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I am brewing mead for many years, and now recently trying beer as well. My first attempt was a liquid extract brew, where I also tried reusing the yeast from a recent mead, but that didn't work and the must sat around for a day or so before I added some fresh dry yeast. After that it did get...

Hello everyone, Hoping to get some help with this one. I've been scouring threads but cannot quite find anything like this. I started a traditional batch of mead about a week ago. 3lbs of Great Lakes honey, spring water, D47 yeast and some yeast nutrients. About half of the honey was...

Hello everyone, First time trying my hand at cyser. Its been fermenting for 4 weeks now. I used 3lb of orange blossom honey, 1.5 liters of Treetop apple juice and D47 Lavlin yeast. It was rather frothy and foamy in the first 2 weeks then i noticed this on the top. At first i thought it was...

Hi, I made a starter 4 days ago using White Labs WLP590 French Saison Ale Yeast, let it do its thing for just over 24 hours and then put it in the fridge for about 3 days to let it cold crash. The first thing I thought was strange is that the yeast wasn't really flocculating out like I had...

Hello all; this is my first post and my first homebrew For my first home brew I have started with the Wilko Rich Pickings Cider Kit. I started this on 10/02/2021 I followed the instructions using brewing sugar but added too warm water to get it 23l - the temperature was 35 C and gave a OG of...

Good evening all, I have just started a home brew after a decent amount of time googling etc. I can't for the life of me ascertain when to add the brewing sugar/light spray malt! I feel like an absolute idiot! I am doing a Cooper's Golden Crown Lager and it mentions needing some sugar but not...

Hi, I recently brewed and bottled a heavily hopped citra SMaSH IPA and loved it, it was fruity, light in colour, hazy and soft like a NEIPA. My recipe for this was a small batch BIAB with: > 3kg of golden promise > 10g biofermentation hop with citra pellets > 90g 4 day dry hop > OG of 1064 and...

Hey all, This is my first brew I've done and I went with the recommendations to do an extract kit. I went with Coopers Canadian Blonde (made with 1kg of dextrose.) The instructions said it would be done fermenting in about a week. Yesterday (one week in fv) I checked the gravity and it was at...

Hi there, My name is Mary-Thea and I'm from a small town called Castleisland in County Kerry, Ireland. I am looking for some help, please!! I hope you don't mind me coming on here with a slightly different angle, but I thought who better to ask to help me solve my problem than homebrewers...

Hi guys, I'm new in home brewing. This is my second batch. I have used only kit included ingredients. Started on 6th of November, today is already 17days in fv and an airlock is still bubbling once per 1-2 minutes. Temperature is 22C. Instructions on a box says that first fermentation stage...

Hi everyone , Just made my first batch of cider, everything has gone smooth so far following advice I've seen on this forum, so thanks! I am struggling with the final process of bottle carbonation. I am after a medium sparkling cider, so after fermentation I had a F.G of 0.998, I moved the...

I got about 5 weeks to get a brew ready and was hoping to do a blonde ale or something refreshing like a lager. I have temp control and was going to do BIAB or mini mash. Any recipes or pointers for something like this would be greatly appreciated! I do intend to brew lagers eventually but I...

Hey all! I'm am totally new to the whole brewing scene. Recently gotten into cider again (at the age of 31) and really enjoy trying scrumpy type ciders and going to breweries. I wanted to try to make my own cider but I'm totally lost and will admit that I'm way over my depth, but still want...

Hello, My name is Al, I'm a business student at MMU. As part of my course I'm doing a report on the beer industry and Robinson's Brewery. The course needs me to do my own research so I've designed a small Google Form questionnaire. It doesn't require any contact information and participants...

Hi all! I've previously made one batch of beer (and one only) and had to stop because of a few personal issues. So I don't really have any experience in brewing my own beer and I am just now getting re-familiarized with the terms, the process, etc! Now, I'm back in business and very keen on...

Hello all! My name is Eli and I have recently got into brewing my own kombucha. I have been wanting to do this for some time now, and decided to finally jump in. I have successfully brewed, bottled, and enjoyed my first batch and have my second batch a day over a week into the brewing process. I...

Hi i am doing my first home brew. after less than 24 hours the beer was coming through the water in the air lock. i looked online and it said to change the airlock and put it back on i did this several times. I did this for the last time some nearly 24 hour ago and now there are no bubbles in...

OK. So I've got my third brew (treacle stout) in the FV and will be bottling it this weekend. I have seen a few different suggestions on what to do at this point. I bottle straight from the FV, so no secondary. Some people suggest 2 weeks at room temp then a minimum 2 weeks cold conditioning...