Home Brewing and Making Beer
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I mean does it have a valve or anything in the lid? Im looking to make my own and I have been offered some empty cooking oil buckets/containers from a friends food takeaway. They are white and probably 20litres with a seal shut lid. Can I use these to brew my own beer? Thanks   [...]
how compared to red wine? (As it contains sulfites most times..unless find an "organic" red wine?) is german beer..such as Becks probably the most pure way to get a buzz by drinking alcohol? why everyone thinks wine is the best?      
What is a good snail and slug control method? I use beer traps but I was wondering if copper tape was worth the money ( bear in mind I’m only 14). I would like an organic method if possible. Also, where is the cheapest to buy copper tape? Thanks, Paige I have a raised wooden [...]
I have mild scoliosis and used to have bad lordosis (nearly treated), and I’m having osteopathic appointments and the whole kit kaboodle. This has been brewing for several years but it’s only been noticed in the past month I’ve shot up several inches in a few years, so that and the fact I have a [...]
I have been doing quite a few home brew wine kits. I have been drinking them as soon as they are complete. I have been saving a few bottle from each batch. So far the wine I have tried so far has a very distinct home brewy kind of taste. (i.e. not like shop bought [...]
Hi guys (in the uk ) Im thinking about gettingmy fella a home brew kit for xmas , Ive been looking on a few sites which sell the starter kits .. Im just wondering are they worth the money or is there a cheaper way about it ? ie buying air tight container and tubes [...]
I have a burton summer kit, well just a tin of extract also comes with a sachet of ale yeast . I get a temp in my living room, from 20-24deg C and in bedroom 15-18deg C. I also need to go and buy some dried malt to add to the kit as per instructions, [...]
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20100927/tuk-minimum-alcohol-price-would-boost-re-dba1618.html There are proposals to increase the price of alcoholic drinks – backed by some police, some doctors, and alcohol awareness groups (who I think may be biased) – to increase retail price of alcohol. But, I don’t think the majority of the population support this move. There are already laws in place to arrest [...]
Just bought one and it seems i need to add either, 800gms light dried malt, beer enhancer or sugar, i assumed you got evrything in the kit. So i thought seeing as its a summer ale which is closer to a lager type drink, could i add something like pilsner malt, this adds the sugar [...]
So i just started my first beer kit, and it is obvioulsy just malt extract + dried malt extract with some pre hops added the ME. So i poured the tin into a pan and heated it up and also added the DME i simmered it for about 5 mins before adding i to the [...]
My Nan used to make it all the time – she always had a glass of it on her mantelpiece and a barrel of it in her kitchen… You used to be able to buy the kits to make it from Boots the Chemist… whatever happened to all that?