Jim's Beer Kit

id definitely go down the turbo cider route, had no luck with cider kits, but ive made turbo cider so good ive stopped buying grolsch (my favourite beverage) Check out scottm's stripped back turbo cider, its where i started at

i did 2 of the coopers euro , but i fermented them at 18c-20c and they both smelt very odd and tasted horrible when i bottled, had a few recently (10 weekss plus conditioned) and its not the same beer , its quite nice and im fussy with my lagers. ill definately do another soon and use lager yeast a...

i did 2 of the coopers euro , but i fermented them at 18c-20c and they both smelt very odd and tasted horrible when i bottled, had a few recently (10 weekss plus conditioned) and its not the same beer , its quite nice and im fussy with my lagers. ill definately do another soon and use lager yeast at...

Goulders wrote:

Haydnexport wrote:and 'nappy's'

Or "nappies" rather than nappy is :-p

I'm welsh mate, so for a second language im doing pretty well

could be , they seem a lot darker after fermenting and the funny taste comes on well before its fermented out, my gf likes it a bit sweet so ive been trying to catch it at 1.010 gravity and adding the stabilizer but even at 1.020 you can taste it coming .

Hi ive recently , last 4 batches , have had very poor results using this kit , i have made at least 10 to date that was very nice. The bad ones look a lot darker after they have finished fermenting and have a very strong , even bitter taste. Looking back through the diary i have used the same bottle...

it hasnt its horrible, turbo cider if far far superior and you only need to wait a couple of weeks !

thats the good thing about moderation, take it in moderation !

and 'nappy's'

Ive never done that kind of brewing, but could you make some sort of cooling system for the lid co the conensation drops back in? Like the coil wort chillers ive seen here? hole in lid for pipe, coil aound shape of lid then hole out again.

i use a jetwash on mine, granted mines overkill , industrial jobby, but i dont see why b&q etc quality ones with a turbo lance attachment wont be sufficient.

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