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I've got a load of leftovers from kits and other brews etc, I was thinking I could do a quick kitchen sink style extract brew tomorrow morning. Here's (some of) my inventory: One can of woodfordes Admiral's reserve (1/2 of a 2 can kit) Steeping grains for a 1 gallon stout and a 1 gallon porter...

I accidentally pushed a rubber bung into my wine (the bung is only just big enough, but fits). It's the old orange/pink colour rubber. and they smell very "rubbery" I was swapping the tube for an airlock and pushed it in too hard, it was sanitised and just slipped in. I only started it 3 days...

I did a wheat beer on Wednesday (around 5 days ago) in a small 12L fermentation bucket. It's extract with a mini mash and I'm using Lallemand Abbaye and fermenting at 16-17C. It started fermentation within 12hrs and was pretty steady for a few days. Yesterday when I looked at it and it was...

So, with Santa coming in around 5 weeks, what's on your Christmas list? Any ideas for low cost things I can ask for from relatives? Maybe around 20 pounds? I've already told an auntie to get me any type of kit, thinking it's basically just LME and will come in handy for pimping/experimenting...

Just completed a batch of Irish Red Ale and the recipe stated "gallons", being from the UK I added UK gallons. Before I pitched the yeast I tested the OG and it came out as 1.034 as opposed to the stated 1.044. I've now realised that (although not stated) the recipe is for US gallons as opposed...

About a month and a half ago I started making some cider with some apples I was given. They probably weren't the best variety for making cider (quite sour tasting - not really eaters) but the promise of free alcohol was a powerful force. My 'problem' is that I think I added too much sugar in...