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Thanks mate. I have a beer to bottle tonight and will put the gb down hopefully tomorrow and see how it goes.

Any idea what your gravity reading were and alcohol percentage. I was thinking 2.5kg of sugar would equal rocket fuel.

Just wondering if anyone has an update on Bennigan's recipe. I am about to do my first GB and this sounds good. About to head out and get the kit and ingredients. Cheers

A final update on this comical brew. One thing I didn't mention but when I was agitating the wort I seen something black in the wort. Turns out it was a fly lmao. I thought this would go off for sure. Any way it got bottled with no foul smells and tried one last night after only being in the...

Well it is day 11 of fermentation. When I check the gravity the beer has a lot of bubbles, as in there is a good head on it. Is this normal? I have to leave it sit for a while to wait for the bubbles to disperse before I can take a reading. Two days ago it was at 1012. Thanks for all your feed...

Thanks for all of the advice. I was home today and checked on it. No feral smells so fingers crossed. Gravity is down to 1014 and still very cloudy. Back at work now and when I get home it will be 9 days so will check it all again.

Thanks for your responses and tips, its greatly appreciated. I have the kitchen cleaned up phew. I have been thinking about how I went this morning and had a little chuckle over my noobyness lol. It was fun all the same and I am sure I'll always half a laugh over my first brew. The specific...

Hello there, Just as a warning I am a first time brewer as of this morning!!! What a learning curve. I learnt I need a bigger pot to boil my wort to start with and that everything that I spilled/boiled over is VERY sticky lol. I have just put down the Coopers Lager that came with the kit. I...