Recent content by Mattywalnuts

Just out of curiosity, what is that black stuff (the floaties) and what causes it?

So, i was thinking about doing a Munich Dunkel and i've been reading that it can be hard to replicate if your not doing AG. but i wanna give it ago anyway, even if i end up with just a dark lager. here's what iv'e come up with: 1.5 kg coopers light malt extract 1 kg LDME 0.2 kg DEX 0.7 kg...

I've had the bottom blow out of one of those coopers PET bottles (actually 3 bottles blew). a mix of under-fermented ginger beer, to much priming sugar, and conditioning in a 40C shed (ok, i was young and stupid). On the other hand, the ones that didn't blow turned out to be pretty potent...

Hey, i just wanted to get some peoples opinions on cleaning those coopers PET bottles. My method is that as soon as i finish pouring the beer, i rinse the bottle out to get rid of the yeast deposit at the bottom, then i fill the bottle with water till i want to use it next. once i want to use...

I brewed one of The european larger kits a couple of months ago (after being devo that i couldn't get a hold of the bavarian tins anymore), around june, after a long hiatus from brewing, finally tasting it about 2 weeks ago, and it wasn't half bad. However i was hoping for a 'becks' style of...