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Coming up to brewtime again, and had an epiphany. I brew young's kit+kilo cider because it's nice and dry, tasty, and easy to look after. Earlier today it dawned on me, that kilo of sugar is just adding alcohol, why not use 2 kits instead? Would you use BOTH packets of yeast*, or just one and...

Greetings HBT, didn't realise how long I'd been away... I'm considering upgrading from kit+kilo to boiled extract brewing, and wondered if anyone could point out any commercial beers available in the UK that can help me identify the effects of hops, specifically any particularly aromatic or...

And keeps you regular... although there's not much worse than waking up with a yeasty mouth from waking up the morning after a heavy brew pounding the night before.

Scared? I'm half tempted to TRY some of these shenanigans! Ditto. Apparently i forgot to rinse and dry everything after bottling my last cider, and for some reason put the siphon tube in the bucket before putting the whole lot away. When i dug out the bucket to start my current batch, i...

i buy own-brand coke bottles from the local lidl, 20p/2 litres. shines my kitchen sink up a treat too.

I've been trying to quit, i can go for a few days without one (doesn't sound much but feels significant and one step closer to me) as long as i'm not reminded about them. The biggest problem at the moment is some bright spark thought it would be clever to spam me with NHS "Free Stop Smoking Help...

Swirler here, until i figure out how to convert it to marmite.

my lid was just sat on top of the bucket for the first 2 batches, but this time (first cider attempt) i've snapped it on most of the way around, leaving a small part 'unsnapped' to let co2 escape after thankfully noticing it swell after just 5 mins. had no problems with it just sat on, but will...

update: (kinda late, sorry for digging up old thread.) worked fine, used similar bottles on my next batch with no issues on either. yup. sterilised them with the siphon tube on bottle day.

i use 2litre coke bottles from lidl. cons: -cheap pop tastes like sewage pros: -they're designed for carbonated liquids -i don't need a capper -they're disposable = no cleaning (aside from pre-racking sterilization) -cheaper than caps (20p/bottle). -dumping 24 litres of it down the...

first brew was last nov, 3 gal edme dry irish stout. ah well, this year: jan: 5gal young's bitter apr: 5gal young's cider 7932+10=7942

i'd turn a plastic cup (or something along those lines) upside down and put it over the open carboy's hole, just to make sure nothing can fall/climb in. i'm an inexperienced bucketboy myself though

same here, i'm using the "can of syrup + pack of yeast" style kits while i scope around for something that takes my fancy. did an edme dry irish stout first, then a young's 'bitter' (no idea what specific style). next up is a young's cider i started yesterday

yet another excuse for a spare hydro/thermo ;)

I've only 1 batch under my belt, but using a carboy to ferment just doesn't appeal to me. I like the fact that i can get right into a bucket to give it a good clean out, it's easier to get a hydro sample, the white plastic helps minimize light damage and it's lighter and unbreakable, therefore...

i used 2tsp (half tsp/pint) ordinary table sugar for each 2L bottle of my dry irish stout. turned out perfik! was hoping to save the lot til xmas but 4L gone already (1x2L after 1 week bottled, another after 2 weeks)

...but screw it. My first brew is beautiful. So yeah. I was introduced to the brewing 'scene' by my mother on my 25th birthday (nov 23) , she got me an EDME Dry Irish Stout kit (tin of extract, packet of yeast). We went out the next day to get the rest of the whatnots I'd need, and settled on...

Thanks folks, much appreciated. ;) They'll have had 3 weeks in bottles on xmas day so while i'm not expecting it to be fantastic by then, I'll hopefully have something drinkable ;)

this is why you should always have a supply of non-alcoholic homebrew tucked away ;)

Hey folks, bottled my first brew on friday, an EDME Dry Irish Stout, in 2L coke bottles (20p from supermarket - cheaper than empty ones, and designed to hold fizzy stuff). I left about 2 inches at the top of each bottle, and squeezed out the air before putting the tops on to get rid of any...