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I use Evernote to store my brew notes. In fact I use Evernote for most things. It's free and stores all your notes on their servers and syncs to you tablet and smart phone should you have one. So the wife can never 'tidy' away your precious notes :)

Thanks for tips, I guess it ends up cheaper doing that. So not only will I have beer on the go, but I will have to start cultivating yeast too :P I will become popular in my household.

Not sure I have ever had a Kölsch :shock: Sounds good though, was just looking at the liquid yeasts and they are expensive compared to dry. The yeast would cost nearly as much as the kit! Think I will give it a go though, fancy doing some experimenting.

Hi, Just ordered a Coopers Australian Lager, Tesco have them back in stock at the reduced price still. Not done this kit before but have done a few other Coopers and thinking of making a couple of tweaks. I don't like the yeast that comes with Coopers kits, I have found it too loose and find...

Thats kind of what was going through my mind. As far as I am aware I treated all the same, fill will a small amount of sanitiser (chlorine based), shake a few times, leave for 10 mins or so and rinse 3 times. Maybe I just missed one.. Oh well, you live and learn

Hi, I experienced something strange tonight.. I have been happily drinking my Wherry which has been conditioning for about 4 weeks. It was improving every time I tried one. So much so that I have got through about 30 bottles already :cheers: So, I had one tonight expecting yet further...

I will leave them to get on with their feast whilst sampling the results of those that came before them :drink: in the form of a very tasty Wherry.

ok cool.. will probably leave it then. I was just looking at it and thinking how you can't really tell if its just DME that hasn't been mixed in properly or not.

Hi, I just set off a Coopers Australian Pale Ale with 1KG beer kit enhancer, it has been in the FV about 2 hours and there is already a 2-3cm yeast cake! Is this normal? I have never seen this happen so quickly before. I gave it a very good stir so should have been all mixed in. Now I am...

Oh no, I recently got 2 boxes of bottles from tesco when I found they were the cheapest by far. Thought it was a good find, posting it here has ruined it ;)

How did you manage to get a wherry for 14.20 in wilko! I have wherry on the go right now, not tasted it yet so sorry i don't have have any advice, I was so compelled by the idea of cheap wherry that I had to ask..

Hi, There was some website in Germany that someone ordered the adapter from http://www.us-aquaristikshop.com/co2-ad ... x1/14.html There was some new company in the uk that was making something similar which looked more liked a machined piece of metal you would do in your local college metal...

I have seen some people have purchased an adapter for the midget widget system so you can fit the new style soda stream bottles. Might work out a bit cheaper. Only reason I know was I was researching it when deciding if I should get some cornies. Out of interest, how long did one of the those...

ok, how about finnings. Will they reduce the time need in the the primary?

Maybe bottling earlier will help to build up supplies. I always thought it was best to leave in the primary beyond fermentation as the yeast cleaned up some of the nasties.. Admittedly I never quite understood this as the yeast is still present in the bottles so surely it cleans up in there.

Interesting idea :thumb:, not really seen any bigger than 25L. Going to have to do some searching.. I guess you can kind of use anything. Garden style water butt would hold a fair amount :)

Bit of a strange question, with 1 FV I am struggling to keep up with supply and demand. The obvious solution would be to buy another FV. Problem is I am stuck for space and if another FV appears in the kitchen I will have some explaining to do. So I was wondering if anyone had tried stacking 1...

Thanks, yeah I have a pilsner in the FV right now. Interested to see how that one comes out in comparison as it has a true lager yeast. I am still new to all this, so have lots to learn. Patience being the hardest :)

It maybe wasn't quite as chilled as it should have been. It was bottled just over 3 weeks ago and is the Coopers Canadian Blonde. oh, yeah our water does taste quite chlorinated. I keep forgetting to put a campden tablet in my brew As a comparison I just tried another one out of a 500ml bottle...

ok, so yesterday I tried to pour 2L into a jug. Don't think I could have made a bigger mess of it if I tried. It being very fizzy ended up with a jug full of head, and quickly running out of space in the jug. Then in a panic I am trying to grab anything I can get hold so I can continuously pour...