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I already have 2 beer kits, 1 pear cider kit & 6 tins of malt for extract brews, a 30 bottle wine kit, a 6 bottle wine kit, 40 pints of stout kegged, 19l of pale ale kegged, 12 bottles of wine & 7 bottles of cider.

....but I'll be up town tomorrow for some more I think.

Just checked online and its all stocked up again so fill your boots.

I just spent another £80 on kits & malt/sugar
 
xslavearcx said:
I'm about to buy my first home brew diy kit, which i will also be using to brew the mash for my moonshine once my still has been built.

Is this a good starter kit to buy?

http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/acatalog/Lager_Starter_kit_COOPERS_5_gallons.html#.UbN3g5xBiVo
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It's a great starter kit dude. My pal got started on that and he's well pleased with it. However, you may want to have a look here....
http://www.wilko.com/kitchen/home-brewing/icat/70

As they have 50% off everything currently ;)
 
xslavearcx said:
unfortunately this is out of stock...

http://www.wilko.com/kitchen/home-brewing/icat/70?sort=name&parentCategoryRef=70&order=ascend&q=*&pdxttype=Beer and Lager Making Kits

gonna check the store in clydebank, see if its there
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Just keep checking they seem to be restocking daily. Even if you went in a got everything separately you'd still be onto a winner. They have their kegs, FV buckets, mixing spoons, siphon kits and everything else including the booze kits you would need in store with fiddy cent offas well.You can get a keg for £12 in there at the mo:eek:

What do you want brew chief?
 
well i have to confess, im not much of a real ale drinker. so something as close to carling, tennents as possible :D But i am planning on developing a palate as i continue onto this hobby :)
 
I would recomend making a Coopers Australian Pale Ale with a 1kg brew Enhancer.
That would give you a good lager/ale crossover drink.

To make a propper lager you need to ferment at 9-13c with a propper lager yeast, and then lager the brew for 4-6 weeks in a temperature controlled enviroment for it to be anywhere close to a real lager.
 
xslavearcx said:
well i have to confess, im not much of a real ale drinker. so something as close to carling, tennents as possible :D But i am planning on developing a palate as i continue onto this hobby :)
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As you will see from the post below yours you have come to the right thread :D

My next project is a lagering fridge :)
 
I really need to get on this and stock up for September! Apparently according to my local HBS the wilkos stuff is made by muntons
 
Just back from my local branch ad it has been wiped out. Managed to grab a lager and a stout as well as a white wine starter kit. The woman on the till asked if I was having a go at home brew too, her face dropped when I said (granted rather excitedly) that I already did it and was just stocking up before adding I would be back tomorrow for my online order :D
 
Addy said:
Keep checking online as the stock varies day to day.
When I first posted the offer there was virtually no online stock, I have since spent about £100 online :eek: :cool:
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Offer ends tommorrow, just checked it there and no change alas. Hopefully tommorrow they have some more in stock.
 
Addy said:
I would recomend making a Coopers Australian Pale Ale with a 1kg brew Enhancer.
That would give you a good lager/ale crossover drink.

To make a propper lager you need to ferment at 9-13c with a propper lager yeast, and then lager the brew for 4-6 weeks in a temperature controlled enviroment for it to be anywhere close to a real lager.
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Thanks addy. I've read a few beer making introduction websites and apparently its a pretty common noob question that comes up: how do i make my carling/tennents/stella etc
 
Right, listen - Piss on chips time but apparently wilkos use workfare labour. Having principles costs sometimes. Either graft wilkos or boycott wilkos.
 
Well the first wilko's brews are on today, an elderberry wine & a strawberry wine.

I still have....
1 of Wilko Smooth & Light Chardonnay Wine Making Kit 1.7kg
2 of Wilko Forest Fruits Cider Kit
1 of Wilko Rose Wine 30 Bottle Kit
1 of Wilko Sweet Newkie Brown
1 of Wilko Spicy Cabernet Sauvignon Wine 6 Bottle Kit
1 of Wilko Pear Cider Kit
1 of Wilko Cab Sauv Wine 30 Bottle Kit
1 of Brewmaker Best of British Old English Ale Beer Kit 3kg
1 of Wilko Golden Ale
2 of Woodforde's Real Ale Kit Wherry 3kg
2 of Wilko Elderberry Country Wine
3 of Wilko Strawberry Country Wine

Sundries
1 of Wilko Beermaking Deluxe Pack
2 of Liss Natural C02 Soda Chargers Capsules x 10
1 of Wilko Siphon Pack
5 of Wilko Brewing Sugar 1kg
5 of Wilko 100% Red Grape Concentrate
5 of Wilko 100% White Grape Concentrate

And beside that I have
7 tins of LME + variouse hops & grains for extract brews
Lions Pride Ale
 
I have a similar haul plus I've just picked up 400 330ml bottles off of a pal who works in a very well known brewery :D

I'm making him the Sweet Newkie brown tomorrow. He has just give me a bag of bottle caps. I'm reconing theres about 2,000 there :D

Bottled the framboos last night. It was like nectar straight out the bucket :)
 
I grabbed 19 two can beer kits and 8 of their premium 30 bottle wine kits.

That's me sorted for the next six months. This sale is really going to hit the small hb shops, I think.:(
 
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