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Covrich, already very excited about second and third brews! Cant wait to get them started after xmas however they are all grain (?) kits so things could go terribly wrong!

Thanks BruinTuns, I read everywhere that patience is the key with homebrew but when the instructions say conditioning should take a week or 2, thats what I went for - I will leave well alone until Feb/March time at the earliest, will perhaps by my birthday brew at end of Match! Hi Emil, looks...

BruinTus - hows it going? do you have a tasty brew ready for Christmas? I left my bottles wrapped up for almost 3 weeks then moved to cold conservatory. Its been another couple of weeks now so had a few samples, I'll be honest Im slightly disappointed :( The colour is good and they have...

I think I would have preferred mixing the solution rather than sugar in bottles, still, will know for next time! All my bottles are brown 330mls so just sterilised a small clear water bottle as an extra. Helps to judge carbonation and also I can see how the beer is clearing although as I had...

Sounds like its still going well then! I would be as patient as you can and only put the hop bags in a few days before you plan to bottle/keg. I bottled mine Tues/Wed last week, although it did have good aroma, I would have preferred stronger and I think hopping too early was the mistake - I...

BruinTuns we are both very much in the same sinking boat without a paddle! I got on with bottling last night (only about a third of the batch though as I quickly got tired of stripping labels off bottles!) I cleaned then sterilised the bottles however then rinsed with cold tap water -...

From memory I think the kit advised to add the hops 3-4 days before end of fermentation if you prefer a hoppy 'craft' beer which is what I was after. I am considering dropping some extra hops in for a day or two and bottling after that, will hopefully add to the hoopy aroma. I know a local pub...

BruinTuns - I am also on my first ever brew and am also attempting the Bulldog Double IPA kit after reading good things on this forum. I am maybe a week ahead of you as I believe primary fermentation has come to an end although it has taken three weeks. The hop bags are stronger than they look...