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If the fermentation has well and truly finished and has already started to clear at the fermentation temperature, I usually leave it in the coldest place I have for another two days. If your cold place is 10*C (rather than 4/5*C) you might find an extra day would be beneficial.

All that happens with any carbonated drink with a given amount of dissolved CO2 within it is the colder it gets the less likely it is to give up its dissolved CO2. Conversely if you warm it up (in an open environment) the CO2 will bubble out of solution since the equilibrium point has been...

Do you really mean tablespoons. 1 UK tablespoon is 3 UK teaspoons and if you are priming at about 1 tablespoon per litre that will give you a CO2 content of well over 4 volumes which is out of the range of all but wheat beers. I use mostly PET bottles of various sizes. I re-use bottles...

Minimum a week, perhaps up to two to fully carb. Then two weeks in a cool place to condition, then sample and if you think its ready to drink you are set up, but, it might improve with further conditioning. My rule of thumb is the darker the beer and the stronger it is the longer it needs , but...

I have been re-acquainting myself with a few so called strong beers on offer from Tesco at the mo. They are all fairly similar but in order of preference. - 1698 (I've passed on the free yeast) - King Goblin and Old Peculiar (slightly different but about the same ranking) - Adnams Broadside...

The wording in the UK legislation regarding the production of spirits seems a little open to interpretation, and so as I recall there was a fairly lengthy discussion on this Forum concerning the legality of concentrating 'spirits' by freezing. What is clear to me however is that vodka is...

Take another reading in two or three days time. If its the same its probably done, even though it is a bit high for this kit. You could try gentle rousing to see if that helps (no splashing though!). If its any help I fermented my AIPAs at 19*C and they were finished and bottled within 24 days...

Its not so much the weight of a football that causes brain damage its the more speed at which it hits your head, since its all down to kinetic energy. Old footballs most likely didn't travel as fast as modern footballs (probably because they were harder to kick with the same force), so a modern...

Tbh my current Irish Stout is the first I have bottled since all previous versions have gone into a PB but my PBs have all died now. And I have only opened one or two bottles since its stilI conditioning. However I primed the bottles to give about 1.95 vols (it seems) and that looks to be about...

Dextrose or table sugar are fine. You will need about 10% more dextrose according to the calculator. And it seems to me that teaspoons vary in capacity so I suggest you select a teaspoon, keep it exclusively for brewing, and roughly 'calibrate' it by measuring out 20 teaspoons of your chosen...

Your bottled beer will be undercarbed, but I would just put that down to experience. As for the PB it will be carbonated and you should have enough puff to get it out of the PB, but it will probably need a top up earlier than had you put more sugar in. And you can do that either by gas from a...

I reckon you should always try to fill a PB unless you are going to flush out the headspace with CO2. If you dont do that there is an increased amount of oxygen in the headspace which will do its best to spoil your beer. So filling a few bottles and putting the rest into a PB, in my view, is not...

Some members might be interested in where you can get really cheap one cans online. And you could buy a two can kit, and brew one can at a time at 20 litres. Apart from two cans Wherry comes with two packets of yeast (or at least used to)

My observation from this forum is there no accepted time for a dry hop, its down to personal preference. I've seen some say no more than two days is necessary and others six days or even longer. Greg Hughes says to take the hops out 'after a week'. I tend to the latter. And the grassy thing...

Check the diameter of others available to match yours, otherwise I would have thought the 2mm makes no difference, especially as you say it seem to be standard size. Is the tube manufacturer name still visible?

I made one lot of TC 3 or 4 years ago following a typical recipe from on here. It took six months to mature before it was near drinkable. And even then as bland as you could possibly get (as in lacking in flavour), and nothing like the real stuff. So I haven't bothered again. Many people seem to...

The AIPA kit comes with 100g mixed hops (or it did when I did it) for a dry hop which provides flavour and aroma, but little extra bitterness, if at all. However I did find this kit a tad bitter for me, but you won't really know how you feel about it until you try it. Its certainly easier to use...

I add sugar direct to bottles, always have. I now leave my beer in the FV to finish and more besides. When the sugar goes in I might get a little foaming , but not much to cause concern. So yes that's the sugar nucleation thing. However when I returned to brewing a few years ago I bottled as...

You might be right. I found a few more suppliers but they were all out of stock. If Coors do stop brewing this beer it will be a shame to say the least.

@Clint You link doesnt work but this does. https://www.therealalecompany.co.uk/white-shield-500ml-worthingtons.html It use to be available in Tesco but they seem to have stopped stocking it.