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Hi all, Been away for a bit, sorting out Babys christening, 1st birthday, going on holiday and general stuff, but now back and ready to set up my second batch of home brew. I was more than happy with how my last one turned out, but I have one question; should I fit an air lock? On the first...

I did the woodfordes Wherry best bitter as my first ever home brew and I have to say it is lovely, it wasn't the cheapest in wilkinsons but I'd say it's well worth the money from what I've managed to produce

I was going to ask the same thing, as I have just got to half way on my first set and the beer is still pumping out at a hell of a rate giving a big foamy head. Doesn't the weight of the beer force t out at a rate, or does it significantly slow enough to make it obvious I need to add a C02...

I must have misunderstood the book, it said an insufficient cold stage after cooling cause chill haze. I assumed that meant it hadn't had enough time at a cool temperature, oh well just back from shopping and having another half a pint now. :thumb:

Hiya, I have just started drinking my very first home brew and generally it is not bad , I had about 2 pints yesterday and I have not died or been ill so all's good. The only slight problem is the beer is cloudy, tastes ok but cloudy. After reading the book which arrived yesterday (which my...

Cheers, Mine is now in the compost bin. :thumb: Now just to wait 14 days for it to clear and away we go. :) If I move my pressure barrel into the garage (a cool place) to help it clear, will it then undo all the good clearing work if I move it back into the house afterwards? It's just my...

Actually I think I saw somewhere isn't that sludge meant to be good for the garden or something like that?

It's all nicely in the pressure barrel now, the fermenter has about 1/2" of sludge in the bottom, I assume that is normal?

Thanks again Samarith, Just having some lunch then I'll cracking. I might have a little taste then, :) When you say "then add C02 if you need to", how do you know if you need to?

Hiya, I'm just getting the steralising done on pressure barrel and bits, ready to transfer the beer in. A couple of questions though. Do I add the sugar before the beer in the pressure barrel so the beer mixes it all in? Is it safe to have a little taste of the beer at this stage? Finally the...

Cheers, didn't see that up there. Looked through the topics for a glossary type thread, but I'll have to get my eyes tested.

Hiya, I've been snooping around and loking at different pages and am noticing a lot of abbreviations, but don't really know what they mean for example, FV & AG, can someone post with a list of the common abbreviations and their meanings please? Sorry to be stupid, but my current knowledge of...

Hi Robbarwell, I'm new to this home brew lark too and my first kit is the Woodforde's Wherry best bitter, it's still in the fermenter but about ready to move into the pressure barrel. Sounds like you've had success with yours, hopefully mine will do the same, as you are a few days advanced on...

Cheers Samarith, It's good news I can leave it in the fermenter, the box says 4-6 days and then transfer to the PB with 1/2 a tspn / pint, so i'll just leave it at about 23deg until I can get the stuff, (i also need a syphoning tube to get the stuff into the PB) . Any idea how many of them...

Hiya all, I'm just making my first home brew and it says to leave in the fermenter for 4-6 days, now the problem I have is that i have got elbow bursitis (look it up it don't look nice) and can't get out to buy any steraliser or C02 stuff for my pressure barrel (PB), also lifting a 5 gallong...

Thanks for the welcome guys, I've managed to resist, mainly thanks to getting th erather painful elbow bursitis which has blown up my elbow to 3 times it's normal size. :( I'll have a pootle round the forum now and see what's going on.

Hello to you all, I'm just taking my first baby steps into the art of beer making, a rather nice 40 pint set of Woodforde's Norfolk Ales. :) I started it all going on Sunday and am now sitting looking at it waiting for Friday to put it in my pressure barrel. :) I want to open the fermenter...