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welcome Sudds. I am sure you will find loads of great info on here...good luck with the stout

Great advice thanks...never thought of increasing temp as it progresses. You live and learn and thanks for the heads up on cold crashing.

I have decided to do a Festival Golden Stag as my first beer kit and have a couple of questions for you clever people. The instructions say ferment between 20 - 25 c and as i have a brew fridge and inkbird I am wondering where you would set temp and does it make a difference. I am also intending...

Welcome to the forum. I have made loads of wine but am about to embark on the beer route so soaking up as much info as i can. Great friendly group to be a part of.

Thanks Pavros I need to build up a supply of bottles so i had better try a few more commercial beers and then decide

Thanks Bezza that sounds like a good move :cheers7:

Thanks Larryf I was kind of drawn to their kits and have read a number of good reviews

I have been a member for a while and make loads of wine but not done beer yet. To be fair I am not a big beer drinker but maybe that is because I don't much like the fizzy flavorless stuff i tend to drink. I have tried a few supermarket craft beers and I particularly liked Sharp's Wolf Rock red...

Carnwath near Lanark

For someone of my age its not just P.C. gone mad but pretty much the whole world has gone mad. Thank goodness for hobbies to keep me sane...or drunk ...either works for me.

I have 2 brew fridges in my shed which work great with the inkbird set up. I paid £20 for 1 and the other was free on gumtree. Both are single under the counter larder fridges with no icebox in. Also painted the front of both with blackboard paint for notes. Good luck.

Thanks for your reply @lancsfirepro really informative. My only concern was whether the wine would be forced out of the housing between the blue bit and the white bit but it would be appear that all is good. Will go ahead and order the bits. Thanks again

Thanks lancsfirepro should be easy enough so will give it a go. One other quick question if you don't mind. Do you filter your wine twice using the vinbright green pads?

Love the idea of a pump as i always filter my wine as i like it to be as clear as possible as well. It also means i waste less at racking as a bit of sediment will get filtered out. I think the extra wine covers a lot of the cost of the pads though not all. Can i ask what make and model of pump...

Hi soupdragon. At 65 your post got me thinking about how much longer i will be able to comfortably hump 5 gallon buckets around. I did a search for food grade pumps for homebrew and quite a few came up. Might be worth a look as they make it possible to move liquids around much easier. Good luck...

Interesting topic I always filter mine as i have seen it described as polishing the clear wine. At the end of the day personal preference i guess as is doing labels which again I always do. My theory is that i want to produce something as close to a commercial as possible.

Here is a link for ebay where i bought 100 for £22.50 and worked great. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Novatwist-caps-to-seal-screw-top-wine-bottles-Multi-pack-sizes-6-colours-/222484485458?var=&hash=item33cd1bd552:g:pHcAAOSwuspY-03n Hope this helps

Like you my first red kit was a wineworks which was quite cheap and tasted like alcoholic ribena. I now only make winexpert world wines and Kenridge classic. Both come in at just under �£50 and make really good reds in my opinion. I prefer Shiraz and pinot noir but that is just me...

I Use this site for mine https://maestro.uk.onlinelabels.com/Designer/Maestro.aspx Hope that helps and works really well.