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Just to clarify I meant it is 4-5 days since the gravity stabilised, after about a week of fermenting. I will bottle tonight, partly because I have the house to myself and partly because I am impatient to try out my new bottle capper! (yeah baby, GLASS BOTTLES!!! Getting serious now !!!)

Well this is all rather eye opening. Being a noob I was of the impression that as soon as the fg stabilised I had to rush it into the bottle while the yeast was still a little active to ensure carbonation. I will start leaving it in the fermenter for an extra week from now on.

As the title suggests, I have gotten a little lazy with my latest Brew (Coopers Pale Ale) and have left it for 4-5 days in the primary fermenter longer than I normally would. The Gravity has stabilised at 1006 (as usual, for me) and I would have normally bottled on Monday. Is my brew still OK...

I'm also a new brewer, but my understanding is that people start to get angry when you mention your airlock is not bubbling. As you suspected, the gas is probably escaping from another part of the fermenter. As long as the gravity is changing, everything is going to plan (until it stops, at...

Yeah sorry about the double post, I dont know what happened. I should probably visit this forum prior to starting the evenings refreshments. As for not waiting for two months before drinking, I thought that was the optimum time. If it's not then thats good news, I might have to crack open my...

I understand that temperature control is critical for your fermenter, so I am considering buying myself and old fridge and temp controller to put my fermenter in. But then I started to wonder about all the bottles I am going to end up storing. I aim to have my brews in the bottle for a minimum...

I understand that temperature control is critical for your fermenter, so I am considering buying myself and old fridge and temp controller to put my fermenter in. But then I started to wonder about all the bottles I am going to end up storing. I aim to have my brews in the bottle for a minimum...

I am also a new brewer, having just bottled my fourth brew. I also started with the coopers kit. I didnt even sterilize my new PET bottles, just rinsed them in hot water. I didnt suffer any infections. I store my bottles for 2 months before drinking and have no issues. I sanitize and...

Thanks for the tips. I guess that at this stage I will go for the strainer/stockings option and add finings prior to bottling. I will be getting a second fermenter in a week or two so that I can bulk-prime (or is there some other thing I should ask for if it is solely for bulk priming ?). I...

No I didnt, but do you think I should? I have no idea what I should be using for filtration, or at what stage I should be using it. Do they make socks specifically for this purpose ? I was considering trying to put some kind of fabric over the end of my bottling tube.

Its the first time I have brewed in summer, with temps averaging in my fermenter around 22 degrees so thats how long it took for the gravity to stabilise. The brew will be in the bottle for 2 months before I start drinking so I guess over that kind of time period it would settle, but I would...

So I just bottled my first brew that I used hops with and the bottles contain significant particles of hops. When I made the brew initially, I boiled 15g of hops in 5L of water, then added another 15g and removed it from the heat. I added this mixture to the fermenter and made up the rest as...

Thanks for the responses. Bulk priming is definitely in my near future, I just gotta wait for the local home brew shop to re-open after its extended xmas break so I can spend the $150 in gift vouchers I have burning a hole in my pocket. I will give the experiments a go but use measured sugar...

Hello, I am about to bottle a brew and realised I do not have enough of my Coopers plastic homebrew bottles for the brew (i.e. I only have 15 empties). So it looks like I am going to have to break out the emergency collection of 1.25L soft drink bottles I have been saving for just such an...

Okey dokes. It smells the same as my other brews, so I will stop panicking. Thanks for the help.