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Black treacle! that's it, many thanks I'll give it a go. last year I enhanced a Geordie yorkshire bitter with orange clove and cinnamon. It made a great Christmas ale and went down very well with family and friends. bp

Hi all, I have recently moved from tinned kits to using malt extracts but I have been given a 'geordie mild' kit. I have had a great deal of success with the geordie bitters but I've found that they need enhancing with orange and spices in the boiled water to take away the twangy after taste...

Good point about the AA%. I'll buy another tin of malt just to keep it proportional. Oh this will be one very expensive brew. cheers BP

Thanks for the quick replies chaps. That has made clear the whole sugar situation. Cheers for that. Because this is my first extract brew I was aiming for a small run hence the odd quantity (one tin at 1800kg) and I was aiming to amend the other quantities accordingly making a total of 14...

Hi All! I started brewing using kits last year and I am now making the leap from kit to Malt Extract. I have carefully put together all the equipment, sourced the ingredients and read the relevant books. I have chosen my Ale 'Big Lamp Bitter' and using the recipe from Graham Wheeler Real Ale...

Hi all, I have been brewing now for 6 months and have had success with both kits and simple recipes using foraged items from Nature's Larder. I am planning some Christmas beers and as well as my own recipes I was hoping to enhance a kit (probably caxton real ale) with a few Christmas-esque...

Hi all, the universal barrel hose was a massive success, just needed to upgrade the hose that it came with and fitted it to a pub CO2 bottle using a gas regulator.The result; lovely creamy ale with a head that stays all the way to the bottom of the glass. Thanks for all the help advise chaps.

Thanks all, THC were sold out so ordered one from HBC and it arrived the next morning (Sat). I will be connecting up tonight, fingers crossed :pray:

Hi I have been unable to find an outlet for the hambelton Bard cylinders in my area so I am putting together a system using a pub cylinder. Where can I get a Universal Barrel Hose from? the female fitting is the missing piece of my jigsaw. regards bp

Hi can any of you kind people tell me where I can get these cylinders filled/exchanged in the Newcastle Upon Tyne area regards BP

Ginger beer pop is normally sold in brown bottles.

Due to building work i am forced to move my ale. They have been sitting for 6 -7weeks in barrels and are crytal clear. Can i risk moving them without disturbing them and if the sediments does disturb will it resettle? Bp

Brilliant! thanks to all. Re-barrelled with very little disturbance and used the tube as recommended. All looking good, old tap getting tossed in the bin.

Yes the barrel's got a valve but I haven't gassed it up yet (I normally use the natural pressure/gas for the first few pints before affixing the cylinder. The tap is at the bottom but I'm pretty sure I can get some height and gravity feed it into the new barrel without too much disturbance. P.S...

Emergency! I have 40pints of ale in a pressure barrel. It's been sitting there quietly for 6weeks but last night it started dripping through the dodgy tap that I'd thought I had mended. I have another barrel on stand by and a few bottles, question is; before transfering will I have to add more...

Couldn't get any gelatine but picked up some Young's beer finings. Anyone had success with this, or should I just wait until I get the gelatine? BP

Thanks I'll give that a go.

Hi all, I have had a lot of success over the last couple of months using 5 gallon Beer Kits. After the fermentation I usually fill about 6 x 75cl bottles then put the rest in a pressure barrel. I have used a John Bull lager kit and the bottles settled quickly, are crystal clear and taste great...

Hi all I am very new to this so please excuse my ignorance . The questions are; After transferring from fermenting bucket to pressure barrel when do I add the Co2? immediately or after a week or so? I added the C02 on my last barrel after 4 weeks just before serving my first glass (Geordie...

yes,sorry! the sugar went in after straining Brew 1 230g brown sugar Brew 2 450g caster sugar I'll take more care in future when posting recipes