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May mislead I do not have 'cnning equipment,

I think I got one from Brew2bottle, I use the 5L party kegs with a hand pump or CO2 tap, which work well for me I will only bottle pale ales, not much room, but I am woking on that. Cheers

I only do extract brewing the results are consitentley excellent.

Webber Kettle 15 years old, with good charcoal and proper planning can't be beaten try cooking on a soaked cedar plank.

I only brew extract ales which go down well with Family and friends, generally Muntons LME amd DME with hop combinations from Graham & Gregs books, I find Challenger and Brambling cross Hops go well together, US 05 or muntons dry yeasts. My water is filtered and I boil for an hour or so. Clean...

Hi All, I bought a kit from Northern brewer about 8 years ago, a 30L fermenter with a lid that it takes two people to remove, with an air lock, the kit included a bottling bucket, plastic bottles and a kit. The fermenter has never let me down, I use the bottling bucket to rest my ale with...

Hi All, I am in Crawley, extract brewing

Hi all just finishing a ESB clone made with LME pretty good head rention to the last drop, I do leave my ales for 8-12 weeks to mature. By the way I am tinking of moving on to cornys how long does the product keep in one?

Hello The Baron thanks for the advice , I am with on that one lid off . Happy brewing

Good evening friends, As a lowly LME ale brewer, I have a question I have just read John Wright ( river cottage) book booze where he boils an AG ale with the lid on. I have always left the lid off I brew outside with a grain bag over the top of my old brulution boiler, since i thought that the...

I gave up drinking commercial beers about two years ago very happy with my extract brewed Ales.

Hi all master brewers, I use LME & DME with hops yeast, Pure brew, water, finngs and rack off to a secondary fermenter for about a week to racking into my 5 litre party kegs then allowed the Ale to mature for a least 6 weeks which seem to remove all ' homebrew' tastes. Drinking homebrewed...

I have not bought beer for 2-3 years, I do get to the pub occansionally put I prefer my homebrewed ales

Nice post I use 5 Litre paty kegs exclusively never use chlorine based cleaners I do use an hand pump when I will finish the ale in 2 days a Co2 tap if 4- days which does not occur very often. I only use LME, 2-3 types of hops ,some good yeast and filtered water in my old brulution boiler...

Forgot to take a picture will do at the weekend when I open another one !

Just finish a 5 litre party keg of my golden ale 5.5% on a Rioja now hic

Hi all,# Me too I have held off brewing an 5.7% IPA, 70g of Challenger and 100g of goldings+ 20g in the secondary fermenter until Tuesday , working from home is great, as I want to plan each stage and record the process in writing, I only do extract brewing which produces very good results due...

Belated Merry Christmas and a happy and better New Year to all

My ales are nothing like you can buy in shops or pubs I try not to make clones, just worked out which hops and yeasts work for my 4 stock brews. FGB LME brewing

I will stick to my modified tea ern 2.0-4.0Kg of LME, hops, yeast and water with which I can make very palatable ales for 45-65 pence per pint. Happy days