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Thanks Rento, I have been doing kits for about 5 years with mixed results. The last two years I have used a temp controlled fridge for fermentation - with a controller for heat and cold plus a Tilt I can monitor on my phone and I have achieved good constant temps - but as I say mixed results...

Thanks very much for all the helpful replies - MashBag - the space issue was if I was full on all grain with what I assumed would be an additional HLT for sparging? It's more the time factor really but I understand it's going to be a longer day - worth it for better beer. I could kick the wife...

So, I have been brewing from kits for a long while and some have been OK but now going off the "twang" so I am looking into BIAB as an option. What I wanted to know from those that have done this is, is there that a big difference going all grain - I assume so but would be interested in...

I am looking to brew a Coopers IPA and I want to add toasted coconut - any thoughts on when I should add it and how much? Was thinking of around 200gm at the same time as dry hopping but would adding at the start of fermentation be better. Thanks all

I am mainly brewing kits which turn out quite nice and I have been dry hopping after fermentation has finished a few days before bottling. This has been ok but I would like to try a different way of hopping the kits. I was thinking of making a hop tea and adding it the start of fermentation so...

Very new to this so only 250 Litres since July - and still a couple left! 15588

The 3rd batch of bulk carbed beer - Bure Gold - was perfect, carb lasted all the way down - not that it took long!! Interested in the difference of carbing between table sugar and Dextrose - some of the kits come with Dextrose prime sugar but if table sugar is better may use that - any more...

Sorry if this has been addressed else where but couldn't find it. Trying to find out if I can break up my brew/bottling day to make things a bit easier. I brew kits and normally the bottling/brew day comprises of cleaning and sanitising all of the bottles and equipment, cleaning and sanitising...

Update. Since asking for this information I have bulk primed 3 batches of brew - not checked the last one yet but this method works really well and I have been using this priming calculator - http://www.kotmf.com/tools/prime.php - which works well for me. All batches - even the dry hop ones have...

Been drinking this and it's lovely! one thing though, the hoppy taste and aroma is lessening - not gone and still v nice but was wondering would a hop tea cause the hoppy taste to last longer as I have read? anyone done both dry hopping and a hop tea and noticed a difference.

Bit of an update on this experimental kit brew. When I bottled this I did a couple of small 330ml bottles as samplers - turns out to be a good idea. I tried one today even though it still has a couple of weeks to go. Very clear and the batch priming seems to have worked well although I think...

Tried searching for this but no joy so.. Here's one for the chemists! I live in a very rural area so our drainage is to a septic tank. Question then is - is it ok to throw the spent yeast/trub down the plughole - will it upset the delicate ecosystem of my septic tank. Don't want to bugger it...

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Is this stuff no rinse then?

The hops are Amarillo and Cascade - 10g each - according to the foil packs they came in. I have Cascade so may just drop 20g in and see what happens.

My third brew in and I decided to make the Woodfordes Bure Gold kit - gone ok but messed up putting the dry hops in. The kit says "after 4 days add the hops" So I contacted them as I wasn't sure if that was 4 days from making it up or from when fermentation started. No reply so I decided to...

Ok thanks may try that after all - was a bit worried about introducing oxygen if stirring but as this is an experiment will give it a go.

OK so I bought some "drug dealers" scales and I find that the Coopers carbonation drops come in at 3.42 grams and as ExPatBrewer says the Tate & Lyle sugar cubes are 4.05 grams if this helps any others. So I plan on trying 1 sugar cube per 500ml bottle which should give around 2.6 vols of co2 -...

Hello all! just noticed this section on the site. I have already posted some questions and had lots of great replies so looking forward to getting more help and hopefully in time I will be able to reciprocate. Initially looking to brew kits which I hope to tweak to provide a healthy stock of...

Interesting results and the "non-bagged" beer looked clearer to me.