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So I ventured into cider making for the first time. I did away with all the peripherals and stuck with apples from my tree, a little sugar and yeast. I juiced the apples (15kg) and obtained a gallon of juice. Mixed in 250grams brown sugar, added a generic lager yeast as that is all I had...

I have brewed a really nice amber ale (partial mash). My sin is that I have not bottled it yet. However I am pouring straight from the fermentor. The tastes are right what I was aiming for. Ok it isn't carved, I don't worry about that really. It is gin clear, full of flavour and we'll...

Here is my first attempt at a thought out recipe for a Spitfire like Classic English pale ale: 2kg pale ale malt 1.5 kg light LME .25 kg crystal malt 40L I mashed the crystal and pale together 1.25oz goldings 60mins .75oz Fuggles 30mins 1.25oz fuggles 15mins 1oz fuggles DH 5 Bottled day...

Well I decided to do a small all grain batch today. Went the LHBS but they had no pale ale malt, so being me I opted for crystal malts....only then to read that they are not great for releasing fermentables etc. So I stead of waiting I went right ahead with very basic kit. I have made 10...

....because I am English. Everything I read talks of carbonating and frany I do not like fizzy beer. My question is simple - do i have to carbonate at all? Can I still bottle condition with adding any sugar to the bottle? Tried searching for an answer but no joy. I am looking to bottle...

Hi all. Previously been a cellar manager back in the uk and followed CAMRA. Been wanting to brew for years but never got round to it. Bought a kit 2 months ago and brewed a basic IPA kit. Turned out really well so progressed onto an APA. Used an extract kit, plus a malt extract and dry hopped...