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Yeah nice one bear ive got 500g of brew sugar left from my last brew.

Oh ok i didnt know that. Just thought it odd the back of the can didnt mention sugar before bottling. Once again HBT has come through. Thanks guys.

Yeah but stout doesnt require carbonation i thought...

Hey, long time no post/brew. Been busy with other projects! Im allmost ready to bottle a kit brewed stout (Irish Velvet Stout). However ive hit a snag. The instructions on the back of the can dont mention anything about adding a spoon of sugar to each bottle before capping. However the...

Cheers guys. I used Bullmers bottles for my other batch and they sealed perfectly and none exploded.....then again i didnt throw about 20 times the amount of sugar into them :P I must try that with the Heiniken, allthough i dont like their cans. Ill use 2 bottles and leave one out in the...

Oh crap, i just checked the other bag of brewing sugar i have. It wasnt .5kg....it was 1kg.... lmao. Total fail batch. Problem was the kit i used had to be imported and cost a fortune, as far as kits go. Oh well, live and learn! My other batch should be ready soon anyway :) Also: Why cant you...

Regarding the 12 weeks to condition: Depending on your water it may take longer. Ive had mine in the bottle for about 15 weeks. I had one a month ago, little sour. Had one last Tuesday, much better but still getting there. Enjoy!

Ok now the other bottles started to explode (Baltika) I began opening them (wearing very long thick rubber chemical gloves i have for some reason i cannot remember and safety glasses) and one of the beer "gushes" went 15 feet :( Had to dump the whole batch. What im wondering is: Is .5 Kilo's of...

Cheers but its not there fault. I guess budvar bottles were never ment to be re-capped. Live and learn, eh? Bloody waste of alot of good beer, and effort. :mad:

Hey all again. I recently bottled a quiet expensive kit beer (cost me 80GBP to get it here) and 2/3 of the bottles are Budweiser Budvar bottles. The caps arent holding the pressure on these bottles and are leaking and venting the gas. The other 1/3 of the bottles are Baltika bottles and they...

Not very experienced myself (why i havnt posted anywhere yet except the beginners forum :) ) but id say leave it in the bottle and forget about it for another few weeks, and get your next brew going! Alot of the older heads here will tell you that the best bottle is the last one from a batch IE...

23 legally. Mental age: 12 :ban: ^^ Seriously :D

I couldnt figure out why the thread was called so...untill i looked at your user name :D Good luck!

One of the upsides of Irish women is that most of them like beer! Or cider! Ill experiment with chatting people up by telling them i brew my own :L XD Welcome and good luck brewing!

Nope havnt tried Caffery's Irish Cream Ale, funnily enough its easier to find ales and beers like Kinsale red ale, Caffery's Irish Cream Ale and Smithwicks abroad than where they are suposadly brewed :P Allthough i do live 10 miles from Kinsale and can vouch it is in a few pubs down there :D...

Thanks. A coopers European larger (goo in a can :D ) Im thinking of trying all grain after Christmas but i want to get a few successful kit brews under my belt first.

Ok so i just chilled and drank my first homebrew. Its from a Coopers Kit and is quiet nice! Smells a little like cider for some reason and is perhaps a bit too fizzy (Didnt bubble over when i opened the bottle but feels a bit like champagne in the mouth). That was one of 3 bottles i...

Bullmers pint bottles are excellent for the job.

Guinness Draught, sold in kegs, widget cans, and bottles: 4.1 to 4.3% alcohol by volume (ABV); the Extra Cold is served through a super cooler at 3.5°C. Guinness Original/Extra Stout: 4.2 or 4.3% ABV in Ireland and the rest of Europe, 4.1% in Germany, 4.8% in Namibia and South Africa), 5% in...

What would you spend on the lines, tap, co2 and a keg? I presume there is no vast quality difference in taps etc ( i really dont know any brands )