STUCK Fermentation

What Causes A Stuck Fermentation & How To Prevent It Happening

One of the most common questions I see from new home brewers is about stuck fermentations. Basically, any beer that fails to completely finish fermenting or reach the desired final gravity, sometimes one that fails to even start fermenting. The…
Plum Wine Recipe
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Simple & Easy Plum Wine Recipe

Plum wine is one of my favourites. Plums come in many different forms, sharp, sweet, yellow, red or purple. You have plums suited for cooking whilst others are best eaten straight from the tree. The great thing about them though is if you…
Brewing Kit Giveaway

Small Batch Extract Brewing Kit Giveaway – Worth £70

Today we have something a little different, we are really excited to be offering one of you guys the chance to win one of our small batch extract brewing kits. The whole purpose of Home Brew Answers was to help people understand how to…
Wine Tannin

What Is Wine Tannin & How To Use It

Tannin also known as tannic acid is a compound found in wines, most notably red wines that give them a pleasing dryness. Wine tannin is also an additive for increasing the tannin present particularly in country wines that use fruit, vegetables…
Peanut Butter Porter
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Brewing A Peanut Butter Porter – Mixing Beer & Peanuts

Occasionally it becomes irresistible to try out something completely different to the ordinary home brew beer. As homebrewers we can pick and choose exactly what goes into a beer with no repercussions on whether anyone else will like it. I like…
Pectic Enzyme
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What Is Pectic Enzyme & What Does It Do?

Pectic enzyme is included in many of the wine recipes here on Home Brew Answers, it is an integral additive in the winemaker's arsenal. Did you know it even has uses in beer making depending on what kind of beer you are brewing? When you see…
Elderflower Wine Recipe
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Elderflower Wine Recipe – Light To Medium Bodied

Elderflower wine has one of those flavours that is so distinct you cannot really compare it to anything else. That elusive floral bouquet seems to be amplified in a wine and the number of elderflower bushes in the UK makes it one of…
Warm Fermented Lager
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Lager Fermented At Ale Temperatures?

Fermenting a beer with a lager yeast at ale temperatures. There are probably a few purists that will say the beer will end up a mess of off flavours and fusel alcohols. I have bent the rules however and done this very thing, fermented a…
Rhubarb Wine Recipe
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Rhubarb Wine Recipe – How to Make A Delicious Rhubarb Wine

Rhubarb wine is actually a vegetable wine, although, rhubarb is a vegetable that is almost always used like you would a fruit. The sharp tartness is a great quality that really shines through in a country wine so this rhubarb wine recipe…
Quick To Brew Beers
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Brewing Beers With A Quick Turnaround

Is It Possible To Go From Grain To Glass In 10 Days? Brewing a quick turnaround beer or a “fast” beer is entirely possible and something I have done before in a pinch. Today we will look at some of the factors to take note of brewing…