Recent content by JeyTea

Hi all. I thought best to report back on my progress after following some valuable advices from fellow brewers (thanks all!). So, it appears that I've resolved my high gravity reading using the following methods: - leave it for another week (total of three weeks at 11C temp controlled...

I'll put that down in my book. Cheers, GB.

Darren! They didn't teach that in my brewing class! (solo class, everything has been solo thus far) Cheers!

Sorry mate, I've forgotten the specifics of the yeast . It isn't the yeast that comes with the kit (I've been taught to stay way away from that stuff). It's the Saflager (S-04?) that comes in a shiny light-blue packet. I'm going to my LHB tomorrow, so I'll know better then. Cheers, JT

No no, MHB, don't be sorry! Thanks for the advice. I'll keep that info in my own Brewing Book. Thanks for that Darren, but... de-gassed?? Is that where you shake the reading sample and let all the bubbles out before taking a reading??

Thanks all, especially Omega. Struth! I didn't realise that there was so much more to brewing lager. (I just assumed 2 weeks fermentation, bottle it, then a month or two in a dark place.) And I was clueless about not having enough yeast! (i.e. resolved by pitching two packets, or doing a...

Hi all. First time post. But have been lurking here on AHB for some time for info - this is a great place for that. I'm still on K&K. But my woes come from the fact that I've more than often ended up with final gravity reading that falls between slightly high or way too high. I can tell from...