Recent content by tommystarr

Thanks for all the comments! I had a second taste after 4 weeks in the bottle and it was OK - perhaps the tiniest hint of cider imaginable but I can't imagine a friend noticing it. It was very satisfying tasting my own beer from a bottle with some salty nuts!

That's right - sorry if I wasnt' clear enough. fermentation was a smooth 19 degrees all the way through. It was in the bottles that the temp could have reached above 30, as I said I'm not sure. The ingredients were (I can't remember all right now): Black Rock IPA 1kg Malt (can't remember...

I'm hoping someone could enlighten me on the cause of cider like-yeasty taste in beer. My first brew suffered from this and I have moved on (it was a coopers larger and being my first brew things didn't go so smooth). It had good head and bubbles but that element of cider taste remains after a...

I just started a brew yesterday using a fish tank heater. I sanitised the heater, placed it in the brew with cling wrap on top and the rubber ring from the lid of plastic coopers fermenter to hold it all in. So far so good....

Cheers for that!

OK...so transfer the beer to the second fermenter which will have the correct amount of sugar then bottle straight away from that fermenter? Sounds straight forward enough...I do actually have two fermenters.

So how long would you leave it in the second fermenter and would it need to be at the same temperature?

Hi! I'm about to start my second brew. I have collected a mix of stubbies - some 375ml and some 330ml. Could I still use 1 carbonate drop per 330ml bottle or is there a risk they will explode? As in will I need to use normal sugar and adjust the amount for the smaller bottles? any advise...