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Hi guys, Im back after a 2 year break from homebrewing. Basicaly I tried brewing beers from various kits including an extract recipie. I was really careful to sanitise and follow all the advice on these forums but my beers always had the same funny taste to them. I don't know how to...

Hi guys, I've Trub Still floating in primary after 3 weeks, Shouldn't it of sunk to the bottom by now? Am I Ok to bottle?

Can anyone tell me what method I could use to add root ginger to my brew, I don't want too much of a ginger flavour in there, more of a mild hint of ginger if you know what I mean. Any ideas would be appreciated.

This is probs a real basic question but does the milk method involve? What type of milk do you use does it matter?

Hi guys, Just moved my Hobgoblin clone to secondary, I gave it 2 weeks in primary due to waiting for my secondary fermenter to turn up. My question is, How long should I leave it in secondary if it has had an extra week in primary? The same? Longer? Shorter? I've had a taste...

I know your supposed to always avoid getting bubbles and accidently aerating your beer when transfering it to a keg or secondary fermenter and I can always transfer it succesfully. However, I bottled for the first time today and no matter what I tried I always got bubbles, probs because of the...

Okay, This is a bit of an emergency question, I'm brewing my first ever extract recipe right now. When your adding different hops ie Boiling progress bittering hops 45 mins Do I remove them when I add the aroma hops at the 45min point or leave them in there. Likewise when I...

Hi guys Im brewing a woodfordes Headcracker kit The kit makes 26 pints of strong pale ale. OG was 1062 Target FG is 1020 Its been in the fermenter for a week and has been going well. I fully intend leaving it another week but I took a hydro reading and it was at 1030. What do you...

Hi guys, Just a few quick queries about carbonation, How long does it take to happen fully? i.e. If I opened a bottle after only 10 days maturing would the beer not be fully carbonated. i did this with a bottle of my ale and there was a rather pathetic psst when I opened the bottle and...

Hi guys, Ok i've produced my first batch now and i'm currently drinking my first ever bitter which I brewed from an extract kit, I have a few more matureing in kegs which are also from kits but i've really got the bug now and am ready to start trying some extract brewing using specialty grains...

Hi guys, So far i've been brewing from a few Malt Extract Kits just to get me started but have decided to get my ingredients together for my first recipe. No problems with 80% of the recipe but with the hops it's calling for 3.4 AAU's 0.66 oz of 5% Alpha acid. What is an AAU? Thanks in advance.

After 2 weeks in primary I just put my bitter into a keg. My problem is the only room I can store it in is the same room I fermented in i.e. it's a steady 21 deg C. I heard that you should keep it at fermenting temps for 2 or 3 days after kegging then move it somewhere cooler to mature but what...

I'm about to make up a Coopers dark ale kit and will be replacing the 1kg of brewing sugar required with 1kg of spray malt, my question is what spray malt should I use? Light, medium, Dark and can you mix them say 500g medium and 500g dark? What effect would this have? I also read somewhere that...

Hi Everyone, Has anybody used one of these kegs? Can you reccommend or should I go with a cheaper standard keg? http://www.brew-it-yourself.co.uk/shop/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/30_45/products_id/66 Thanks in advance for any help.