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I have found a few threads covering this but nothing recent, so please direct me if I've missed something. I've been using Brooklyn Lager 355ml bottles for homebrew and love them. I put most of them in the recycling when I moved house but I've since discovered they only sell BL in cans now so I...

Thanks all ! I've only done half a dozen brews so it's great to have extra eyes on :bigcheers:

I opened it 24 hours ago and put the hop pellets in. I think it's bubbled up a bit and come back down since, the white was on the edge of the liquid yesterday.

Pics as requested. I'm on the edge of tossing it, but it breaks my heart ! :(

I've got a kit IPA in the fermenter at the moment, and just went to add the dry hops but there's a ring of mould above the beer in the fermenter. I know I should probably just toss the whole thing, but is there a way to recover it ? Looks like the mould will barely survive on the surface of...

Just an update for those interested, by adding a few kilo blocks of ice and using the towel you can certainly lower the temp of your fermenter. It's been more moderate this week so I took the towel off and the barrel is covered in a thin film of mould beneath the towel, so if you're planning...

I don't probe check it much, but often enough I know the stick on gauge is reliable. If you sanitize I don't see a problem.

I am, but I also have a probe thermometer and they match within a degree so I'm pretty confident about the temps.

Thanks, makes a lot of sense. Cheers for all the suggestions guys, it got up to 24 on the fermenter today, so I've dropped it in a shallow tray with a towel over the top, a few inches of water in the bottom and some 1litre ice blocks. I'll see how that performs over the next few days

I just read the directions and they actually recommend 20-25 degrees, so maybe I'm actually close enough if it's usually 26 degrees. I thought it should have been lower but I don't imagine they got it wrong. A fridge is on the list, but not this week sadly. Thanks for the replies guys !

I just got started brewing up an extract kit (Mangrove Jack's APA) and realised that the temperature in my house has been 26-28 degrees most days when I get home in the afternoon. I've never been super careful with temperature before, but this is a full 10 degrees hotter than the last batch. I...

I just picked up this Australian Pale Ale from the local brew shop, with a kilo of brew enhancer (75%dextrose 25%corn syrup) and was wondering if anyone had any experience with it ? I have 500gm of caramalt and some amarillo hops from my last brew (vac sealed and in the freezer) and I'm...

I used 500grams just because I had it, with the extract kit and extract malt. It's too late now but I'll do some reading about mashing before next batch.

Thanks, I already threw it all in :/ Cheers everyone for your help, it's brewing now, temperature stable. Only mistake I made was starting the water above 70 degrees, when I threw the grain in it stayed at 70 instead of dropping to 66 I was aiming for. I'm hoping with caramalt this isn't going...

I'm just about to brew this batch - stupid question but if I add 500gm of grain, will the result will be more flavour and ABV, so I can just adjust a little more water ? Just don't want to waste the grain !