Does anyone Homebrew?

[cigarsam]

Awesome, do let us know how it goes!

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[Eddie]

I've got some sweet newcastle (or summit like that) on the go at the mo. It was a one tin thing from wilkinsons. Fingers crossed it will work out ok.

[cigarsam]

My local homebrew shop has started doing their own kits with bags of hops and grain to boil up to add to the tinned malt. Really good fun and great results.

This is very similar to the way the Brupack Colne Valley Bitter works - is very fun and allows you to add your own twist on it.
Had the Nog which was good but haven't had the guts to try the Headcracker yet!

[JamesA]

Nice, not tried the brupacks ones but use woodfords kits quite a bit. I do like the Werry, may well be my next brew. Currently drinking their Nog which is nice and dark and before that I did Headcracker, which does what it says on the tin!

My local homebrew shop has started doing their own kits with bags of hops and grain to boil up to add to the tinned malt. Really good fun and great results.

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[cigarsam]

Well my top 3 in no particular order are;

Brupaks Colne Valley Bitter
Woodforde's Wherry
Brupaks Extra Special Bitter

All are around the 20 pound for 40 pint mark, - Woodfordes was really simple to brew and had a fantastic taste.
The Colne valley bitter allowed for alterations in hop strength (so you could choose if you wanted it more or less bitter).
The Extra special was more complicated and allowed for many more variances with hops.. brewing time.. types of sugar etc

Will try dig out my full list from the garage...

[JamesA]

Yeah it's come a long way in the time I've been brewing which us probably close to 20 years on and off.

Id be interested to see your list Sam.

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[cigarsam]

I home brew my own bitter every year around Christmas time. - I have kept a list of all the packs I bought and which tasted the best if any of you are interested?

I have had a few fantastic ones so far which are cheap and very easy, so would most definitely recommend to give it a go!

Also, my dad tried it 20 odd years ago and couldn't believe how much simpler they are to brew nowadays and and how tasty the end product is in comparison.

Sam

[Control_67]

I used to dabble in homebrew ales but haven't in a few years. One of my good friends however has stuck with it and now works on his own recipes. Every so often he will give me something new to try and I'm never disappointed, I have been tempted to start up again but with so many great breweries local to me in Surrey/Sussex I never quite get round to it.

[JamesA]

Snap! Bloody awful Boots lager

I used the fermenting-bin to change the water in my fish tank lol

Ahh boots kits, its where I started but they were never much cop really!

What tank have you got Steve? Strangely enough I've got an old fermenting bin I use for my water changes too. It's a 240L tropical community tank


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[JamesA]

Ive brewed many of the cider and lager kits over the last year, some ok, some really nasty but nothing that i would want to keep going back to.

I am thinking about trying ales but as im not a big ale drinker its something which i would need to experiment with.

Yeah I've not got such goof results from cider and larger kit. However ale us a pretty broad spectrum of flavor so I expect you would find something you would enjoy. Best bet is to find a local brewing shop and go talk to them. They will probably have some kits made up you can try too.

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[Stevieboy]

I tried it ONCE ... with a kit I bought in Boot's (which is a paradox of marketing). It was awful, I dumped the kit long ago and am a devout 'of-the-shelfer'.

Snap! Bloody awful Boots lager

I used the fermenting-bin to change the water in my fish tank lol

[tippexx]

I tried it ONCE ... with a kit I bought in Boot's (which is a paradox of marketing). It was awful, I dumped the kit long ago and am a devout 'of-the-shelfer'.

[H4rty82]

Ive brewed many of the cider and lager kits over the last year, some ok, some really nasty but nothing that i would want to keep going back to.

I am thinking about trying ales but as im not a big ale drinker its something which i would need to experiment with.

[JOAO LA PEZ]

i started home brewing soon after my 14th birthday along with a school pal, by the time we were able to hit the pubs we could drink grown men under the table (might explain the obesity and high blood pressure), packed it in 30 years ago, at the time i had 5 x5 gallon barrels on the go all the time, alcoholic nah just like a wee swallee. almost teatotal now

[The Freck]

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