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I bought a pressure barrel last year a cheap youngs one. 2 brews followed the same pattern, carbed up in airing cupboard for 2 weeks moved for cold conditioning for another 2 weeks... Started drawing off pints, did about 10 over a few nights then lost pressure, injected some co2 I drew off about...

I've brewed up a youngs harvest bitter kit. I boiled up 500g of dextrose and 500g of light malt, then followed the instructions, pitched at 24 degrees OG was 1040..... Just as I was about to move the FV to its location I spotted about 300g of sugar on the side and without thinking threw that...

I am going to batch prime a coopers Mexican cerveza. I'm planning on siphoning into a secondary (bottling bucket), how long can I leave it in the secondary with it being primed.... Do I need to bottle as soon as the bottling bucket is full or can I leave it 24hrs to settle?

Thanks all for the responses! My garage was 5 degrees last night and got up to 7 degrees today, I guess this is less than the optimum 12 degrees.... How can I achieve this for storage? The house is warm at the moment (especially with a 6 week old baby in). Will wrapping it in a blanket help? I'm...

I thought this kit was indestructible?!? I made up to 22 litres, 2 weeks in the primary, batch primed with 100g sugar,into a keg, 2 weeks in the warm, 5 weeks in my garage... And it tastes a bit...... Rubbish.... I drew off half a pint after the 2 weeks in the warm and it was amazing and I was...

Thanks for that, it's put my mind at rest, just one more question tho, I acknowledge it might be a stupid one.... (and this will probably lead the experienced members screaming YES!!!!) But having never tasted 'off flavours' how will I know if they're present.... Will I just ...... know

Hi, hope I can tap into some of your guys' vast knowledge... I've brewed some TC and steeped some cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves (in a muslin bag) after fermentation had finished. I left it for 24 hrs until I was happy with the 'blend'. I weighted down the bag with teaspoon and attached some...

If all goes well could you recommend a decent kit? I've done a couple of beaverdale kits, they do a wide range of white and reds, available off t'internet. Quite favourable results...

Well, today is day six at 1.010... I've tried a couple of your ideas warming it up and checking my hydrometer... The increased warmth has had no effect so I guess we're defo done fermenting.. Hydrometer is bob on at 20 degrees. Hope I've not bottled too early, don't want to loose a batch (or...

Great I've purchased some small muslin bags, whole cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon... I'll get brewin' in a couple of days and do the boling water trick when it's finished fermenting... I'll report back on progress, thanks all for the advice! :thumb:

Some great advice so far thank you! I've just thought.... And its probably a stupid question but do I need to sanitise the muslin/ spices that I put in? I've read about weinghing down the muslin with a sanitised tea spoon and attaching some unscented dental floss, which is a given, but could the...

I want to Christmassy up a beer kit I've got... I was thinking of adding some winter spices; cinnamon, all spice etc, but having never done it before.... How much do I add to a 23litre kit.... Will a teaspoon of cinnamon be enough or do I need way more? If you guys could give me some guidance...

Yes it was a kit... I did brew it a little short at 20 litres but did expect it to still get down to the target of 1005 as in the instructions.... Being a winter warmer i was hoping it might have finished a little higher in ABV, my online calculator reckons it about 3.8%... never mind, today...

Hmm, I've got an electric blanket so I've put that under my FV, and wrapped it in a blanket. I don't have an airlock, my FV is a youngs one, so I think it self vents... So I can't tell if there has been an immediate rise in activity. I tend to peel back the FV lid and look for bubbles rising...

I started brewing a geordie winter warmer 10 days ago, OG of 1036, the last 3 days its been at 1010... I think the room the fermenter is in might have got down to 16 degrees, and there's no activity on the top of the brew... No bubbles etc.... the instructions do say to ferment at 20 degrees, I...

Hi, bit of a novice question... I've brewed a couple of batches of of TC's and they've both been very dry when tasting them after 10 weeks conditioning, I used a hock yeast not a champagne one, what's the best way to back sweeten? Could I use some of the OH's Canderell tablets when I syphon into...

Well, 24 hrs later and things seem to be ok, bubbling away nicely. I'll keep my fingers crossed but my initial worries are disappearing...

It was exactly like that, not one I'd fancy in my tea tho

I bought it from a local tescos, I was worried that some moisture had got in and hardened it, it wasn't just one spot, it was like a brick. But I couldn't seem to find any holes in the wrapper.... It took about 10 mins to dissolve along with poking it with my plastic brewing spoon. I am...

I've just brewed up a coopers European lager ready for Xmas, and I used the coopers enhancer 2 as recommended on the side of the tin. However on opening the enhancer, it was rock hard, I mean couldn't smash it with a rolling pin, hard. I managed to break it into 3 fist sized pieces and a few...