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Well I guess this has been a while coming but in a couple of hours I will be taking my 1st real step in admitting and doing something about my addiction to alcohol.. I am an alcoholic! I will be going to the dr's soon to have a chat and hopefully get a referral to see a councillor. I've...

Picked up a 25l old and in bad condition barrel.. It was all shrunk and been left dry for god knows how long.. I filled it with water and got it water tight, then kept water in it for a couple of months.. Just emptied it out and a lot of the gunk and crap came out. Roy from TWOC said to fill...

Picked up a 25l old and in bad condition barrel.. It was all shrunk and been left dry for god knows how long.. I filled it with water and got it water tight, then kept water in it for a couple of months.. Just emptied it out and a lot of the gunk and crap came out. Roy from TWOC said to fill...

I done 2 brews on Tuesday 1 with 3944 Belgian Wit and American ale 1056, as of this morning, still nothing... I did not make a starter (gotta research it more).. Has anyone else (who hasnt made a starter) find them to be slow starters? *note, these are fermenting in corny kegs so it has a...

Hey Guys Want to do a belgium/bock style tonight.. want to place my grains for the partial (BIAB) i already have: Wyeast Trappist HG Coopers select pilsner LME now i was thinking grain wise: 70% Pilsner 15% Munich 10% Vienna 5% Biscuit Im not sure about hop additions as the...

Ok, so i have a beer now that siting at 1022, i really like the taste and after my last few strong beer it would be nice to have a casual 3.5% beer.. (i kind of know the answer but want to confirm) I assume kegging will be safe as the kegs do have a good pressure rating + im not priming with...

Ive searched around and could not find the answer anywhere so if anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated.. now i forgot to bottle any beer from the fermenter, out it straight into the keg.. stupid mistake! i want to bottle and save some for compitions etc, now i have 1 of the...

As the title states, this is a thread for people trying to come up with a recipe for left over grain/malt/hops.. Any input would be greatly appreciated: i have a few things sitting here either left over or just new and waiting to be used.. GRAIN: 1kg Munich Dark 1kg Munich Light 1kg...

Sorry this is a repeat post from "beginners" thread..but I didn't get any answers and being a big virgin kegger stress head. Well I pressurised my kegs, then after that I connected the outline to the kegs, once I did this abit of beer went into the line, is this fine? Or did I mess up somewhere?

Hey guys, as stated I just legged for 1st time tonight, all went well.. BUT once I pressurised the kegs and then I connected the "out" line after, a little beer went into the line.. Is this normal? Was it because I connected the "out" line after?

Hey guys Just finished a couple of 9% beers..a pilsner and a brown ale. I bottled 1 today but am now just a little worried I may have over primed. They have both been sitting in the fermenter about 2 weeks and have had many stable reading BUT would it be fine to use the same amount of priming...

Well looks like I may have my 1st off batch :( Have a look guys..tell me what you think...it's in ALL bottles... Left the airlock of for a couple of days while bottling. Can anything be done to save or with this? What harm can be done from drinking this? Any help is appreciated!

Hey guys! ive done a ginger beer extract and it came out to sweet...i drank it :cross: but i dont want to do another the same.. here are a couple of idea's i have... 1. add hop pellets? 2. add a beer LME? 3. add a unhopped beer LME? 4. Malic acid? your opinions on getting it more...

Heyya Last time i made a ginger beer with a extract kit, it came out so sweet... wasnt very the best, but someone had to drink it hahaha I'm keen to do another BUT i want something with abit more of a tartness... would adding a unhopped beer extract to the ginger beer extract work?? has...

Hey Guys I want to do another cider, i have done 2 hard ciders.. the last one went very bad with lots of bottle bombs, so until i get a beer fridge to cold crash, i want to try doing a extract cider. Has anyone done a black rock? How did it turn out? Im guessing it came out really...

Hey guys.. Just want to run a very very simple stout/porter recipe with you guys...see what you think.. 1.7kg (3.74lbs) cascade Chocolate Mahogany Porter LME 1kg (2.2lbs) dark dried malt DME 500g (1.1lbs) of either dextrose OR raw sugar 15g Willamette Finishing Hops in a 20-23l batch...

As stated percentage and taste of my cider is fantastic at the moment, my airlock is still bubbly.. I cannot Cold crash my cider and can only bottle it. What are my options?

Going to start my 1st cider tonight, got everything ready... Just a question about the yeast... Do I need to activate it 1st? Or can I pitch dry? If I need to when is the best point to start my activation.. 3rd and lastly..what is the best way to do it? Warm water/juice/apple skins and juice...

Hey guys, Wondering if you could help with a recipe? So I went out today and got 7kg of granny smith apples 1kg red gala apes (sweet red apples) 2 kg of pears, also have 7g coopers pale ale yeast and loads of sugar, what else will I need? I'm guess more apple juice ? How much to make a 20/23...

Hey guys, Wondering if you could help with a recipe? So I went out today and got 7kg of granny smith apples 1kg red gala apes (sweet red apples) 2 kg of pears, also have 7g coopers pale ale yeast and loads of sugar, what else will I need? I'm guess more apple juice ? How much to make a 20/23...