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All grain brewing is the way to go. Initial equipment costs are higher than kits, but the ingredients for a 5 gal brew will work out cheaper than buying a kit. All grain also tastes much nicer and you’re not limited by which kits are available - you can brew whatever style you want
Friend of mine made his elderflower sparkling wine as usual last year.
Overdid the sugar slightly & the champagne bottles started to explode in the house, splattering tiny glass shards eveywhere.
He ended up having to wear full motorcycle gear, to gently transfer the bottles to a safe part of the garden where they could be isolated in a shed.
Most of the remaining bottles exploded over the summer, shredding holes in the cloth covering the plastic barrel they were stored in.
This was not a wine for drinking, this was a wine for laying down & avoiding...
What survived was very drinkable though. I might try it again this year.
Sold it all, lost the weight and can now talk mostly without slurring.
Joking aside it's very rewarding yet incredibly annoying if you get an infected batch, 44 pints down the drain really hurts.
I used to bottle Xmas beers in both capped and Grolsch bottles but really liked IPA's in a keg which was kept in a converted / temperature controlled fridge, lovely and easy for summer barbecues.
Turbo Cider was always fun too!!
This is the one I’m going for, the Mosaic IPA. Cheers for the suggestion @Dodge
If you follow simple advice like in Graham Wheelers book you struggle to brew a bad beer. Demijohn brewing is only any good for sours, it's easier to tip them down the drain:)
Here's the kit it contains, there's a photo here
https://yeastismybitch.com/2015/04/30/a-great-introduction-to-all-grain-brewing-brewuk-craftybrews-stove-topper-kit/amp/
https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/
I went to Murphy and Sons last week and picked up 50kg of LoColour MO so now I'm ready to go again.
Malt Miller are good but Crossmyloof and Geterbrewed are better for hops.
I've had yeast and hops from crossmyloof on eBay. Used their yeast for the first time on Sunday so haven't tasted the results yet but it went off like a rocket. Not sure on the exact strain as it was just sold as IPA yeast but it's a fraction of the price of the likes of wyeast.