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As long as it tastes good.... who cares. enjoy :-)

That should turn out to be around 6% ABV ish :-) With a kilo of BS I would expect it to finish on the dry side :-) 6% + depending on the final volume.

Hi, the OG seems a bit low for a kilo of spraymalt and a kilo of sugar, I would have expected an OG reading in the 1050's. What volume did you dilute it to? Spraymalt is a bugger to dissolve tho :-) I just did a wilko one can stout with half a kilo of medium spray malt and a kilo of BS made into...

I started the Golden ale kit yesterday afternoon. Brewed short to 20L, OG 1045. This morning there was a massive yeast head on it. I will leave it in the FV for 14 days before racking and bottling. I might still dry hop/hop tea after 7 days. Any suggestions re: hop variety and quantity?

Not tried them yet. The last time I was in there I considered them, and went for the tried and tested Wherry because it was 4 quid cheaper. I will be starting the Golden Ale in the next couple of days, but it will be brewed short with possibly extra malt because I like my HB to be about 5%...

Just picked up a golden ale for £16. The yeast sachet looks like the one which came with the Wherry, so i assume that it is Muntons who make the Wilko kits. Griff.

Hi, you could could make an invert candy syrup out of 500g of ordinary sugar, I think there is a How To somewhere here. I have added this to a John Bull Best Bitter kit + 500g of medium spray malt.

Hello everybody, I am returning to brewing after a 10 year break, so I could probably do a refresher course(which is why I have joined up). I previously brewed for around 4 or 5 years using kits, extracts and real hops, but time and space constraints at the time meant that I had to give up :-(...