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Thanks for the advice, I think I will give the extract a go, how much extract do you use for the beer? the whole bottle? or a tablespoon?

Cheers, I was trying to avoid the boil as I dont have a pan big enough, I am a kit only person at the moment, syrup and water, maybe though its time to invest

So, I have discovered the grate taste of Crabby's orange ginger beer. I have comleted a couple of home beer kits (add water and yeast) and would like to know if or I can make an orange ginger beer keeping things this easy. I was wondering, will it work to buy a simply ginger beer bag and add a...

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Aha, starting to get the old confidence kicking in again, a test with the hydrometer on tap water and it plumets, still floats but beyond the measurement scales (took up too much room in the cupboard anyway. Thanks for all of your help, one day I shall be an old dab at this, I shall keep the...

Hydromiter measurement is the line between 0.990 and 1.000. I am really tempted to give it a good stir up as the colour really is murky. Thanks for all replys so far, I am not in a place to cold crash something that big but can do after bottling.

Hi all. Please can anyone give me a tip / reassurance of what I should do, I am making St Peters Ruby from the box with nothing but what was inside the box, unfortunately my morale took a beating after ruining my first batch. Anyway I mixed it all up and after 8 days in the fermenter...

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Hi, I have just done my first brew with the coopers DIY kit and selected the English Bitter Kit, went through all the processes and bottled it all up and it has now been bottled for about three weeks. I used the PET bottles that came with it and added two coopers carb drops to each bottle...