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The bottles are sitting in the next room adjacent the fermenter so temperature wise I'd say they'd be sitting around 20 degrees

Hi everyone, I recently put down a Coopers Pale ale 1.7Kg Coopers Pale Ale 1Kg Brew Enhancer No.2 30gms Amarillo hops 5 Mins The fermentation process completed and I racked it into a 20L cube and put it in the fridge for about a week. I use the 750Ml PET bottles and were primed with 2 carb...

Doesn't the chocolate ingrediant make the cake taste sort of sweet and tasty maybe whats the right word, chocolately. Im not really sure on this 1 but maybe you should consult your local baker. cheers

Hi, I ended up using Franko's method slightly modified 10L Apple Juice 9L Apple Pear Juice 250gms LDME 3 cinnamon sticks Wyeast 4766 OG 1.046 Started bubbling after about 12 hours Im fermenting at about 22 degrees and so far it smells insanely nice if you know what I mean. Cheers

Hi there Just wondering what your quick boil and standard boil times are? quick boil = 5 minutes standard boil = 15 minutes Cheers

I put the brew down on Sunday afternoon with +500gms of LDME and I gotta say by Monday morning I had froth exploding out of the air lock. Overall the Hop addition has worked quite well. I had a taste this morning OG was around 1.041 and today it is sitting at around 1.016 so it seems to be...

Hi Butters, what do you mean by a good pitching rate? At the moment I'm only using the kit yeast and only 7 gms of it. I'm about to start buying specialty yeast for all my brews

Hi Guys/Girls Just wondering what the benefit from pellets or flowers. Is there a cirtain use for each?

Hi, all I'm going to pe putting down my third brew and I've decided to start messing around with hops for this one. 1.7kg Coopers Dark Ale 1kg Brew Enhancer 30gms Fuggle 3.9% 30 minutes 15gms Fuggle 3.9% 15 minutes I was thinking about putting in some LDME for a bit more body. Any help...

When I did my First Brew I didn't take the foam out of the hydrometer sampler and I even left the instructions in when i poured the sample so your not the only noob out there. LOL

Hi everyone, I've just put down a Coopers Pale Ale, I added in some Amarillo Hops 30grams I think, which I boiled in 1 litre of water in a bag. Added the water into the Wort and smells absolutely fantastic. Im hoping it will turn out like a Little Creatures Pale Ale. Cheers Mcstretch

Hi all, This is only my second post, and I've sucessfully bottled my first European Larger. Im going to try making this Cider for my other half, and was wondering what flavour difference would be if I didn't use the apples cut into quarters. I was discussing this mix today and was wondering...

you can carbonate your cider by adding your dextrose straight into a second fermenter. disolve it with some boiling water then add your brew from your first fermenter. Let it sit for a while and then bottle. The cider will take a while to carbonate at least 4 weeks.