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by carrielovesfanta
Mon May 09, 2011 11:22 am
Forum: Home Brew and other Country Skills
Topic: Yeasts
Replies: 9
Views: 2549

Re: Yeasts

Thank you for all the excellent advice. I wasn't going to try bread yeast (mine doesn't even appear to be that marvellous for bread :lol: I think that at the moment wine yeast and brewing yeast will suffice, I just want to make something drinkable and cheap (hence my satisfaction with the fruit tea ...
by carrielovesfanta
Sun May 08, 2011 6:32 pm
Forum: Home Brew and other Country Skills
Topic: Yeasts
Replies: 9
Views: 2549

Re: Yeasts

Hi, Thanks for the information :) It's put my mind at rest a little (esp over the champagne yeast - I should have trusted my nan when she said I needn't worry!!) I've put a new tea bag wine on now, and I think nettle beer is the next plan. I've bought some brewer's yeast (as recommended in the recip...
by carrielovesfanta
Sun May 08, 2011 1:20 pm
Forum: Home Brew and other Country Skills
Topic: Yeasts
Replies: 9
Views: 2549

Yeasts

Hi all, I'm a total newbie at home brewing and I have been trying to understand what the effect of using different yeasts is. I can obviously see that there are lots of different yeasts available that are recommended for different things but what would be the effect of say using wine yeast when a re...
by carrielovesfanta
Sun May 08, 2011 1:16 pm
Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
Topic: Newbie saying hello
Replies: 7
Views: 1798

Newbie saying hello

Hi Everyone, I thought I would say hello as the forum title suggested! My name is Caz and I live in Liverpool, UK. I live in a city centre flat with no outdoor space, so being as self-sufficientish as I would like is a bit tricky sometimes but here are my current projects, some of which are very rec...