Recent content by jclarkejnr

It does say to top up to 23L although I’m in English gallons as opposed to American gallons. I’ll probably do a batch at 21L next time and see what happens. Like I say it tastes pretty good. Still a bit cloudy. I’ll give it another week at room temp then put it in my fridge for a few weeks, see...

I may need to check that I’m topping up with too much water - I now don’t trust the measure marks on the side of my bucket. Maybe go up to 22L instead of 23L ? Temperature during fermentation was a rock steady 22’, In primary for 10 days. Racked into barrel with priming sugar. Using the above...

Has anyone had any success getting the correct ABV on advertised ale/beer/wine kits ? I’ve done a few now and while they taste fine, the alcohol content falls way short of what it should be by 0.5 - 1%. This is despite working to the instructions exactly. Do you add less water or add more...

Anyone care to recommend how much priming sugar to use on 23 litres of this stuff ? It’s going in one of the plastic pressure barrels after the usual 2 weeks in primary. I like a nice creamy head of foam on my beers (like Guinness). Also, instructions say move somewhere cool a few days after...