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Hi, I was wanting to experiment with the kind of flavours honey adds to beer. I have a golden ale can kit I'm going to add a hop addition to. Was thinking of adding a single jar of honey (will it be enough) at the start when the water is boiling to sanitize the honey. Worth it and are there any...

I don't think he 100% knew. But certainly from what he was saying seemed it could be something to do with them. Just wanted to ask here as I was going to get some. Here is the video This link is where he starts mentioning Protafloc... h**ps://youtu.be/K40QF4lUnwU?t=454

Hi Are Protofloc tables generally a good clearing agent? I've seen someone have a right ball ache on YouTube where he thought he had an infection as all his beer brews tasted off. Turned out it was due to the Protofloc tablets. I'm currently looking at what best beer clearing options there...

I'm assuming this is more concentrated than the likes of an oxi cleaner would be ?

Ok so one scoop should be ok? I was not sure how important the dilution had to be.

What is the dilution rate of sodium percarbonate for using with homebrew? Thanks

Hi I asked the home brew shop the reason for not recommending it. Thought I'd share their response to hear what you all thought. Here it is.... ........ Hello It all depends what you are using it for. We don’t recommend it’s for use as a steriliser, it not as affective as the other...

Does sodium procarbonate leave a powdery residue ? On the homebrew shop site they are offering a 1kg youngs bag for £4.44 which seems a decent price.

Just been looking at prices of sodium procarbonate and the home brew shop are saying they don't recommend that to use. In capital letters. Does anyone know a reason why this would be ? Are there any down sides to using it?

With the thin bleach roughly how much would be effective in 23+ litres of cold water? Thanks

So do you leave the sodium procarbonate in the FV over night ? Also is if safe to leave for long periods and is there anything I can't soak in it? Thanks

Hi, I have some questions that I was hoping I could get some advice on... If I clean and sanitised formenters, plastic spoon that will some into contact with the wort the day before brew day, Is this a good idea or should it only be done on brew day just before? Can bottles be cleaned and...

Hi, I'm Extremely new to this. I have the "Home Brew Beer" book by Greg Hughes. Never having done anything out of it. But read allot of the intro etc. Just wondered if someone would clarify my understandings please... 1: I'm looking for an easy first beer mash to do from the book. Easier the...

There quite expensive. Do you have one of these yourself?

So any recommendations for a brew kettle or should I just go electric? Do you know where they sell them ?

Ah ok thought as much. So what kind of top end litre wise would you say is more realistic ?

Cooker is this... https://markselectrical.co.uk/444440027_New-World-Gas-Cooker-Separate-Grill.html?referrer=GoogleShopping&gclid=Cj0KCQiAg_HhBRDNARIsAGHLV539l_O0LAfrJd0uxKBCZhVlQOAFG4oIkO5R6kpdP3RMsux3HjF1kiYaAquyEALw_wcB Well at the min I'm bottling between 20 and 23 Litres. Usually I brew to...

Hi, So after doing the odd 5 or so can kits. I'd like to start looking into grain brewing. Starting the the very basics. I was going to start with this as this was suggested by Matt76 on one of my threads and seems a good place to start. I've got... 2 x FV's Glass Thermometer. Siphon Trial...

There was 2 packets of 6g. I added them both. Yer it's accurate as far as I can tell. It's dropped by 0.002 over the past week max. The bubbling is not fast. It's like every 2-3 mins or so.

Hi, I've had this 2 can kit fermenting since the 20th December. The air lock is still bubbling. I've checked the gravity on the 2nd Jan then on the 5th Jan and again today. It's not really moving. It's staying around 1.010. I used the yeast that come with the kit. Usually I'll use Gervin but...