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Wow that's a good quality fermenter in that set and a nice looking beer kit, the Mangrove Jacks craft series stuff is good. Getting a bottling wand (they're only a few dollars) that fits the tap on your fermenter will make your life way easier and less messy at bottling time and will make sure...

Welcome to the forum! Before you start out do plenty of reading, you can read John Palmer's How to Brew online for free, it's slightly old now but I found it helpful to learn the basic process of brewing. Kits are by far the easiest way to start brewing but the results can be more Tui than...

Agreed on Young's they do an Amber and a Red ale in the American range, the red comes with Simcoe, Nelson Sauvin and Mosaic dry hops, sounds good to me! It would be high on my list if I wasn't mostly doing all grain now. I too did the IPA and also the APA and they were among the best kit brews I...

I wasn't a fan of my first brew, a Coopers original series lager kit brewed with 1kg of dextrose, so I tried hopping the glass a few times by adding a pellet or two (Nelson Sauvin I think!) to a single cup steel tea infuser (the steel mesh type) then steeping it in the glass for a bit. The...

If you want to go traditional then yes EKG or Fuggles are the way to go. For something a bit different but still 'English' Challenger would also be a good choice for dry hopping an English ale, one of my favourite bitters I made was dry hopped with it. I also did a great First Gold dry hopped...

I'm not an expert on NEIPA but as no one has offered advice yet I'll try. It can be a tricky style and needs some practice to nail it. However even if it's not perfect you can create something tasty. The choice of hops looks fine. It's a fairly low bitterness style so I'd have all late hops...

Yes would love to try this

London N14 4PF please, thanks!

Waitrose still sell good white grape juice if there's one close enough. Some online vitamin places sell Stute grape juice, postage makes it pricy though. I've used sainsburys red grape and it was OK for rose recipes, especially liked it with pomegranate juice. I've also used this successfully in...

Unlike a few years back there's plenty of choice now for dry yeasts depending on what you're looking for in the finished beer. S04 finishes dry and a bit fruity (to me it's tart, like unsweetened yogurt, not my cup of tea but others like it). Mangrove Jacks Empire Ale yeast provides some nice...

I got a bulldog grain mill for Christmas so I've just ordered my first sack of uncrushed malt (I got extra pale Propino for low cost and versatility) along with ingredients to keep me brewing for half the year. I've got lots of AG brews planned an NZ Pilsner (Riwaka and Nelson Sauvin with Kolsch...

That looks good! I brewed something similar once; a partial mash with Gladfield ale and toffee malt, late hopped with Motueka and NZ Goldings, fermented with Mangrove Jack's Newcastle Dark Ale yeast (now called Empire ale). It was a cracker.

Kia ora, tena koe! There are several Kiwis and people with links to NZ on this forum. I lived in Wellington for several years with my Kiwi wife but we're back in the UK these days. Loved the NZ beer scene, expensive though, that's why I got into home brewing! Soon to brew an NZ Pils in homage to...

Emersons (the Pilsner is an all time classic Kiwi beer), Tuatara, plus I totally agree with Epic, Garage Project, 8 Wired, Yeastie Boys and Liberty. So many great breweries for such a small population, just a shame it's not a bit cheaper!

I like more estery bitters too but mainly use dry yeast. I've had good success with a bitter using Mangrove Jacks Liberty Bell (used to be called Burton Union) which goes fairly dry but with more contribution from the yeast than Notty. If I want something sweeter then Empire Ale does the trick...

Stouts and porters are my favourite cooler month beers and I tend to do at least one or the other each year, sometimes both. Homebrew stout is a different matter to commercial stouts though, being able to serve them in your preferred method helps, I liked my stout best from mini keg last year...

I've done this kit recently too. My 3 month old Abdij (with some tweaks) is quite drinkable now but is still slowly improving, I too expect 6 months onwards will be the sweet spot so am trying to leave it alone at least until Christmas. I brewed it with 330g bottle of date syrup and 250g Chinese...

Worth a try as it can be suspended solids that settle out with time and/or fining agents. However some grapes are very prone to a type of spoilage called oxidation (often when pressing) which can largely be prevented with fairly low doses of sulphites (like half a campden tablet) being added at...

I've only heard really good things about the Beaverdale whites and I loved the Pinot Grigio that I made, better than plenty of commercial wines I've bought. Wasn't so thrilled with the Nebbiolo I made compared to a pricier kit (an R J Spagnols Cru International, unfortunately not available in...

They also sell flaked rye with I've used successfully, also £1.25 for 500g. Not finished my stock of liquid malt from last time it was in the sale, or I'd be grabbing some too! I feel a brew coming on... Have also tried the Potters malt in a hoppy red and had good results although it's a...