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Hi there everybody, I'm wondering if someone can help me. I'm starting a homebrew club in Plymouth (UK) and I'd like some help designing a logo. The club is called Homebrewers of Plymouth (HOP) and the only artistic talent I have is when it comes to making beer. I'm looking for something...

Hey everybody, I'm trying to design my logo for my little operation. It's called Southern Brewing and I know what I want to do but does anybody have any good programs to use while designing it? I'm trying to to it in Paint but it looks pretty crap. My logo is going to be circular and in...

Are there any homebrewers within the Devon/Cornwall area? :)

Hi everybody, I'm in the UK and I'm having real problems finding a CO2 supply and I only want to run a single corny. So far I have only been able to find rentals which would charge me a monthly fee as well as refill refill + collection/delivery charges or been offered the CO2/Argon...

Hi everybody, I'm looking to get and set up my first cylinder of CO2 and need some advice. What size cylinder should I get and does anybody know any good regulators for it? So far I've been carbonating with 16g CO2 cartridges. I'm in the UK, Plymouth area. Cheers people.

Hi everybody, Hope this is in the right section. I want to move on from carbonating with 16g carbon dioxide cartridges and onto a cylinder. Does anybody know where I could get a cylinder of carbon dioxide or beer gas in the Plymouth area of the UK? Also, how big a cylinder should I get? I'm...

Hi everybody, I recently got a second hand beer tap off ebay. I'm currently running approx 1' of 3/16" line to a picnic tap. I want to extend this (long story) and finally have another reason to do so. However this tap arrived with a 1/16" line. Does anybody know how to change the line...

Hey everybody, Me and SWMBO are both a big fan of meat. However she's not a beer drinker... yet. So I'd like to make something special. I know that there have been a number of bacon recipes circulating the internet but I'd be interested in combining the following: Steak Bacon Black...

Hey everybody, I'm a student and I've finally achieved what most students would be rather jealous of. I have a keg in my room. Now I don't have to leave the room for beer. :P However... 1) I've currently got a winter stout being consumed from it. The CO2 is a 16g cartridge system and I've...

Hi everybody, I'm looking for a range of extract clones for the following Youngs Beers. 1) Young's Christmas Pudding Ale 2) Young's Ram Rod 3) Young's Special London Ale 4) Young's Bitter 5) Young's Kew Gold 6) Waggledance My father is a big Young's fan and I would like to be able...

Hi all, I found a Hard Lemonade recipe on this site and accordingly went to buy Lemon Juice. However when I got back, I found out that the lemon juice had Potassium Metabisulphite (ppm unknown) in it as a preservative. Can I still use this to make Hard Lemonade? I have 3 litres of the...

Hi all, I'm looking to do a Hard Lemonade recipe. My issue is finding the lemonade concentrate. I live in the UK and it's very hard to find over here. Does anybody know where to find it? I live in the South if that helps.

I recently made a Edme Stout from a kit and it's ready to bottle and prime. However it isn't as thick as I would have hoped a stout would be. I'm wondering if I should/could prime it using something like syrup or treacle and that would hopefully make it the consistency of something like...

I got an Edme Superbrew Gold - Dry Extra Stout kit a week or so back. The instructions said it should ferment within 4-6 days. I was in the kitchen/brewery for about 20 mins and the airlock didn't bubble once. It's been about 4 days so I thought it was fine and then added a pack of finings. I...

Hi all, I was reading the free Sam Adams glass promo thread and it got me thinking. Does anybody know of any similar promotions in Britain? Cheers. :mug:

Hi everybody, I know these questions may seem basic and I know that at least one of them will probably make you roll your eyes and scream at the computer and for that I apologise. 1) I have a stout brewing. It's soon going to be coming to the end of it's life in the fermenter and ready to...

Hi everybody, I've done two kit-in-a-can brews (cider - bottle conditioning, Irish stout - fermenting) and I'm looking to do my first extract brew. I rather like stouts, porters and ales. I'm wondering if anybody has any recipes suited for a 5 UK gallon/22.5l fermenter. Biggest pots I have...

Hi everybody, My first brew is a cider made from a homebrew kit. I started the process on the 16th December and went home for the holidays, letting it ferment at around 10-16 degrees Celcius until today. I'm wondering if it is possible for overfermentation to occur and if I'll have bottling...

Hi, I'm a very new brewer from England, starting up after joining my university's brewing society. I'm just about to complete my first brew, cider from a homebrew kit. I thought it would be useful to join this site and try to learn something from more experienced brewers.