Recent content by Xzarfna

Hey there. 1 week ago i bottled my cider - made from cloudy apple juice and elderflower extract. Everything seemed to be going well, as well as the 2 other brews i bottled at the same time - a short mead and a braggot. However, today, i looked at the cider and saw a weird wispy stuff...

lemme know how it turns out if ya do! :D

this sort of thing happened to me. I made a batch of "golden mead" essentially a wine made using only golden syrup, (for those who dont know or dont live in the uk, a partially inverted syrup with a golden colour, and a slight buttery taste). It was fantastic, but i bottled it a bit early, and...

Well... just had my very first homebrew disaster... Used a recipe i have done many a time before - a very simple strawberry wine made from cheap supermarket jam. Before i get into the gory details here was my method: In a large bowl, scoop out 6 jars of the cheapest strawberry jam you can...

yeah, noticed that when i put it into beersmith - how about simply 200g of Muscovado and a tablespoon of honey for a hint of the honey taste? by my calculations, including sugar already in apple juice, it should come out around 7-8%

Hey there, Just wanted to get a second opinion on this cider recipe i wanna try - Gonna use Champagne yeast to get a nice high ABV. 4 Litres Apple Juice 330g Honey 200g Dark Muscovado Sugar 1 TSP Pectolase 1 TSP Yeast Nutrient. Just gonna throw them all into a DJ with the champagne...

well in the UK at least, flaked oats cost over 5x as much per kilo as regular - for 10kg of flaked oats i'd be paying over £40 ($60) as opposed to £7.50 ($12)

Hi! I recently made a batch of dark beer - my own recipe, hard to class as any type of beer - I'd say stout or porter but thats beside the point. My problem is - I had some issues when i bottled it: 1. Due to a broken syphon - i had to transfer my brew to another vessel which had a tap before...

basically, flaked oats are expensive, and in the UK i get get 10kg of porridge oats for £7.50, making this literally the cheapest beer i've ever made :)

Thanks! So theoretically i could convert any ale recipe to a lager one by using lager yeast and lagering for a couple months?

Hey there! I've just opened a bottle of the first beer i've ever made not from a kit or recipe - my own design! In all honesty i thought it was really good - not a perfect beer, but i've enjoyed all 2l of the stuff that was in that bottle :) So, i decided to share the recipe here incase...

Hi there! I recently had a bottle of a really good Japanese Black Lager. I'm wanting to try to make one, but I'm completely lost as to how i make sure my brew is a Lager and not an Ale. Is it to do with the Malts used, the yeast, Fermentation Temp, or a Mix of those? I know this is prob...

The original 3-6 hour boil is to hydrate starches and break cell walls. Subsequent boils are to remove excess water - as the oat mixture starts off very thick and must be diluted to filter before being concentrated again.

its a pound jar of honey the dried fruit just says 99% dried mixed fruit, and vegetable oil to stop them sticking together And i'm just looking for a refreshing summer cider - not too sweet but enough that you can drink it by the pint - so also only about 5-6% as you say. So i should just mix...

Hi! I just got my hands on an old 50 litre glass Carboy! WOO! Very cheap at an auction. Gonna give it a good old clean and get rid of all the dust and other crap thats inside it. I had a thought that i would try to make a quick and cheap cider for the summer while i had this - so how...