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Hi all, I'm after a bit of advice, I started my triple tykes bulldog brew on 12/05/17 and checked gravity today 29/05/17 gravity is 1025. Temperature has been constant 18. But my question is upon opening the bucket I have a lot of brown bits I think is yeast floating round the top, is...

Hi Where can we buy lowics strawberry syrup, Thanks

Thanks great advice . #Big D 2657

Thanks myqul, I had not thought about this as I thought that if I opened the top tap it may well ruin my beer. Big D 2657

Hi All, I have just recently opened a 6 week old mini keg of St Peters Ruby Red Ale, to my avail I have just had 4 glasses of foam out of the mini keg, can anyone tell me where I have gone wrong. I have lookedon the threads on mini kegs and there seems to be all sorts about carbonation but...

Hi Scooby, just a quick one how long did uoui leave the youngs oaked rum ale to condition before you started to drink it. Cheers Big d 2657

Hi Jul, Ive just had my Rajas in the fermenter for 31 days now and it hit a fg of 1010, so I have bottled it and I put 1 sugar lump in each 500ml bottle to carb it up. if I was to bulk prime then I would have used 90grams of sugar. I am going to leave this beer now 2 weeks in the house...

Hi all, The paper is right by what they say, our pubs where very much a tradition, but as with everything nowadays I believe everything has moved on. The last time I went to a pub a couple of weeks back I looked around and all I could see was people sat around tables playing on there mobiles...

Hi all, Just a quick question, I am about to put on a St Peters Golden Ale, if I was to put syrup and honey in the kit as well does anybody think it may turn out disastrous. Also how long should I leave this kit before drinking, I normally leave my bottle about 6 weeks but I did a St Peter...

Hi Terrry m Thanks for all the info I will keep this thread posted on how it goes on. Big D 2657

Hi one flewover, I have never used any of the kit yeasts as they are always 6 or 7 grams and if I spend a little extra at wilkos I can get a nice 12gram packet, and I always put in a yeast nutrient as well. Thanks Big D 2657

wow thanks for the advice I will keep you posted. Big D 2657

hi thanks for all the quotes and ideas, I used to brew at least 3 - 4 kits every 4 weeks and have gained quite a stock now. But I think I will take heed of the above quote and just put in smaller bottles, and the longer I leave the beer the better it is going to taste I think.# would...

although you say this is excessive are you drinking stronger ales or are you drinking session beers at about 4%. I mean on a night out in a pub the first 2 beers normally go down with in about 40 mins so that would only leave me about 3 pints for the rest of the night. lol big d 2657

I would rack to another vessel first let this sit there for 24 hours and then add the priming sugar and then bottle. I tend to use tate and lyle sugar cubes and just put one of those in a bottle job done. Big d 2657

hi all Can anybody refer to me or give me a link on this website how to try a no boil brew. I have just read about one on what s brewing tonight but there is no instructions of what one is or how to make one. Thanks Big d 2657

basically I think he was trying to say that because I have a lot of homebrew easily accessible I am tempted to drink it on all my nights off. The strength of the beer is miniumum 5% to 8%.

yeagh me to. Maybe its someone who wants top brew homebrew but is a little scared. lol Jokers

Hi all, Ive just made a coopers irish stout with the following. ! x 1.7kg tin coopers stout 1 x 500g bag muscovado sugar 1 x 454 tin treacle. 250g white sugar. 1 x sachet of wilko gervin yeast. SG WAS 1052 Does anybody see a problem with nay of my ingredients which I have used. Any...

Hi all, A quick question to put out there, I was speaking to a friend of mine and he says homebrewers tend to drink too many times a week. My experience I normally drink 4 nights a week and each night is about 8 - 10 pints. does anybody else think this is unreasonable. Cheers Big D 2657