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I am plotting a winter ale as my next brew, and am thinking of adding candied mixed peel, and possibly mixed spice to the brew, but am unsure when to add it. The obvious options appear to be during the boil, but I am wondering if the mixed peel atleast, should go in the mash? Has anyone tried...

I had the amerillo pale ale from the Kernel last week, it was great. A lot of the smaller microbreweries are really pushing the art of brewing, coming up with beers that are new, exciting and excellent to drink. Just the same way that home brewers have been doing the same for decades. J

I think the "shop beer" name is a bit misguided, maybe supermarket beer would be a better term. I am fortunate enough to have http://www.bottle-shop.co.uk/ practically on my door step, with several hundred beers to choose from the selection is fantastic. Having also lived within easy reach...

I have done a number of kits before building upto AG brewing. My mash tun is made from a pair of 60L buckets, with one inside the other, the inner having had lots of 2mm holes drilled in it. This is then wrapped in insulation to keep the warm in. I haven't yet worked out the total dead space...

I got given 4 of these empty from a friend who appears to be going through one a week. The oldest two had been stored in the garden once empty and had started to rust, the others are in fine condition. This said, in nearly all of them the red part of the Kombi-plug on the top seems to not be...

Please forgive my potentially stupid questions, but I am rather nervous of screwing up my first brew. I am looking to make a pretty basic bitter which has 4.5kg of grain as the mash, and a 25L brew length. How much water do I use in the mash tun? I plan on batch sparging, do I put the remaining...