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I scavenged real ale and cider bottles from parties over a 12 month period, also bought hoegaarden and saved these. I've invested in some 2 litre spring water bottles from tesco, think they were 12p each or something :geek:

I added 1.5 kilos of spray malt and 500g of brewers sugar to a 2 can kit of Heavy, also added yeast nutrient and 3 packets of yeast to get the thing down bellow 1012, took a while to ferment too :D The results were drinkable, very malty but with a strong alcohol taste. I think it finished...

OK, I'll try that. Is it possible to force carb a youngs pressure barrel? I've got the one that takes the CO2 bulbs on the lid but I thought that was just to push the beer out? :thumb:

Hi, I'm going away for a week at the end of August and I want to take a pressure barrel full of my home brew. I'm planning to do the brew next week, leave it in the FV for 2 weeks then put it in my pressure barrel. So, if I put the barrel in my car to transport it to my holiday location will...

mine was great after only 2 weeks in the bottle. conditioned at about 18c. try drinking it at a different temperature

I think people just look at the enjoyment they get from making and drinking home brew and don't really see all the **** that goes with doing it professionally. I guess a lot of business is like that though. It seams there should be more effort put into marketing than actually making the stuff...

what about wine yeast? http://www.hopandgrape.co.uk/catalog/detailV2_8.asp?itemid=GER20185739&catid=GER20204674

Has anyone used that bench capper for Hoegaarden 750ml bottles? Did you have any problems with it? :hmm:

the yeast should still eat it. Ive had a a ball of spray malt the size of a cricket ball in my fermenter and it got eaten up.

how much would the parts bill be?

http://www.hopandgrape.co.uk/catalog/detailV2_8.asp?itemid=VIN20115926&catid=SPR2125680 :)

:shock: How much would a rig like that cost?

OK, so I wont bother with a starter. cheers mate :cheers:

Ive got an 11g packet of Danstar Nottingham yeast and the wort I want to pitch into will be around the 1085 mark. According to http://www.mrmalty.com/calc/calc.html I need 19 Grams of dry yeast, which i don't have. Ordering another packet of yeast will cost me £6 because of crazy postage prices...

What about welding gas from Halfords: http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_207475_langId_-1_categoryId_165727

how hot is the water when it comes out the IC? ...and roughly how much water did you use? :drink:

I made my WLP400 up in a 2 litre starter then pitched it two days later. It took about 12 hours to see a head on the wort and the bubbler didn't seem to bubble but the next morning around 20 hours after pitching it had blown out the bubbler. Temp was around the 20c mark. Does the label say...

Kits so far but after seeing the results of the poll I feel I should move on up :drink:

I haven't filtered any of mine. :cheers:

finished making mine. Used HDD magnets, a washer, 120mm PC fan, a £1 cake tub (pound land ;) ) and an old model train set regulator. Oh and a 75mm stirbar off ebay £5. Had it spinning away for two days making up a 2 litre starter 8-)