Search results

I've bought them from several different brew shops so don't think that is the problem

Has anyone brewed this beer recently. I have been brewing this beer for years but lately I have had to tip several brews down the sink. It has always been a lovely drink but it now is very watery and tasteless. When I have brewed before I used to get a very strong initial fermentation before it...

I am not surprised as their customer service is non existent. I have had several problems with them. I ordered the Colne Valley Bitter, which I have been brewing for years and is an excellent drink, but found that the malt was for the stout. They were very uncooperative when I managed to get...

There is no best before date on the kits. I do now wonder if the kits were old and the yeast was off. One characteristic of the brews was that the initial fermentation was quite weak as I usually get quite a fierce reaction with the yeast bubbling up to the lid of the bucket before settling...

After brewing the 2 kits I decided to throw out all of my equipment ( excluding the 2 king keg barrels as both can't be infected ) and obtained new kit ( bucket, thermometer, hydrometer, paddle, syphon tubing ). I then brewed the 3rd kit being even more careful with regards to hygiene, but...

Thanks Richard. I have since spoken to the Homebrew Shop and they believe it is probably an infection. They say that the infection can live in a scratch in the brewing equipment. Think I will have to replace the equipment before the next brew.

I have been a home brewer for 30 years and been brewing Colne Valley Bitter for at least 8 years. I have had trouble obtaining the kit recently from my usual suppliers ( Colchester Homebrew and Brupak ), but in September was able to find the kit on the Homebrew Shop's website. I bought 3 kits (...