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well bottling day was today, done with a hazy head from last nights visit to the 34th newcastle beer n cider festival, abv is 3%, not very strong, was expecting at least 4%,good session ale, taste is ok, roll on three weeks time and ill drink several and let ya's known my final thoughts

Hello fellow pissheads, just put my 2nd brew on, tom caxton real ale, this kit comes with a sachet of hop enhancement, ive opted to use all the sachet to hopefully give a more bitter beer with a more hoppy taste, if its as good as my virgin brew ill be happy gravity is at 1.032 Happy Brewing...

Greetings, Well i finally did it lastnight, cracked open several bottles of my 1st brew, and ive got to say i'm impressed with the overall quality. The brew was a couple of days short of being in the bottle for 3weeks, there was very little sediment at the bottom, on pouring into a glass, the...

Greetings, well i have my first brew bottle conditioning and thinking of my next brew, i was hoping to get some ideas of what to do next, i like my real ales, belgian beers and a good lager. I would like to try something IPA style, and hoping you lovely people could recommend some kits for me...

Hi Guys, I've just bottled my 1st brew, 48*330ml and 8*500ml, i ran short on bottles had to leave a couple of pints, final gravity reading was 1003, un fortunately i dont have an initial reading. i was quite impressed with my 1st attempt, cleared well when taking Gravity and the taste was ok...

Excellent, brewing info now at the bottom of my posts :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: JB

Hi I've just bought a hydrometer, is it ok to take a reading now or shall i just wait until the final days of my brew? Peace JB

no i never took a reading, dont have an hydrometer, ill get one though, is it posssible to take a reading when i bottle? thanks JB

alandkell - hello mate, fairley straightforward, followed instructions on thecan, but i substituted the sugar with the same amount of beer enhancer(which i got from wilko's), now in a fermentation bin with an airlock on the top, bubbling away nicely, now its the waiting game :cheers: JB

Hi, i put on my first kit yesterday, a geordie brew kit - Yorkshire bitter, not sure what these kits are like? Hopfully i'll get a nice pint or two :cheers: justbri