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One sachet is all you get with a 5g kit, so I wouldn't worry. The more yeast I guess the quicker the start to fermentation, but I'd not worry too much. My current 5g has been left in an allotment shed for almost two weeks now. I tried it last week and it was still very 'green' (which means young). T...

When you finished fermenting your ish brew, did you notice the gunk at the bottom of whatever you brewed? That's yeast that is. You can use that to start the next brew. What you don't use, feel free to freeze. Once you've made your next batch however I'd only use that yeast the once more - so from a...

Right, finally finished my batch! The batch started at 1.062 gravity The first 2ltr bottle was at 1.050 (1.5% alcohol) The 2nd 2ltr bottle was at 1.034 (4.2% alcohol) Both had their merits, the first 2ltr bottle was very sweet, not carbinated really at all, a bit like a homemade lemonade. The 2nd is...

Not sure if it's the fresh ginger or the proper ginger plant I've used but I'm shocked over the difference in taste from shop bought stuff. Simply delicious! Looking forward to my 2ltr bottle I'll be putting in the fridge tonight for tomorrow!

assuming you mean the fruit and not the birds, then yes you can but you'll have to net the trees to keep the birds off so you get some fruit rather than feeding the birds.

http://www.thehomebrewsite.org.uk/homeb ... m-wine.htm

http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/greengag.asp

I'd love to know how to grow it though... I think T**cos are getting p'd off with me asking for fresh yeast every time I go in there... and rarely actually buying anything :geek: Water, sprinkling of yeast & sugar. Add a teaspoon of sugar every other day. If you want it to grow like the clapper...

You can either put it somewhere chilly and the yeast would just drop out or add something like Isinglass finings (or their equivalent). Obviously if you put the isinglass finings in you'll release the pressure so you'll need a CO2 injector. Putting it somewhere chilly has always worked for me. The h...

As I have been lead to believe no you can't, however I've been told that if you chop ginger root into a bowl of water and leave to ferment with yeast nutrient it can make ginger beer plant, but I've not seen it proven yet. I may have a go myself though. [Edit] I've just bottled up my first bottle an...

Wotcha, further updates on http://www.instructables.co.uk/id/The-R ... er-recipe/ - shows my current experiment and I'll also update it with my results.

Not in liverpool I'm afraid, I'm a southern softie living not far from Southend on Sea.

It arrived today - unfortunately got held up in the post so fingers crossed it's not staved to death. I've popped it straight in the fridge and I'll be making my first batch in a few days when I'm back from hols!

I've just ordered a ginger beer plant (GBP) so I can try making real ginger beer. I've been doing a bit of research on GBP and am fascinated by the different stoneware used to sell and distribute it but surprised by the lack of history on ginger beer on the internet. I did a post on www.waark.com ( ...

my point exactly...

Have been reading about the squatters today on an Island in kent I believe and one of the comments on the particular site I was reading about was talking about some of the council housing unfit for human habitation which is going to waste in various probably undesirable locations in the country. I'v...

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