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Cheers Blender, I will hunt these books down, do you know the authors? especially the new How To Brew Book or is this the link to the website again? Much appreciated. Richy

Thanks guys, I will start reading that website and hopefully gain a further understanding. Ideally I wanted to be in control of the full brewing of my beer but with the kits it just isn't that way. No doubt i'll have many questions to ask in the future especially if i'm doing it from...

thanks for the info guys. I havent used a hydrometer yet but i will purchase one and hopefully your equations will make more sense to me. I have been unable to actually work out alcohol content and im now guessing the hydrometer is the best way to do this. Can I just ask why you times...

Ive just been using beer and lager kits but I have not been bottling, I have been using pressure barrels. Its a kegging system but thick hard plastic with a tap at the bottom and a pressure valve at the top where I use my Co2 botttle to equalise the pressure in the barrel. I have had the same...

Hi all, Ive been trying to figure out for a while how to strengthen or on the other hand make my brews weeker, including wine and liquores. The reason for this was because i brewed a stout and lager at the same time. The stout was much stronger than the lager (I had mis-calculated the...

The pressure barrel is a kegging system with a gas valve at the top to help equalise the pressure and a tap at the bottom to pour your beer/lager. I do use a gas bottle to equalise the pressure to ensure good pouring and gaining a good head on my pint. I have tightend the seals and they...

Hey Guys, I have recently primed my pressure barrel and have drank a few pints of my lager (made from a kit) and it tastes very nice indeed. However, I do not have the desired fizz that you would get from a pint in the pub. It pours from the tap very well and I equalise the pressure...

Hi All, I am pretty new to making my own wine, beer, liquors etc but I helped my Grandad for years when I was growing up and it always fascinated me. He always followed a book by Ren Bellis and he always told me he was like a God to him as Ren taught him all he knew. I am desperately...