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I started a brew a few weeks ago. I used a commercial extract in a tin (Coopers Aussie Lager) and a #62 Czech Pilsner enhancer and some 1118 yeast and low carb enzyme. I have made this recipe many many times with no problems. This time, when the fermentation started, the brew foamed up and...

I have been making wine from kits for a little over a year. I have tried almost a dozen commercial grape juice concentrate kits. The best so far, without a doubt, was a Heron Bay Chilean CabSav/Merlot kit. I have made up two of these, one is almost gone and I still have a dozen bottles left...

I spent some time over Christmas looking at my leg, the stitches came out a few weeks back. I really did not want to have to lift another full carboy off the floor. You can picture the scene, slip, drop, smash, glass flies everywhere, look down at leg - Oooh, I can see the bone at the bottom of...

My first batch was from a kit that came as part of a home brew starter pack. The kit was Mangrove Jacks Munich Lager and I made it with the enhancer pack that also came in the starter kit. I now sit at my desk with a bottle and a glass so here goes! The bottle opens with a small fizz...

Hi, my first two batches of beer are now in their bottles. Batch one was bottled 11 days ago, the second batch was bottled 7 days ago. Yesterday, both were looking good. They are in brown plastic bottles that I got from my local shop and I could look through the bottles and both were crystal...

Any experiences or opinions on the use of bag-in-box products? I know that some suppliers do say that they supply the home brew market. After finishing the original contents, I took a commercially produced bag-in-box apart. It was quite easy to take the tap off the bag, fill it with water...

I am about to start my first batch of wine since the eighties and I am wondering how to bottle it. I have glass wine bottles available in limited quantities but I am not happy with the options for sealing the bottles. Corks Pros: Traditional Cons: Quality concerns over cork supply and...