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I'm having some pretty good results making wine with good grape juice and oak chips so thought I'd make a small bottle for friends and colleagues as a little stocking filler for Xmas. I'm ordering so nice Xmas themed bottles from Germany and my plan is to have three one litre demijohns of...

I'm having a crack at my first all grain Irish stout. The recipe is in the picture I've taken from the mobile Beer Smith 2. Thoughts?

Hi all I'm hoping I've picked the right sub forum (tell me off and move this thread if I haven't!) I need a good idea for a funky present for my brother, who is a pretty good all grain brewer. He has most the kit and a blichmann beer gun some I'm looking for a wow factor. I'm currently...

Took a sample of my Coopers Irish Stout last Sunday and it was 1.020. Took another sample today and it was still 1.020 but I noted a sourish smell. Opened the lid to see the pictures :( I've put half of it quickly in my mini-corney keg and will chuck away the rest :( I think taking a sample...

I've only had one infection, which lead to a horrifically flat and sour pale ale even ageing couldn't save. I'm straying into wine making and now wonder if at the first suspicion of an infection could have not have added the stuff they use to kill off the yeast and prevent infractions and wild...

I'm a week into my cider experiment. After a few beers I poured 4 litres of Aldi 100% apple juice from concentrate into a small demijohn. Then I made a syrup of 1 kilo of granulated sugar and about 250g of brown sugar. There was too much liquid so I couldn't get it all in. Then i added a pack...

i bought a load of old second hand brewing and wine making equipment on Saturday. Apparently the photo is for corking bottles of wine by hand. Any idea on how it works? I can't find anything online that looks like it. I can take other photos if necessary. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

A friends stepdad is wanting to start distilling his own whisky. Can anyone recommend any good books on the subject? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I tried the Cooper's "lager" kit (I know its not truly a lager as it uses ale yeast) with a tin of Cooper's light LME. I tried on after a week in the bottle and it tastes a bit on the malty side. I understand that it is a really green beer but what I'd like to know will that maltiness mellow...

I made the Bulldog Easter Chocolate Stout kit, filling my 2.5 gallon corney keg and bottling the rest. I put the CO2 to 20 psi with a plan to leave it for two days to carbonate last night. I woke up this morning and think I didn't vent the oxygen in the headspace before setting the pressure to...

Hi all I'm making the transition from kits to all grain into the next month or so (via partials) and will also be an uncle in the next couple of months. (Hopefully my brother isn't reading this forum.) Can you recommend a recipe for a really good all grain beer in I can make in a two-three...

A friend is currently sourcing me a cheap and brand new CO2 fire extinguisher. Here's all other my kit, can you let me know if I need any more?: 2.5 US gallon Cornelius Keg Regulator Gas line fitted with connector for regulator (just trying to remove hose clip at the other end to remove a...

This mightn't be the best place to ask but can anyone recommend a CO2 supplier in Glasgow for my corney keg? I've just walked a 4 mile round trip to Express Fuels to find a 6.35kg waist height canister is the smallest they do. No chance on carrying that walking back! I forgot to ask if they...

Hi Really sorry if this is the wrong place to ask (as all the threads seem to be about making cider from scratch) but I'd like your expert opinions on the cider kits they sell in HBS. Me and the other home-brewers I know have never tried one but I have heard from a friend of a friend that...

I bought six I litre Kilner preserve bottles because the have a funky look and I thought it would the the same as my smaller swing top bottles. I used them mainly for a very fizzy ginger beer I made and it was great for a few weeks but a few months the remaining bottles of ginger beer was flat...

I received a lovely new 2.5 gallon corney keg, a smart looking tap, and a great looking regulator that for some reason makes me think of steam punk. I'll pump some pics below. What other tubing and other bits-and-bobs do I need?

Happy Christmas all! I've got my first keg today (a 2 and a half gallon corny keg) and a regulator. Can't wait to try it.

I usually use my tap water for my brews because it tastes really good, but decided to have a look at the water report for my area to see if there wasn't anything (like chlorine levels) I should be worrying about. The I realised I have no idea what I should be looking for. Here's a link to...

I was given a refractometer on my birthday yesterday and have been measuring the Brix of nearly every liquid I can find (my cup of tea this morning was just under 2%.) Anyone know a good idiot's to using one?

I'm starting this next week. The plan is to get it bottled after three weeks and at Christmas give to friends in a nice swing top bottle with a daft Christmas themed label on. I've been reading some horror stories about this kit always getting stuck at 1.020. Will adding yeast nutrient help...