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It's pretty ironic that so many people are upset that the largest brewing conglomerate now owns the largest homebrew supplier. Its not like you cared about supporting small businesses...

Yeah, I think the mistake was too much water during topup alright. I'll stick them in the attic and see if they taste better in a few months. Thanks a mill.

My Irish stout kit seems to have gone wrong, not sure why. It's not infected just watery and weak. can I try and referment the brew by putting them back into the bin, add more fermentables and yeast or do I just have to throw them out?

I've been reading though other posts about this and I think I've a solution to speed it up slightly. Because the bottles are cleaned/rinsed after use I just have to sanitize them before bottling. So I plan on soaking them in a large sink in the back porch in a sterilizing solution for a while...

Hmmm...unfortionatly I'm using VWP Cleanser and have just bought a big tub of it! Everything needs to be rinsed after sterilizing.

Just wondering if anyone has a better/quicker way to clean 40 or 50 bottles to get them ready for bottling? I clean off the label and rinse out all my bottles after using them so in theory they are cleaned but not sterilized. Then I sterilize + rinse each one individually before filling. Not...

Thanks a mill, i've my secondary bucket ready and waiting. Is the water to make it dissolve better? What about using some of the beer in the fermenter to boil and mix the malt in?

I've coopers Mexican cerveza busy fermenting away. After 2 weeks I tasted it and while nice, it does taste a bit weak. I've 0.3kg LME left over from a previous batch and was thinking of adding it to half my cerveza to try and bulk up the beer. That way I'd have half as per coopers...

Really? A kit similar to abbots ale would be class.

I'm from Ireland and my local offie only just started stocking ales ( apart from smithwicks) so I'm kinda new to them and wanted to see if I could make something similar.

I also forgot to ask how they compare to Indian pale ales, I've never tried any before.

It's actually abbots ale that I like best. Are they all English pale ales, just different varieties?

I'm new to homebrewing and have only started drinking ale last year. I usually drink Abbots/Greene king ales and now since I've started homebrewing I reckon it a great opportunity to make some myself. My problem is, I know what brands I like but I don't know what type of ale they are. Can...