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I love my ale, but every instruction on my kits say to prime the bottles with 1/2 a tea spoon of sugar. Im finding my ales really fizzy and i don't like it too fizzy, in fact i prefer them as flat as possible. Now I'm guessing that its not necessary to prime my ale at all, and cant see a problem...

Hi Guys Im loving my new home brew hobby and am now on my 4th batch of ale and was thinking of using "Bag In A Box" instead of bottling. I would love to hear from you guys on what you think about using this method. Also was wondering if i did go with this idea do i prime the bags with sugar...

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Hi Guys Im loving my new home brew hobby and am now on my 4th batch of ale and was thinking of using "Bag In A Box" instead of bottling. I would love to hear from you guys on what you think about using this method. Also was wondering if i did go with this idea do i prime the bags with sugar...

Hi there, Yesterday i started my first cider after doing a couple of successful beers. But after 24 hours theres no sign of fermentation, no foam and no bubbles. there is a smell of bready yeast to the mix. Any ideas? Thanks

Thanks very much.

Thanks for your reply, that's now the plan. I'll relax and leave it be!

Sorry i don't know what type of yeast it was, i will make a note in future. Also will look into some better temp control. Thanks for your advice

Thanks for your help, Todays gravity reading is 1015. Sorry but don't know if thats good or not. instructions do say to bottle below 1020, but i was waiting for it to steady out abit.

Hi everybody, I was wondering if anyone can help me with a temperature issue i have. Just over a week ago i started my first ever brew, a Woodfordes Admiral’s Real Ale Kit. i started with a temperature of 60f and was worried that it was too low so yesterday after 7 days fermenting i bought a...