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A cheapo steam cleaner can be very useful, but if not then a really good soak and a good go with a bottle brush should sort it. Make sure you replace the rubber seals, they are only cheap and easily replaced.

A good way to tinker with kits is to get a one can kit and steep some grains or do a mini mash and boil some hops for aroma, it doesnt take that long and you wont need alot of equiptment, you will have a pan big enough in your kitchen already. Its a good way of getting used to mashing and...

2 weeks in the warm is good for carbonation and then somewhere cooler to condition

Did a mini mash with this last week, mashed 2.5k of marris otter and about 175g of crystal 80. Then did a little boil and added 15g of styrian goldings at 10 mins. Added the kit and topped up with cold water. Its ready to keg in the next few days but my keg fridge is full so will post back here...

Beardish....cant grow a good one, dont think i fit the stereotype really, im 22 and very into health and fitness. I got into homebrewing because i enjoy cooking and like to know what goes into my food and wanted to do the same with my beer.

Ive never used cara red myself, looks good to me though. Should be a lovely colour

The co2 may have been dissolved into the beer which would give you a carbonated beer but less pressure, easly fixed with a blast of co2 though.

They suggest that temp because the yeast will work quickly at that temp and finish within the time the can says, its better to brew at around 18-20 and let the yeasties take their time, leaving it in the fv for around ten days will help too

This was my first beer too, gets pretty good after a month or so in the bottle, hope you enjoy it

Hmm bummer, i bought mine from thehomebrewcompany as a bundle with enhancer which is what they recomended to brew it with

maybe the yeast is struggling to deal with the large amount sugar? I might be wrong but maybe the yeast doesnt work as well with high gravity brews

Just to check, did you use the kit can 300g of dextrose, 500g dme and a tin of lme? I thought the kit called for either one or the other?

I used to just let it cool overight i the fv but i have now got a couple of no chill cubes so ive been using them, cant comment on them yet really though as i havnt tasted any of the beer ive chilled with them yet

You generally use 2 per 750ml, if you want you could crack them open and add another one.

I would have said pale ale too, sure it will be a nice refreshing pint

Interesting, might have to do a bit more research before i can work out what recipe to use then, looks pretty complicated

think it around 100 grams that comes with it

Ive been thinking of doing a double batch with one grain bill by doing a second mash/runnings. Ive seen a video of somebody doing this with an imperial stout with over 8kg of grain and then using the same grain bill for a second batch that came out as a normal strength stout. I was thinking i...

dont boil them for an hour, just boil them for 10 mins to give some freshness back to the kit, itll just help the aroma and not add to bitterness that way.

Download brewmate, its free and very useful. When you make your recipe in brewmate it will tell you your percentages for each ingredient if you put the weights in, then you can decide if that is too high a percentage for each malt. you can also put percentages in and it will tell you what...