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Brilliant stuff thanks chaps I really appreciate the advice and help!

I am brewing a Wilko Cerveza lager kit at the moment, it is my first kit I’ve done in my new beer fridge. The instructions say that upon bottling and adding the teaspoon of sugar it should then be left to stand in a “warm place” for 2 days. This is what I find a little vague, can they go back...

All sorted and up and running nicely now folks, thanks for all your help!

Hi folks, I managed to get hold of a couple of the magnum strawberry cider kits for £8ea and was looking on here for some advice brewing them, it would seem by most comments they are not the nicest kits to say the least. I have got a brew fridge set up, I would expect that would help a bit...

Howdy all. I managed to get hold of a white and a red Make your Own brand wine kits and I am looking for any advice to get the best out of these please? I do have a brew fridge set up now to use, but this will be my first ever foray into wine brewing so any advice would be amazing, or should I...

Many thanks for the advice, what liquid have you got in the bottle?

Aye I did mention in my original message that I had bought a couple of those types of airlocks so hopefully yes they will fit better once they’re delivered. Thanks a lot for the advice.

Ok thanks for that. As long as I am using the fridge Will foil over the hole work for all kits, lager, cider, beer, red and white wines?

do you mean use a small piece of foil just bigger than the small hole and tuck the foil in underneath the grommet? Will that do?

Howdy all, as you can see from the pics below I got my 1st beer fridge built yesterday and my first brew on the go today, just a wilko Cerveza lager to test the fridge out so I’m not too bothered if anything goes wrong this time. The only real problem I have is that there is not enough room...

Hi all, I am a beginner brewer in UK and have Previously brewed a few batches of kit beers/lagers and once made my own cider from fresh apples and I have got the bug so I have decided to go down the fermentation fridge route, I believe I have all the components bought for this but I would like...

Hi there, I just checked and my hydrometer is measuring 1.004 in normal tap water, so should I just adjust my readings to suit then? actually editing this last comment it won’t make any difference as the hydrometer will have been measuring incorrectly from the beginning so I guess it cancels...

Hi all I have my first lager brewing, a Wilkos Light lager 4% kit, which has just stopped bubbling and has been at 1.014 for a couple days, I am hoping it still goes down further as it is only 3.3% at present, I’d probably be able to drink the entire FV worth in one sitting at that strength...

Lovely stuff thanks for the info!

Ok thanks chaps, they’re both very similar I guess, I think I’m going to go the heat pad route. At the risk of sounding like a total amateur (which I guess I am) when do people use the fridges for cooling? Is this for beer or wine brewing? And why please?

Hi all I am looking at investing in either a brew mat or brew belt to use with an Inkbird temp controller but can anyone recommend which one works better in keeping a steady temperature please? Also when using the temperature sensor of the Inkbird how would I best attach this for most...

I was always just a singer rather than singer guitarist but I forced myself to learn as I wanted to be in a three piece, less people/arguements/travelling arrangements to deal with and of course less ways to split any earnings haha. It was hard, probably the hardest thing I’ve ever done but I...

Thanks a lot matey acheers.

Haha yes I play a Gretsch but managed to steer clear of the stereotypical Rock-A-Billy orange one, I got a nice light green one. Thanks for the heads up about those kits, I will add them to my list to make in future! Much obliged kind sir.

Hi there thanks for the recommendation, actually I have bagged a bargain and got a red and a white Make Your Own kit both for under £30! They are my xmas pressie off my wife So I will be giving them a go after Xmas. Thanks a lot