comes with it, but the woodfords comes with more useful bits IMO.

I have never tried any of these kits, but from what ive reat the woodfords is a 2 barrel kit, which members seem to prefer. I think that it is probably better that the coopers but i have no experience of either, you'll need some brew kit enhancer at an aditional £4 for the coopers i think...

Hi, i too bottle my brews as i find it easier to store and move around, i can also leave a few to age and see how well the ageing process affects the brews. In terms of bottles most ale bottles will be fine, there are some lightweight bottles that probably should be avoided, but i am yet to come...

I have always wanted to grow my own cider apples for cider - just out of interest how many trees has this come from, or are they all collected from different people?

Welcome to the forum, i too am from lancashire. I'm sure you'll find this place really usefull, i know i have. I joined here hoping to get in to AG, i have since built the stuff on a budget, all be it a lot smaller than most on here. I am currently brewing extract as i have not the time to do...

Yes i recall looking at guides on harvesting yeast. I think i probably will do another batch of this size as i think its quite a good batch size to play with and allow mistakes - and i'm running out of bottles! Does it need to be air tight or just wrapped in clingfilm? Cheers

Cheers Rob Thank god for that - golden ale sounds good. The smell of it is amazing, so i'll just go and pitch my yeast now, I have a sachet of US05, which says for 20 - 30 litres, i have about 12, should i split it or just whack the whole lot in, it was quite expensive, but would it last if i...

After getting so excited about getting my first extract on the go i managed to make a right bum of it. Thanks to all those who helped me here http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=19757 After so much good advice i'm not sure how i made such a basic error, apart from me...

It is, I think all of their brews are - I had Sawley Tempted and Bowland Gold at my wedding, thanks to the father in law doing a bit of work there - also Bank Top Flat cap. Not tried this though, a bit out of my price range; http://www.bowlandbrewery.com/shop/prod ... tGold750ml

Alas no - unfortunately the inlaws are fabricators not brewers, although next time a boiler of fv breaks i'll see if he can get it.

Wow, thanks both Rob and thejesmonddingo. I'll have to look at this. Having got myself all excited and sat in traffic through leyland to get my malt etc - bloody wednesday half day opening!!!! :oops: I thought that ended with the last century, but obviously not in leyland. Anyway my fault for...

Great, just writing my shopping list, then off to lhbs after work! Thanks for all the help

I Have a kit brewing in the moment, i am about to split the batch in to 2 separate fvs for secondary fermentation and dry hop each one with a different hop variety to see how they turn out. I have never done it so i have no experience but from reading around the forums and other internet...

One question, i quite like the idea of using a bit of wheat spraymalt for head retention and a bit of interest, do i add this to the spraymalt you have indicated in the recipe? for instance 1900g light spraymalt & 200g wheat spraymalt? Thanks again.

Cheers thejesmonddingo, this is brilliant, thank you very much. i'll give this a go, maybe with the lightest crystal they have at the lhbs. The only thing i was thinking about now is a mediumish belgian recipe, i have spotted a few so i'll look in to them. Thanks again. I can't wait to get...