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How Much Priming Sugar To Use When Bottling Beer
Knowing how much sugar to add to a bottle of homebrew beer to get the right amount of fizz is a bit of an experiment at first, but here is... Read More
New Beaverdale Design & Special Offer
Beaverdale wine kits have a new look, so we have a special offer. Order now and if we send you the old design, you'll get up to £10 in store... Read More
Fizzing Up A Wine With a SodaStream
We thought, from past experiences this was going to make a huge mess, but this experiment surprised us. It worked! You can make sparkling wine with a Sodastream, you just... Read More
Sediment in the bottle?
My wine was clear when I bottled it. Where did this sediment come from? Let us give you the 4 usual sediments you may find in a bottle of wine... Read More
How To Make a Bottle of Wine to Taste Better
Sometimes, when you pop open a bottle of wine, it just doesn't taste as good as you had hoped. Don't worry, there are ways to save it and turn it... Read More
What is the Easiest Way To Make Beer At Home?
How easy is it to make beer from grain? The answer is easy, but you need some basic equipment and some basic knowledge. Continue reading to see just how easy... Read More
Making an 'On The Rocks' Pear Cider Kit
How easy and quick is it to make a fruity cider at home? Read this blog to find out... Read More
How To Improve a 7 Day Wine Kit
If you like the 7 days wine kits but want them to have a little more flavour, body and zing, then simply add some extra wine enhancer... Read More
S30 Hambleton Bard Gas Cylinders
What to do if you can no longer get a refill of a S30 Hambleton Bard CO2 Cylinder. Swap your valve to accept the 8g CO2 cartridges... Read More
Muntons Malt Extracts - What They Are and How To Use Them
What Are Muntons Malt Extracts? Muntons take grain, crush it and them cook it in water at a specific temperature to cause the starches in that grain to turn to... Read More
No AI Here
Brewbitz website is an AI free zone. If you find a mistake on the Brewbitz website, please be assured it was a genuine mistake made by a real human being... Read More
Ginger Cider
Using Kits to Make a Ginger Cider. Refreshing and warming ginger on a scrumpy cider - Delicious. Here's how we made it. Read more
Raisin Juice - What is it and How to make it.
Raisin Juice is mentioned in many homebrew recipes, but what is Raisin Juice? Can Raisin Juice be substituted for wine enhancer? How do you make Raisin Juice? In this short... Read more
What is the Difference Between Liquid Malt Extract and a Beer Kit.
What is the difference between Liquid Malt Extract and a Beer kit. They both look the same. LME as it is sometimes called is a thick, viscous, treacle like liquid that is... Read more
Cabernet Sauvignon Cider - Adding Grape Skins to Cider
Cider fermented with Red Wine yeast and Red grape skins - OMG its amazing! Using Cabernet Sauvignon grape skins to turn a John Bull Cider into something extra special... Read more
You Like Wine? You Like Chocolate? Milk Chocolate Wine?
On some forums, you can find some recipes for Chocolate wine, so I thought I would give it a go. I was quite shocked at how chocolate wine tasted, but it... Read more
What Is The Best Beer Kit To Make
What is the best beer kit to make is a question we are asked regularly. There are a lot of beer kits out there in so many styles. Generally speaking, the more... Read more
10 Out Of 10 For The Brewbitz No Boil All Grain Beer Kits
The Guys at The Dog and Partridge brewed and then reviewed the Brewbitz No Boil All Grain Beer Kits. Have a read and then watch their review on YouTube. You'll... Read more
Are Beer Kits Any Good?
Are Beer Kits Any Good? If you are asking that question, then you have likely heard stories of how bad someone's dad's beer was when he made it in the... Read more
Shrink Caps for Wine Bottles - How To Shrink Them
Shrink Caps are a great way to make a bottle of wine look professional, but how do you shrink them onto the bottle? In our quick blog we show you... Read more
Prohibition High Alcohol Kits - Discontinued
The Prohibition Kits have now been discontinued, so we are trying a few experiments to be able to make our own version of these kits. Watch this space... Read more
When to add campden tablets when making wine
There are 3 stages in wine making where you need to add campden tablets. Read our blog to find out the 3 stages in wine making that you need to... Read more
Enhancing a Cider Kit with Apple Juice
Read how to enhance your homebrew cider kits by substituting apple juice for sugar. It will help add extra flavour and the juice from eating apples will taste great in... Read more
What Water To Use When Making A Homebrew Wine Kit
What is the best water to use when making a wine kit? Not all water is the same, and if you are making a wine kit where you need to... Read more
Make Beer at Home - Festival American IPA Beer Kit
Today, I'm going to brew up 40 pints of IPA, my favourite style of beer, so I've chosen this beer kit by Festival Ales, from their World Series, the American IPA.... Read more
Finings Are Not Clearing The Wine
If you have made a wine, be it a wine kit or a fruit wine and used finings to make it crystal clear, but the finings have not worked, then... Read more
How to Make Wine at Home - Cellar 7 Pinot Grigio
If you want to know how to save money on wine, then making wine at home can save you lots of serious money. Cellar 7 wines kits are £34.95, and that will make... Read more
How To Make Wine At Home - From Grapes
Making wine is easy, fun and rewarding. But how do you make wine? Knowing What you need and where to start really helps when you are trying to make your... Read more
Making Muntons Flagship Hazy IPA on a cold and cloudy day
It’s a pretty grey and chilly Saturday, and my barrel of St Peters Ruby Red Ale is nearly out, so a good time to get brewing another beer kit -... Read more
Making Sparkling Wine (Champagne) At Home
Buying Champagne can be quite expensive, so is it possible to make it at home? Yes and here's how you can make champagne at home using a chardonnay wine kit,... Read more
So Many Yeasts To Choose From
Choose your yeast depending on how you want your finished beer or wine to taste. Scientists in brewing have been experimenting with different yeast to identify strains for their abilities,... Read more
All Grain Beer - No Boil Beer Brewing Experiment
Can we make a great beer from grain without boiling the wort? It's always been boiled, but why and can we skip that step? With costs of energy rising, do... Read more
What to do if you don't have enough apples to make cider?
This morning, we had an email from Hazel asking if we had an apple wine recipe. So Davin had a look in his folder and yes, a few years ago,... Read more
What's the Difference Between Traditional Beer and Craft Beer?
The Difference Between Traditional and Craft Beer We've all seen cloudy craft beers and clear real ales, but is that the only difference? Some small traditional breweries call their beer... Read more
What's the Difference Between Beer and Ale?
Ever wondered what the difference is between beer and ale? Read our short blog to find out. You might be surprised. Read more
Tasting - The BrewBitz Homebrew Shop Banana Wine Recipe
2 years after making a banana wine we made for one of our YouTube videos, Davin popped one open and reviewed it to share how it smells and tastes. Read more
Our Most Popular HomeBrew YouTube Video - Blackberry Wine
Davin has decided to update his Blackberry Wine recipe with a few tweaks to make this the best ever hedgerow wine, that's easy and fast to make. Read more
Keeping Your Brewing Beer & Wine Cool in Hot Weather
Hi everyone. Today is hot hot hot! Great if you like the Sun. But if you are fermenting beer, wine, cider, lager or a sugar wash for your still, The... Read more
May 2022 Recipe Idea - Dandelion Wine
Hi Everyone. The other week I decided to run from Bath to Frome and on my way I passed a field of dandelions which got me thinking. Not much else... Read more
Why is My Wine, Beer, Cider or Lager Not Fermenting?
If your wine, beer or cider has stopped fermenting and you think something is wrong, then read our blog first. Too many people jump to the conclusion that there is... Read more
Give Your Beer a Boost With Some Extra Grain
To mash up a small amount of grain, all you need is a large saucepan, some grain and some water - oh and a thermometer. Read more
Use More Hops in Your HomeBrew Beer
Adding some of the New World hops to your brew once it has finished fermenting can add some awesome flavours to your beer. Read more
October 2020 Recipe Idea - Pimping Up A Stout
It's really easy to use a kit as a base and then add extra ingredients to make it into something special. So how about turning a can of John Bull Irish... Read more
What Sugar To Use When Brewing at Home - Not All Sugars Are The Same
If you are brewing up a kit or just want some extra ABV in your brew, you may think to just add sugar that you use in your cuppa. But... Read more
Here, Take a Bag of Plums - Plum Wine Recipe Idea
You can use any type of plum from a juicy Victoria to a really purple Czar, even Damsons. Read more
Out For a Walk... - Get Picking!
Out For A Walk?Remember to take something with you to bring home a haul of amazing fruits from the hedgerows. Read more
Homebrew Recipe of the Month - Chocolate Milk Stout
Thought we would try something different this month.If you don't have the time to brew up an all grain beer, then it's easy to use a malt extract kit and... Read more
Growing your own hops - Brewbitz Grow Their Own Hops
had previously tried growing hops from seed, but they didn't germinate. I eventually found a site online that would send me a rhizome for various different hops. Read more
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