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I've never used champagne yeast though.

If this doesn't work I really think it's had it. It must be the amount of vimto you've used. But give it a go and keep your fingers crossed.

Youngs super wine yeast in the little white tubs

Hi maffa, yeh pretty much the same as any brew. I'm keeping it in the primary until it stops fermenting or hydrometer is 995. Then straight into bottles with 2 tsp of sugar for fizz. You can put it in secondary, but as it will allow even more yeast to drop out, you'll have to wait longer for the...

All looks good, what was the idea with the teaspoon of sugar though, that will have practically no effect on the brew. The above will ferment to about 5-6% abv. I've put 4 litres in mine and after the initial foam up, about 4 days, I'm going to put another half litre in. I've also put in 25g of...

Hi dude, fear not, you can use PET bottles, white glass, green glass, pink it doesn't matter. It's whatever you have and what ever is easier. Cider is usually quite a fizzy beast though so I would suggest using a nice thick magners/ gaymers bottle. But Grolsh bottles would be fine. For cider I...

You could add yeast nutrient to give the yeast a kick start. If not I would get some youngs super wine yeast in the little white tub, tesco stocks it, and chuck some of that in. I just don't think the cider yeast has enough balls for that.

You could always add more white or red grape juice instead of water, you'll have to adjust the sugar, but that's easy done using your hydrometer.

Nice one, it's a nice beer and only gets better with age. I must admit when it comes to hydrometers, half the time I don't bother. I have no interest in how strong it is just the taste. Add that to the fact that my beers stay in the fermenting bucket for 3 weeks, I know they are fully fermented...

Sounds like a plan, I thought about cutting a foot off the pipe, and as I've come home this morning and found fizzy mild ale, not right at all, I think that's what I'll do.

I have the opposite problem with my ale. I have two cornies set up at the mo with two more conditioning. I have a wherry in one and mild ale in the other. It's set at 10 psi at 13.8 c and I'm getting no head unless I drop the glass lower during pouring. I think mine is to do with to much serving...

Hi Steve, I have a dishwasher and I use it to periodically clean bottles that are in storage. But I've never used it for sterilising. Always worry that it'll miss a little bit of smeg or the rinsing liquid will leave residue, so I individually clean and sterilise with youngs stuff. So do you do...

Hi soup, what point of the brew would you add the essence. I'd thought of adding it to the fermentation bucket, but with not knowing about its ingredients would it interfere with the yeast. Cheers Andrew.

The nitro that you use for stouts is the co2 nitro mix. They are usually, someone will correct me if I'm wrong, a 70/30 mix. But if you're after a cream flow bitter, then they'll do it. Stouts as well of course. If you get more into cornie kegs and a gas set up, you can get mixes of 30/70 all...

Ok first off calm down, the bulging is the co2 pushing up the lid, it also forms a layer, as it's heavier than air, protecting your brew. Now the instructions to your brew should have told you to leave the lid slightly open in any case. It may look like the fermentation has stopped but it won't...

You can also buy a nitrogen and co2 mix for the mini gas chargers. Beats me why you want something like john smiths or worthingtons, that's why I started homebrewing so I could stop drinking that swill. Watch YouTube and learn as much as you can, hop additions and steeping grains for different...

Nice one, I'm wondering how old the kit was. I've got a couple of out of date strawberry kits and I have to get more yeast. I'm not sure but I think they've stop making it. I shouldn't think you'll have many more problems but if you've added the extra water I not sure if you'll get full...

What are you fermenting it in. These little wine kits suit demijohns perfectly, that's what I use.

I never get anything from wilcos unless they're having a sale and I'm sure unless your town doesn't have a HBS no one else dose either. They should have a permanent sale. Although they do have three milestone kits that you can't get anywhere else sooooo.......

20 mins is a long time. Should try 5 to 8 mins about 8 times over 2 days, that should do it.