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That's not a bad idea, I will have to have a look next time I am there. I guess if I boil the hops in it for 10 mins or so I wont have to worry about sterilising it before chucking the whole lot in the wort.

@Ben I have been using the teabag sort for now although I do have 90g of loose pellets waiting to use.

Update: power went out in the middle of the night and it's still not back on... the gods are against me :) the wort temp was 22 when I pitched the yeast, that's about as good as I could hope for

yeah, bottom floor of a 2 story unit. Lots of concrete above and around me :)

my house in this weather is an ambient of 22c. I plan to have it under the aircon wrapped in a wet towel, which should get it to 20 at a minimum. Its the best I can do untill i get a second fridge.

yeah, it's all sealed like it would be if i was brewing right now. What I am going to do is cover it in a wet towel and put it under the split system air con with a pedestal fan blowing on it all night. then I will put the last litre of water in it thats been in the fridge all night.

im making a cervasa using us05 yeast

Hi guys, As you may or may not know, It is bloody hot here in adelaide. I tried to put down a brew today using 500ml boiled for my hops and another 2l or so hot water to mix my malt. The rest I used cold water up to maybe 20L when I saw I had a problem. Then I chucked a few L in the freezer...

I added the tin of goop and 1kg of coopers brew enhancer 2. I will have to do the spin thing as I remember seeing bubbles on the side of it.

I do have a quick question about gravity readings (I stuffed mine up). I basically filled my tube enough to float my hydrometer and took a reading straight away - og was 1.035 The second reading I took I got one number (cant remember what it was, I'm not at home) I left the hydrometer sitting in...

I made this mistake, at 23L my temp was 34. I just sealed it up and waited a few hours under the aircon untill it dropped to 28 before pitching the yeast. For my next lot I will be shooting for 20 at 23L.

Thanks for the fast replies guys! I started it at around 28 and it dropped to 22 after two days and stayed there for the rest of the time. I am using the pet bottles, I have about 40 of them atm but I have been drinking longnecks while I wait for the first batch to be ready... I should have...

Hi all, last christmas my partner bought my a coopers home brew kit which sat in the corner gathering dust due to space restrictions. This has recently changed and last week I put down my first brew (the one that came with the kit). I stuffed up my gravity readings and bottled after 8 days in...