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that sounds like a top idea many thanks :)

yeah i have read the guide just dont want to mess up 5 gallons of perfectly good beer that's a hanging offence in my book lol. :party:

i dont suppose anyone lives near bury st edmunds and is willing to talk me through a ag or extract brew on one of their brew days is there? it would just set things straight in my mind about the whole process :pray:

im want to start making beer from extract/spaymalt but the only book i have is all grain can anybody recomend a good recipie book for this type of brewwing please.GOD I ONLY WANTED TO MAKE A FEW KITS BUT ITS BLOODY ADDICTIVE!!! :party:

many thanks sounds quite simple if i wanted to make a boiler is the average fermenting bin big enough for the task? and i assume that 6 gallons will evaporate down to 5 gallons is this right?

what does all that mean this is my first extract only done kits up till now

I'm looking to do my first extract brew and would like it to be similar to Young's London pride or courage's directors so first i need a recipe and will i be able to use normal kitchen equipment can anyone please help me :wha:

started my first sloe gin yesterday equal parts gin sloes and sugar cant wait for xmas to drink some i love the stuff but never had a chancce to make it till now just moved into a rural area and sloes are abundent so i have just about filled a demijon :party:

just started my third turbo cider this time all i added to the juice was one and a half teaspoons of citric acid and a sachet of cider yeast O.G was 1052 straight from the carton so i hope to get a a.b.v of 6.9 the first one was 6.9 and the second 7.4 the later being to much and not as nice as...

whats malic acid and what is the difference between that and citric acid? :drink:

i have done a couple of turbo ciders now but only in demijon's now i want to make 25 litres at a time as i add one teaspoon of citric to mine do i then have to add 5 teaspoons to 25 litres? :wha: i fint this makes it quite crisp

ok so i started drinking my second batch of nelsons revenge (woodfordes) on Saturday night cant seem to get it to completely clear for some reason anyway i had 9 bottles and Jesus h christ was i mullered think i'll make some more of this :drunk:

just had the first of my turbo cider and to be fair its better than the john bull kits that I've made the wife is the cider drinker and she say that i have to make 5 gallon of turbo rather than the kits in future so i cant argue with that. from my point of view its much nicer so where's the...

i used brewing sugar and yes i am going to leave it for a week or so more to mature before i taste it again :grin:

well i just tried my second batch of woodfordes nelsons revenge the first didn't clear to well so i used fining's on this batch and well i have to say it definitely lacks body the initial taste is quite full on then it just fades away bit of a disappointment but its all trial and error i will...

bottled my second batch of turbo cider this morning o.g was 1058 and f.g was 1002 makes it 7.4 a.b.v cant wait to see what it tastes like i'm more of an ale drinker but i dont mind the odd cider luckily the wife dont drink ale so i drink her cider if i'm waiting for an ale to finish :drunk:

just lef it in demijon till it fermented out and cleared about 6 days then straight into bottle with teaspoon of sugar then i just hold it up to the light and when its crystal clear its ready about 5 days i make mine for the wife although i do have a couple :cheers:

yeah I'm experimenting with turbo cider already bottled 5 litres this morning and started another a few days ago but thanks for the advise :drink:

cheers i made 5 litres done it in a demijon put an airlock in and away it went how much you making?

bottled 40 pints of woodfordes nelsons revenge and 40 pints of john bull cider yesterday not long to wait till i'm rolling around the floor ahh cant wait :cheers: dont suppose anyone can recomend a better cider kit :wha: :drink: hope woodfords clears better i used finings this time as the last...