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Hi Dave if your fridge is stuffed, you should think about a freezer for your next brewing 'fridge'. They easily can got below 2 degrees!(while not working as hard as a fridge). Good luck! I'm sure it will till taste good!

From what I understand the extra time in the primary, also means more yeast doing the cleaning up/condition, therefore a cleaner/faster aging occurs. Anyone with more knowledge than me is free to correct me!

Exactly as stated above! :)

Happy bottling! then the waiting game begins!

Good luck, sounds like your on the right path! As mentions, its best not to have such a long time before pitching the yeast, but it's done now. chill water next time and brew below 20 for a cleaner larger'ish' style, to better suit the missus. Id recommend the cerveza brew with the cascade...

Like everyone has said, Get a fridge and an stc 1000. You won't regret it. Set and forgot almost. Takes alot of the worry out of the fermentation process, no matter what time of year. Fridge + stc 100 + heat source means more time for planning next brews!

As is the Head retention on this kit setup is not that great Fuseo. I'd recommend using the coopers 1.4kg of wheat extract instead of the BE2, or steeping Carapils grain. Both should aid in head retention. I've just put down my 4th incarnation of this kit. It involved the kit extract, 400g...

Not keg related but I use Bickfords cordials with my soda stream. As Albanian said, I'd just add it to the glass for easier cleaning, but each to there own. The Bickfords Diet lime is not too bad. Yes it tastes different(and has a different colour) the the non diet version but its quiet...

My experience with hops is so far limited, but as has been suggested, a simple dry hope with something like Citra or Cascade Is a very easy method. A hops tea ( steep a hops tea bag in water, just like you would tea) will also add extra flavour. You would do this and add it to your primary...

2013 being my first year of brewing I managed to brew about 760L divided by beer, cider and ginger beer. I started in Late January. Many failed(flavourless) K&K brews during my learning curve, but I hope to brew less this year with focus on quality! If only I had found this forum earlier in...

The combo I put down with the 25g of Cascade dry hopped, was the Cerveza can, 100g dextrose, 125g dark spray malt( had it lying around) and 250g maltodextrin, and kit yeast, came out at about 3.9% ABV.

Overall I would say the Chocolate/toffee over tones are a bit low for what I might be expecting(might be expecting too much!) My previous dark ales have finished at around this FG reading too, so I'm not worried. As for when it stopped dropping I've only taken the one reading at the 2 week...

Just an update. Day 14 and Gravity reading is 1.014. Have dry hopped for a week now as listed above. Nice hoppy flavour, from the hydrometer sample. Let the cold crash begin!

Ok guys so I put this one down today. The recipe is as follows 1 x black rock nut brown ale can 1 x Coopers Wheat extract. 200g pale chocolate gain 400g brown sugar 200g Beerenberg blue gum honey 1 x Nottingham yeast Hops: 10g Citra @ 35 minutes 10g of Fuggles & East Kent goldings @ 10...

Thanks for your reply guys. this is all good stuff. I like the idea of brown sugar and honey. I think I shall have to add these two. the increase volume to 25L ( vs 23 or less) is interesting too.

I can definitely recommend dry hop with 25g of cascade. I did it and the results went down well with me, and a good handful of my mate's.

Just my 2 cents worth, a recent bought a skirting double gpo, because each socket could be wired seperately ( I'm a sparky) that said on my second setup I bought 2 panel mount sockets, as they were much cheaper.

Hi Guys I'm gonna put down a dark ale soon. I would like some ideas as to what else I might add and what hops(and when) people recommend to add. I Currently have : 1 x black rock nut brown ale can 1 x Coopers Wheat extract. 200g pale chocolate gain 1 x Nottingham yeast Possible hops...