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Patience is the home brewers best friend.

Been doing exactly the same since May Larry. Must have 25 bottles or thereabouts of different beer types. Look forward to tasting them now they are well matured. 😊

Yes, I have also had problems with Muntons kits and learnt the hard way. Good malt extracts, lousy yeast. Change the yeast type. (I tend to use Mango Jacks) and everything should be good. It's about time Muntons got the message.

As Vinotinto says, you must know the temperature of your beer in your trial jar at the time of taking an SG reading. The reading you get can be calculated back to 20C which is the normal temperature to which your hydrometer is calibrated to. Failing this there is a conversion calculator on the...

I also purchased a two can all malt Wilco wheat malt in there clearance section for £10.00. I dont normally purchase from Wilco, but at that price I couldn't resist it. Anyway I must say it produced a really good beer. I made the wort up to 20 litres and had a very lively fermentation. Smelt...

My own experience suggests that if your brew is a full mash, or an all malt extract then finings is not necessary and the beer will clear on its own and give a nice bright beer. If however you added sucrose or dextrose then I would consider using finings to help things along. Hope that helps.

Hi Tim Off flavours producing diacetyl maybe caused as a byproduct of fermentation in which case I would repitch using a good yeast made into a starter as this may help to reabsorb the diacetyl. On the other hand it can be brought about by a bacterial infection caused by poor cleaning. Hope...

Hi Alex Over time I have made beer from several Woodfordes Wherry kits, and in my opinion they make a good session beer. My only reservation is the yeast they supply with the kit. Replace it with Mango Jacks M42 for a better result.

It is great for me to have found this site where we all have the same interest and are able to share knowledge and give advice to fellow home brewers. I myself have worked in the Malting industry for many years and since retiring set up a brew shed in the garden making various brews and at...