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Matt, can't you go anywhere without mentioning your bad taste in football teams? Good luck with the brew, save me some. Your first batch of bottled beer was pretty good. Name it next time :cheers:

And there she is: According to the instructions after adding the priming sugars I should leave it in 17-23 degree environment until priming has finished at which stage it can be moved to a 13 degree environment to condition. Any ideas how long that takes?

Thank you! :thumb:

The keg is currently cleaning, will do it either later today or tomorrow. OG was 1045

So I'm about to keg my first beer and the instructions are telling me I need to put a water\glucose solution in the barrel first. My question is, does it have to be brewers sugar or can I get away with normal sugar? I've googled this and some people say it can make the beer taste off, others...

Based on my own very novice experience (my first brew is currently fermenting) I'd definitely go for a kit. It's good for getting your head round the process. Add a hydrometer and thermometer to your tool set. Also think about a vessel for your beer to go once fermented; I got a barrel as part...

Thanks for the advice folks. Seems to be coming along nicely and I did promise to post a picture: I'm hoping I can barrel this tomorrow or Wednesday but will have to see.

As a Christmas treat, I bought myself the Milestone home brewing kit from a local brew shop in Leeds. It came with the fermenting tub, a barrel, hydrometer, thermometor, CO2 capsules, steriliser and a kit for the IPA. My main aim of this first brew was to really get my head around the process...

Hi all! I've just started out on a journey of home brewing; currently fermenting a brew kit from Milestone Brewery. I stumbled across this forum and thought it would be a great resource for sharing knowledge and experience and hopefully will help me on my journey. See you all on the forums...