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Brewferm kits all brewed up very well, just need time to mature as they all do! Dark Rock make some great kits, Alpine Amber ale was particularly good, as are the Love brewing Craft and part grain kits, dark strawberry Belgian ale one of the best kits I’ve made, never had a duff one and...

Brewferm Wheat tripel brewed with a little candy and muntons wheat spraymalt, 7.5%, bottled 4 months and very tasty! Cheers all

Should be great, this is one I did which is similar, topped out shy 6%: 500g frozen berries fruit (blackberry, raspberry, cherry and strawberry), cooked down as a syrup 100g sugar sieved added to FV 750g MO malt 100g Caramalt 60g Aromatic malt 50g wheat malt 60 minute boil 8g EKG hops half at...

Dints

I’m not at the stage with knowledge or kit (or funds!) to go all grain for anything over 2 gallons or so, mostly BIAB with my large 20 litre stockpot. Apart from the great Palmer and Hughes books and this forum, these two have proved invaluable to get going and give it a go: Brooklyn Brew...

Not dissimilar to some of the small batch brews I’ve done, as said keying into one of the calculators will give you a framework, depending on grain mix and intended strength I’ll add dme though not always. Should make a nice drop, what’s the fruit out of interest?

I remember my Dad brewing Beer back in the 70/80s, he would get the Boots own kits for bitter and (Caxton?) Stout, wash out everything with washing up liquid and bleach, no readings, white for bitter brown sugar for the stout, the first beers I ever tried, I helped with the capping, was it the...

Good call with the Amber, mine might have been a little too dark for style, still very tasty. Also went like the clappers, very strong fermentation, next one I do of these I’ll try and put away 9-12 months it aged very well.

Hicks (as in Hicks Special Draft!)

Just come across this thread, I brewed this about a year ago, swapped out sugar for dark dme, made 12 litres of very nice dark Bock and improved a lot after 4-5 months in the bottle. Never had a bad brew with any of the Brewferm kits.

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Big End

The go to for me John Palmer's 'How to Brew' and want to get the Monk book, also had a lot of fun with Brooklyn BrewShops two books, Make Some Beer and 52 Seasonal Recipes, small batch but also scaled upto Five Gallons

That’s good money for Cornwall! Ambulance service absolutely knackered from what my mate tells me. Absolute mess back home, Truro hospital is rammed to the gills, as is the much smaller Bodmin, Newquay beds are blocked basically, you can’t get through to a GP let alone see one and several of the...

Did it taste ok? Probably too soon for the yeast to get going though shows good seal on bucket, probably degassing from transferring etc worth a go though !

By bad yeast expect you mean old and dead, understand mold likely from airborne contamination (peeking in common culprit) or sanitation issues, Been told anything breaking the surface offers a foothold for spores. If past it’s date Iwould chase the supplier up may be worth a go? Or get another...

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Milk

Quick try of the Christmas brew, Brewferm dubbel brewed up with dark dme 8.6% and tasting very good, great flavour bottled 6weeks, wish I’d used 330’s not the 500mls it’s a big hitter, role on Christmas! Cheers all

Beef