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Hi there In spite of having brewed w kits for many years... I made a rookie mistake. I have a bucket of Mangrove Jack's Australian Pale Ale on the go. It's been fermenting for 1o or 11 days and the airlock is still active. I just realised that I added double the sugar necessary. The packaging...

Hi there.. I've just completed a lively primary fermentation for a Young's new world saison which I've brewed before with great success. As I was racking it over to another barrel to dry hop...I realized I forgot to add the brewing sugar to the two bags of concentrate at the beginning of the...

Hi there... Someone gave me a box of mangrove Jack lord Finster bitter and in the box was just two pouches ... Nothing else. I have a pouch of ale yeast and some hop pellets. My question is this... Do I use both pouches for a 40 point batch? Do I need anything else?

Hello folks. I bought a batch of ingredients to do a partial mash Belgian black ale. I have been brewing kits for years...some of which involved a short boil, so thought I'd move to the next step. I had two cans of malt extract, and figured I'd start there. I found this recipe...

Hello friends I primed a batch which has been sitting in secondary for a few months but got distracted by normal non brewing activity and now the Airlock is showing activity. Do you think I can bottle it in the morning... Roughly 20 hours after priming or do I need to wait til it stops and...

Hi I've got all my bottles in sterilising fluid in the bathtub. I just did a reading and my beer needs another day or two. How long is it ok to leave bottles in the sterilising fluid?

Hi folks I have a can of Cooper's English Bitter (which is over a year out of date...bought it for €5)...I have brewed Cooper's IPA several times with great success. Their instructions boooklet usually gives a recip...ie how much sugar to add. The booklet on this one is very simialr but has...

Hi brewing friends I've just sampled my cider as I aracked it over to a new container. Its not unpleasant. Very ligt cridp and dry. barely tastes of apples. I kind of like it...but I can see that it'll be too dry for my wife's tastes (and friends). Here in ireland people are used to Bulmer's...

Hi folks I have a bucket of Jon Bull Cider thats still gurgling (slowly)after 11 days. Should I rack it over and let it finish or leave it be and let it finish? I always transfer my beer once it stops....I leave it for a while before bottling and have never had a problem. This is my forst...

Hello brewers My third batch of Cooper's IPA has been in the bottle for a coupla weeks. I crAcked two tonight and both were flat. I may have under primed.... Coopers carb drops don't relate to the size of the bottles available here in Ireland. I have to add one drop to the Grsch swing caps and...

Hi I forgot to add the spray malt and sugar to my Cooper's IPA kit until I had already topped up the barrel to 20 litres. I added the sugars and stirred well before adding the yeast...I covered it and set the airlock....no action in the airlock yet (6hrs ago) Have I spoiled the batch? Any...