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I bought 2 cider kits from an online shop. When they arrived, both cans were bulging/uneven on the bottom, but the tops seem fine. The can's don't seem to have much pressure in them (I can easily press in the side). Bottom https://ibb.co/fnGW7v Top https://ibb.co/bz24Sv Both cans are...

Hi, Just ordered my first partial mash kit: midwestern cascade pale ale. So far all I have done is Mr Beer with a bit of dry hopping at the end. I'm a bit nervous but excited too. Cheers!

I ordered some of the new Brew Demon ranges. I've just started a Witbier and have a Deep Red Ale kit sitting waiting. I added 1 lb of light DME. It smelt good :-)

I just bottled some Nothwesr Pale Ale, for the first time I used a bottling wand. Aren't those things fantastic? A few drips, but nothing else. If anyone doesn't have one, go out and get one.

I normally make cider by buying juice and adding champagne yeast - nothign else. Just let it ferment (2 gal at a time) for 2-3 weeks (or more) then bottle, adding some more juice at bottling time to carbonate it. I am very pleased with the outcome. I don't know how strong it is (no readings)...

I've read a few posts saying that doubling up kits (such as Mr Beer / brew demon) makes for a fuller beer. I'm looking at getting a 6 gallon kit (Brew Canada or Coopers red ale) but I only have a 4 gallon fermenter. Is putting the 6 gallon kit into the 4 gallon fermenter going to ruin it? Or...

I have two different one gallon batches of JAOM going. I pretty much did as the recipe dictates. After 2 weeks there is still airlock activity (1 bubble / min). However, I have also noticed that the floating oranges and raisins have a lot of white build up on them. It looks a bit like a yeast...

I have 2 Gallons of Ocean spray cranberry-apple jucie fermenting in a 2 gallon bucket. I added nothing else (it's 100% juice) except champagne yeast. There is about 1 inch headspace in the bucket. Previously I have done this in 1 gallon batches and it ferments for a week or so. This is my...

I've been brewing cider for around 6 months in 1 gallon amounts. Last weekend I bought some 2 gallon food buckets and turned 2 into fermenters and 1 into a fermenter / bottling bucket. Here they are: back right is cranberry - apple cider, back left is an IPA kit and front is a Norteast pale...

To chill a bottle of cider quickly I put it in the freezer a bit too long. Frozen, not solid, but frozen. When this melts will it be OK or will the fizz be gone?

I'm doing some primary fermentation (store bought apple juice, sugar, red star champagne yeast. Aiming for something strong and dry). In order to carbonate I am considering back-sweetening the final lot and then putting it straight into (clean) empty 1L soda bottles and putting the cap on...

After being introduced to home brew cider by a family member I thought I would give it a go. I looked at some equipment online and have ordered some pressure valves and yeast etc. However, I was impatient so started some today with what equipment I had sitting around the kitchen. I used...