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Hello, so ive been using beer kits for a few years now. I still want to use them but improve them. I have done some research, read the how to guides on here & other sources, youtube, other home brew sites etc etc. 1. Someone said to me, "Why buy a cheap beer kit if youre going to add a £10 malt...

Im currently using Tom Caxton, but have used others eg Coopers, brewferm, Muntons, Tooheys etc. I, just want to get a light, citrusy beer. Nothing cloned as such

Point 1 says add liquid at start of fermentation. I interpreted that as the beginning?. Yes, I use a barrell, but I have bought some bottles to try that way next time.

Hello, I asked my local brew shop how to add & use hops because I was getting a lot of flavour at beginning but at end of my 40 pint kit, the flavour disappeared. I got this reply... You can make a hop tea by steeping appropriate hops in water at 80c for 45 mins, straining, then adding the...

I bought two John Bull London Porter kits. In one, I put chocolate grains, hops & dark spray malt. In the other I only put sugar in, just followed the basic instructions. I could see a slight difference in taste but not as much as I thought I would. Soooooo is there anything else I can...

100g hop pellets, 500g spray malt & chocolate malt grains

Like the programme lol, I have a John Bull London Porter kit, Chocolate Malt grains(or whatever you call them), spray dried malt and cascade hop pellets. How should I use these ingredients?. Does anyone have a recipe/method etc?. Thank you.

Hello, ive been brewing from basic kits for quite a while now, so I'm now looking at taking things a step further. Try not to go all technical with me lol, but whats next stage I could do after kits?. What equipment needed, ingredients etc? Any suggestions would be welcome, even if its...

A citrusy type pale ale. I use citrusy hops but feel I need that something extra to give it that burst of flavour. When I go in a pub & get a real ale & look at its description it sounds so simple but tasty, so I wanna try something like that???

Hey, some good advice there from everyone. Thank you

So basically just pick a random yeast sachet & give it a try?

So I believe the yeast which comes with a kit isn't the best quality, but theres so many yeasts out there, how do I know which one is more suitable? Is it just trial & error?. I cant see a "Sticky" on this subject as a guideline?. Cheers

I'm guessing a lot of people on here experiment with their brewing, but do you take big risks or subtle changes?. I wanna experiment but if I wait a few weeks & the thing isn't nice I aint gonna be happy wasting my ingredients ;-D

Yeah :grin: I know I don't need hops but instead of using 1kg of sugar I used 500g malt extract & 500g sugar.

Its nice, but its heavy going if that makes sense. I'm drinking a Black Rock kit, with malt extract, hops, sugar the usual suspects. Does anyone know how to make it lighter for want of a better word?. I know its a weird question & hard to describe. I can give more details depending on...

Thanks for everyones replies. I'll give this a try soon.

Good to know that. I'll try freezing the remainder next time. I don't wanna be spending more on these fancy 2 can kits. But, how do you get it all out of the freezer bag?. As its a "gooey" consistency, do you not waste any with it sticking to the inside of the bag?.

Hello, I'm not as advanced as a lot of people on here, I still use 40 pint beer kits. I cant see many 20 pint kits anywhere, does anyone know if you can get these at all?. If not, is it possible to only use half of a 40 pint kit, or would the malt "go off" once the can has been opened...

Does anyone have more than one home brew on the go or do you just concentrate on one?.

So my thermometer has to be sanitised too??? Its not at right temperature to add my yeast yet, I'm just waiting a bit. Thanks