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id agree with mansemasher, ive done the coopers heritage lager and it was pretty decent, also the youngs harvest pilsner was pretty tasty. basic kits but still decent. only thing i would do different with them is using dry malt extract instead of suger and bin the yeast that comes with the kit...

im sure all the guys with more expirience than me will agree with me here, ignore the kit instructions when it comes to timings. its a good marketing ploy to say you can have beer ready to drink within two weeks but it will definately be better if you leave it for longer. i reckon when you get...

hi mate, general opinion is to leave the beer in primary for two weeks minimum. the yeast will continue to work and "clean up" the beer during this period. patience and a hydrometer are your best friends here

i did mine with the coopers brew enhancer one. id done a coopers heritage and youngs pilsner kit before the blonde and they were good, less of a twang but still something there. i suppose the best thing about it was it pushed me quicker to all grain and the difference in quality is ten fold.

Hi mate, yeah I did a Canadian blonde kit a while back and it has been bottled now for two months. There is a strange after taste to it I've been hoping that given time it would disappear but after two months it's still there. I sanitised everything like a always so don't think it's an...

Hi guys planning this one for Sunday 1 gallon biab 900 grams lager malt 50 grams cara hell 50 grams wheat malt 50 grams cara bohemian Mash in 6.5 litres of water at 65oc for 60 mins 5 grams northern brewer at 60 mins 10 grams Liberty at 1 min 2 grams mangrove jack west coast...

My mate used to put a Smirnoff ice I a a half a Guinness and the way he poured it, it wouldn't mix together, he called it a pint of fanny, absolutely vile

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Excellent cheers guys, brew day is now a go

what effect will bottled spring water have on home brew ? I was reading the side of a bottle highland spring and it contains mg/litre Bicarbonate 150 Calcium 40.5 Chloride 6.1 Magnesium 10.1 Nitrate 3.1 Potassium 0.7 Sodium 5.6 Sulphate 5.3 I'm asking as I'm gonna do a partial mash and...

Yeah I reckoned that would be the case. I don't mind leaving them for ages straight in the cold if it would improve the flavour as I have a good stock built up now but after checking the Internet as well it seems there is no advantage to putting them straight in the cold

hi guys, maybe an obvious one here, but ill ask anyway. was wondering if there are any advantages to the beer if straight after bottling you stick it straight in the cold ? i have brewed a biab lager using salflager 23. the celler at work is a constant 10 degrees, will the beer still carbonate...

yeah tony the same for me, no point in cleaning it cos it constantly outpouring. you guys have put my mind at ease about infections though cheers lads

hi guys, i started a wheat beer yesterday and the fermentation is going well, however the wort is bubbling up and out of my airlock. i dont have a tube to make a blow off tube so is it ok just to leave it till it calms down and leave it just to ferment out ? the water i had in the air ock is...

yeah thats gonna be the game plan, getting to warm to brew lagers anyway

i think its the carbonation that puts me off i like fizz in my beers. ill get on the guiness and ill brew a few ales but just carbonate them a bit more like a lager

since ive started the one gallon biab brews, im doing then constantly when i have a free demi john (i have three) so generaly getting 3 done every five or six weeks. i wanna get a couple more so i can see if there is much difference in racking to a secondry. im trying to build up a good stock of...

thanks mate, very concise, great article

hi guys, im not sure when to start the rest. i have brew in the demi john with mangrove jack lager yeast, it has fermented away at 11oc for ten days now so was thinking to bring it out of the celler and up to room temp for 3 days. then i was gonna stick the fermenter in the fridge at 5oc for a...

Will do, just had a quick google of "steam beers" sounds interesting. I might try one of them soon