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Advice wanted please. My Mangrove Jack’s Bavarian Wheat beer is my third brew, and taking the SG today after 7 days, I noticed bubbles rising in the sample. This suggested to me that the fermentation isn’t over. Yet the target SG of 1.010 has been exceeded with a measured 1.006. So maybe the...

Welcome. Happy brewing!

Thanks for the advice. I‘d usually jump straight in, but am mindful that the little things can easily trip you up, and experience helps to avoid pitfalls. (Must be an age thing…) I brew in an under stair cupboard which is home to a hot water cylinder, so fermentation temperature stays around...

Great thanks. Is the temperature control for bottled beer, or during the fermentation?

Good plan.

So my Mangrove Jack’s Pale Ale starter kit is in the bottles carbonating, and while waiting for the first taste, my reading of the forum seems to be all about grainfather, mashing, and kegging. What are the next steps on the home brewers’ career path? Is it another kit in bottles, trying a...

Go big or go home! I just started with a basic Mangrove Jack’s kit. Keep us posted on how the brewing (and marriage) goes.

Thanks. I’ll let you know how it goes. I’m keen to try a stout next, for the tail end of winter.

Kia ora from Orewa. Just put my first kit on to brew. Mangrove Jack’s Lucky Goat IPA. Looking forward to tasting in due course. Nga mihi