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Lived on tile hill lane,timothy grove and middlecotes, frequented the new lands,fletch..gone,new star......gone and Phoenix....now wing wah. Used to go in the woodlands after college but that's gone as well, is it any wonder we brew our own when every decent boozer seems to shut. I'm 46 and went...

Hi there, Born and bred in Tile Hill now living also near the Ricoh, I can see a few beer swaps on the way here or a Coventry microbrewery. The Health shop in Nuneaton is good for supplies but also look at WILKO while you are over there, it tends to stock a bit more than the Cov ones.

There is a guy on Youtube who made an applejack using this method to approx 49%

I've enlisted this year, first time, very surprised as to how well it's organised. Fingers crossed I can do it otherwise I can see the bank balance dropping due to "falling off the wagon fines". Good luck Scaff

Wilko is available on-line and unless you live on an island in The Hebrides I don't think delivery would be too bad. Having said that you can't beat walking into a proper shop and having a chat with someone in the know..rather than some spotty faced part-time uni student worker who is only...

Chuck a glass of vodka, 1/2 a cup of coffee grinds, a green tea bag, a kitkat and.....................no seriously take advice from previous posts..............I've tried this and it lacks mouth feel and body.

Hi and welcome....a newbie myself. I'm going through the phase of brewing anything, beer and wine, and must admit like to tinker around outside the box....well, can, really I suppose. Try Wilkinsons if they have a shop nearby good stuff and cheap.

clibit, nobody likes a show-off!...........piped from the Lakes.........you lucky bu99er!

I can only describe the taste as "sickly sweet with vinegary aftertaste", the tap water version I must admit is not up to its usual taste but is at least drinkable. I think you may be right in saying it is due to an infection, but I can't see where I have dropped a clanger. I used the same...

You have a very valid point with regards to using spring water for stouts. I did an experiment brewing half with spring and the other ordinary tap water. The result is DON'T USE SPRING WATER FOR STOUT it is undrinkable.........chucked down the sink, only consolation is the other half that is...

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I find that way alot easier rather than the coopers inlay card which suggests OG-FG ________ +0.5=ABV...

Cheers, that sounds perfectly acceptable for us both, trawling the supermarkets for ingredients tomorrow! thanks will let you know how I get on. Just looked in the staffroom and there will be another container available soon ..........oh happy days!:drunk:

Thanks for the suggestion Chippy, what sort of ABV are we looking at when topped up to 18 litres? Just out of curiosity, as a rule I always brew short with beer and wine so it would nice to have something palatable for the wife to drink if it is not too strong..........if it is strong hey ho the...

I have acquired a large water container from the top of our chilled water dispenser, enlarged the hole to accept an airlock, tested it for any leaks and cleaned/sterilized it. What do you suggest I make in it, I have a six bottle elderberry kit from wilko as a starter but was wondering if any...

Double thumbs up from me!

Local Aldi doing a deal on spring water, will it really make a difference on my latest brew of Coopers stout brewed short to 20 pints using brewing sugar.

I make concoctions called MOLO's (mixture of left overs) and add all sorts of stuff, like extra sugar...any sugar, chopped fruit, vodka...to be honest anything that comes to me in my moments of drunken madness, some turn out great and some are rancid but in my eyes if dont try it (and...

A friend of mine says that "Artic Brews" of 14% are made by fermenting a wort, freezing it, pouring off the pure alcohol, fermenting that and repeating the process until you get a high strength brew required. Any truth in this or do they use turbo yeasts

I play drums.............sorry vent anger on the drums. Watch F1 and now E1.