Recent content by odo5435

So, how did it turn out?

I've tried just about every sugar that's readily available when brewing my mostly lager and pilsener styles. Raw, castor, liquid and dry malt extracts, the various 'specialty mixes' at the LHBS, and 'Bundaberg' and 'CSR' whites. All have brewed successful batches. Frankly, IMHO the base sugar...

Last Thursday I bottled a kit brew that had been in the fermenter (in a fridge at around 18 deg. C) for 32 days, mainly because there was still airlock activity. I don't check the SG to avoid stirring up the sediment by shuffling the fermenter around in the fridge, a system that's worked so far...

Mmmm, interesting. I must admit the download was a little TL;DR (I finished with school about 40 years ago), but I think I got the gist of it. [Emphasis added] I'm intrigued. It'd be appreciated if you'd let us know if there's any change in a couple of days @Markv, if it's not too much...

Please excuse my newbieness, but what is achieved by adding the olive oil and how does it do that?

It appears that you can only download some sort of a card game from your linked site. Is this a computer-based game or a malt-coloured version of "Uno". Even more importantly to me, does the game come in a Linux version?

Yeah, this seems to be the only advantage of bulk priming over using drops. I've only brewed about 20 batches and I only use 750mL bottles. To my inexpert experience I've not had an issue with over-carbonated beer and I'm quite fond of the results so I think I'll be sticking to the drops for...

There are lots and lots of threads with comments like "Drops are crap" or "Drops produce Coca-Cola fizzy" or & etc. One or two of them (oddly not very many - why make a comment like that if you've not got something better to suggest?) say that bulk priming is the only way to go. In the absence...