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Have put down a Nelson Sauvin Summer Ale using, for the first time, the Mangrove Jacks American Ale (M55 I think). Hope it comes out just as good if not better than previous batches :-)

I cold crashed for a little while, but I found it played havoc with conditioning times and tastes. I've sinced stopped cold conditioning and just let the brew sit in the fermenter for 4-6 weeks (including fermenting time). I find that gives me nice clear beer and nicer tastibg beer.

I don't remember any of kit brews I've done going below 1010. When ye get around to it, grab a 2nd fridge from somewhere and setup of temp control. It does make a fair difference to taste and your fermentation time. At 24-25C that brew prob would have finished fermenting in 3-4 days.

After trying D-rests and cold crashing and all this, I have found some unexpected results mainly around longer bottle conditioning times. I dunno why, have thought maybe takes a little bit for the yeast to wake back up, but I don't really know. I find myself leaving the brew for 4-6 weeks in...

Looks like the local water pipes need a flush

All I do is pour the water in - never had a problem with aeration

Mummy had nothing to do with it!

Imagine all the people Living life in peace...

Yes, too impatient! Haha, if you want to speed up bottle conditioning- let them warm up a little from your cellar temps.

Waiting for the new joint to finish being built, then ADSL1 to NBN... The mind boggles how quick I'll download the important films :-)

Looks normal... Saw this from us-05 earlier this afternoon,

From reading this thread, my only question is how fast is too fast when heating your brew for a D-rest and cooling your brew for a cold-crash?? What I mean is I have dropped previous brews from d-rest temps of 16-18C to cold crash temp of 2C instantly (read: takes fridge 12?hours to get the...

Dude, after cold crashing, I've picked up the fermenter from the fridge, carried it to my workbench to the bottle. I was trying to be as gentle as possible, but it was still wavy seas inside - the sediment / yeast cake didn't appear to be disturbed, and the beer was crystal clear when it got to...

Drilled a small hole in the back of mine to get the cables through, was originally thinking of trying to get them through the same hole the original fridge cables go through but it was too much feckin around

Also check the basics - like that the lid is actually secured properly - that's the more likely reason for no airlock activity