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    Favourite Christmas Ale Recipes

    Hi all, The most wonderful time of the year is almost upon us and as I have a brewday planned next weekend I was thinking I've just got enough time to get a winter warmer together for the holiday period. Does anyone have any favourite recipes that they could recommend? It's not a style...
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    Recipe Advice...!

    Started dabbling with recipes to try to come up with some of my own original brews. Would love people's thoughts on this. Aiming for a balanced beer with a mix of chocolate/caramel/biscuity flavours. Wondering what people thought of the balance below? I'm wondering if it should be a bit more...
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    Improving Mash Efficiency

    Hi, Just completed my second all-grain brew and things haven't gone too badly (fermenting at the moment, looking forward to seeing how they both turn out!) I've had a few problems with the efficiency of my mash, however, would love a few pointers. For example, my last brew I was aiming...
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    Homemade wine too dry - what to do?

    Hi guys, I made a batch of white wine from a grapevine growing in the garden. Everything has gone fine but the resulting wine is very dry and sour - not vinegary, just very sour. What would people recommend? Sweetening? Blending with something else? Perhaps carbonating the wine...
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    Used Campden prior to bottling, repitch yeast?

    I actually only just added the campden - how long would you suggest waiting before priming and bottling? I was thinking 24 hours but could leave it longer. Thanks for the help.
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    Used Campden prior to bottling, repitch yeast?

    Hi guys, I have two batches of cider ready for bottling. I was concerned they had picked up an infection so I have added two campden tablets to each gallon and sterilised the demijohn. I want to bottle prime the cider to make it sparkling - my question is, will the campden have...
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