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Well I've just tasted my first go at a lager and have buggered it up. This is my sixth K&K... still learning, but have done several ales / stouts and all have worked out Ok... but this Black Rock Lager is horrible! :-) I have rigged up a fridge with temp-mate and a heater pad and am sure my...

Hi guys, I'm trying my first lager, got my temp-mate hooked up and am doing a straight Black Rock Lager with S-23 lager yeast. Put it down on Sunday afternoon.... pitched at 18c and set the temp mate to bring the fridge down to 12 which took most of the night... With an Ale I'd expect to see...

Hi guys, I'm doing my 2nd brew, Muntons Yorkshire Bitter. I started it on the 12th April with a gravity of 1.051. It bubbled away well for a few days at an average temp of 19c, then I had to go away for a bit and have just now returned. No sign of activity in the fermenter at all... and it's...

Hi guys, Got my second brew down... Munton's Yorkshire Bitter... going much better than the first... mostly due to the favourable weather, brew temp is stable at 19c with little mucking around from me... active bubbling and froth after 8 hours... all good. I need to go OS on business for...

HI guys, Easter weekend is here, the weather is lovely and cool (18c in the laundry at home)... perfect brewing ! Does anyone know if I can do a Kilkenny clone with straight K&K? If so, which kit? cheers. Jerry Jerry Cashman Canberra.

Hi guys, I've been listening to a few homebrew pod-casts lately and have noticed that these guys (US based) all boil the wort even for Extract / K&K brews. Why? None of the kit instructions I've read elsewhere suggest boiling... Does boiling it noticeably change the character of the resulting...

Hi guys, After my first brew I (thought) I had cleaned out my fermenter pretty well... scrubbed it clean and sterilized, then threw all the small bits in, screwed the lid back on and stored it... I got home after a few weeks away last night and pulled the fermenter out... was quite surprised...

Hi guys, Help! I think I might have broken my first brew... what I did was; Got a 'Brew Cellar' starter kit... fermenter, bottles, all the bits... Also got a Black Rock 'Whispering Wheat' tin and a bag of Wheat Beer booster/improver sugar. What I thought the guys at the shop said to do was to...

Hi guys, First time brewer... found this site an hour ago. I've got my first kit brew on the go (Brewmaster kit, Xmas present) w/ Black Rock 'Whispering Wheat' and booster pack. I managed to keep it down to around 22/24c during initial fermentation and bottled last weekend before it got...