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So its bottling day for me and I have just found out my fermenter popped its lids off slightly, therefore allowing oxygen and other nasties in... is it likely to be ok? or is it ruined because of oxygen?(if it hasn't been contaminiated) ive had it fermenting since 26th january

I'm having a BBQ tomorrow and I made my very first KEGGED batch of beer for it, using an s30 valve that allows natural carbing and lets out excess pressure and then I add co2 (via small soda stream canisters) when the beer gets to halfway/starts glugging at the tap... tonight Ive sampled my...

Space to brew has been a premium for me so when I hear of a wardrobe being dumped, I think free wood for a long needed 'beer station'! Im using the skyscraper principle to save much needed floorspace. What does everyone think? Useful? Crazy? Suggestions? Anyone else do anything similar? I'm...

Hi all, I've got some new equipment and need a bit of advice from an experienced POV because I'm still a little green and need reassuring all the time! I'm hoping to make an IPA soon for a BBQ coming up in a couple of months, so that's why I'm not just gonna go for it and end up with no brew to...

Hi Im looking to make a creamy, fizzy stout. Im still at the beginners stage so Im getting principles and basic understanding from using pre-hopped liquid extract kits. I have used the 'thomas coopers' selection before and their ipa is especially good for a kit recipe but i haven't heard much...

Ive been brewing from extract kits for the last year since getting into homebrews but im eager and confident to take the next step to move to all grain brewing.... ive been buying bits here and there and i am slowly taking over the house with equipement :rockin: ..... ive got a large brewpot...

Hi all, I need to buy a keg suitable for secondary fermentation/carbonation and then serving. Ive been looking at a keg with simple vent cap and tap at the bottom rather than s30 valves and having to use co2 cartridges. would a vent cap be suitable enough to carbonate my beer?

I'd bought 100g east kent golding's @ aa 5.49% with a hope to making my first all grain recipe beer and because of a lack of money for suitable equipment to begin my first attempt, i sadly reverted back to using extract kits and i satisfied my wishing to experiment with hops for the first time...

ive racked my ipa to a secondary plastic bin so that i can dry hop, ive used plastic because thats all i have that i can use and i imagine that dry hopping for 10 days in it wont be enough to develop off flavours from plastic being permeable to oxygen, maybe im wrong though? Also much more...

so everything's in place now for my first attempt at seeing if ive got what it takes to temper boil-overs and douse the onset of ensuing scorches! Here is what I'm attempting to do. By theway; I am using only extracts this time with a view of moving onto all grain next time (subject to a...

Just bought a new and my first stock pot so I can boil my own wort recipes and i've been worried by a cook friend of mine who said my stock pot is likely to buckle under heat! it was described as a homebrew able pot, it is quite thin and the base looks thin too. it does look susceptible to dents...

Ive just started drinking my third ever batch of beers! (3.75lbs pre hopped dark ale extract with 1.65lbs of amber malt extract unhopped and 0.65lbs brewing sugar) made a 5 gallon recipe. and I'm still absolutely loving the learning of this new craft but whilst half me brain is learning, the...

Im starting my second batch very soon and i already have 1.7kg of coopers dark ale and 1kg of dextrose but i want to substitute some or all of the dextrose for unhopped malt extracts, be it amber, crystal, light, chocolate or dark but i dont have much idea in how the different grains will effect...

ive just recently bottled a coopers ipa with 800g of dextrose and im waiting to see how that turns out. i havent had the courage or equipment to boil extracts and grains yet, but as a beginner ive added the coopers ipa to boiling water, which had had 800g of dextrose dissolved into, then i...

Hi, Im an eager newcomer to homebrewing and after making my first batch from a beer extract kit for a bbq and storing it in a keg to great success, i've just started to ferment my next beer kit of thomas coopers ipa. this time however i wont be storing it in a keg because it wont be all guzzled...

Hi, I'm new to this forum and have had one attempt at brewing go very well and now I have got the bug to do it again. And better! My first attempt used a pre made extract, which I heated within the can it was in and added it to water, then added ordinary granulated sugar, then pitched the dry...