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Just rub them on your gums* I tried an experiment comparing some hops recently: Dry hopping experiment - good or bad idea? *Don't actually do this.

What's the experienced view on how long to age these fruit juice wines please? I've recently bottled some apple juice wine and wondering whether it should be drunk young (as seems to be suggested for turbo cider) or whether to leave it longer (some recipes seem to suggest leaving apple wine for...

Was that made from just pineapple juice or a mix with apple juice?

As I recall, once upon a time there was this good newish brewery called Brew Dog that produced some nice real ale (including some really strong stuff) and their Punk IPA in bottles was a hoppy sensation. The first alarm bell for me was when they threw a bit of a wobbler about cask beer and...

Good luck! Now polished off a few of bottles of my batch of Rosé (made with ASDA RGJ and apple juice all from chilled section) and it's actually not at all bad, especially nicely chilled with a meal.

No, you really do win a Brewdog trip to Mars. The small print is that it's only one way and you have to provide your own oxygen...

These days I have consigned bitter to strictly being a breakfast drink. By the time I've had a couple of imperial stouts for elevenses and a NEIPA as an amuse-bouche, I find that drinking bitter with lunch is decidedly uninspiring. May as well have a cup of tea!

Regarding kits, I think the amount of malt extract you are working with is a strong indicator of how good the end result is likely to be. Relying on a single 1.5KG or 1.7KG can (plus sugar) to produce all the flavour (even if you short brew) hasn't worked out that well in my experience. So far...

I used to do full mash/all grain brewing and would say that aside from needing extra equipment and more time per brew, it's the mashing, boiling and cooling - all the steam and the mess. If you are set up for all grain with an established process and appropriate space to brew in it probably...

No I don't cold crash.

I made a Morgans Ultra Premium Pacific Pale Ale as follows: Morgans Pacific Pale Ale 1.7KG Mangrove Jacks malt extract 1.2KG Brewing sugar 0.24 KG 21 litres brew length OG 1050 Dry hopped with Summit It seemed to get a bit stuck around 1014 so I turned up the heat pad and left it fermenting...

I am truly sorry that I was caught and will absolutely do my very best not to get caught again.

By any normal standards Hancock absolutely should have gone by now. However, our current government has been utterly shameless in their conduct so far and just brazened it out when it comes to being exposed for lying, corruption, bullying and general double standards. Boris can't exactly take...

Do they have to be brown? If clear ones will do you can get 2 litre bottles of water for 17p from ASDA (other supermarkets are available).

How much body (how heavy) do you want it? Three kits (or similar malt content) is going to make it very much a sipping beer in texture as well as strength, which may of course be what you want. I recently made a Toucan of Morgans Dockside Stout 1.7KG, Morgans Ironbark Dark Ale 1.7KG, 1KG...

Those readings seem quite normal. What made you think that it had failed to ferment?

^This. Did you take a hydrometer reading before pitching the yeast and what is the current reading? If the temperature has been in the viable range (which would include 22C) and fermentation has not taken place then maybe one of the following occurred: 1) You forgot to add the yeast 2) The...

I made one of these kits recently - the bottles are currently in the cool conditioning phase. When I bought it in store at the start of May the price was £12.99 despite it being on The Range website at £14.99, which is the price still showing now. It's only when you add it to your basket and...

Yes fermentation does generate heat. I had an issue with the recent warm weather where I started an IPA and the next day the fermenter was up to 25C (a few degrees higher than the room temperature) which is a bit too high for my liking. Fortunately I was able to move it to a cooler location and...

By a strange quirk of fate and timing I have today come into possession of a load of demijohns! So thank you for the kind offer Chris, but no need to hold any for me now.