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I'm in a hot climate so i decided to ferment my brew in the fridge with no fridgemate just turned down as far as it can go. it's been in there for 1 week, i'm a bit worried it is too cold, my questions........ if the brew airlock is bubbling does that mean the temp is ok??? if it is too cold...

it's coopers stout with 500g of malt, I have done this brew a few times with no trouble whats happened??

I recently picked up 200 long neck bottles and bottled a brew with them. I noticed two of them where busted 2 days later, they didn't explode. one was cracked around the bottom and the other was a round neat circle out of the side. so does anyone know if glass gets brittle with age, not sure...

I have been using a hydrometer to check OG and FG and working the alc percentage from that, so what would make a full strength beer turn out to 3.5% ? am i doing the calc right ?? (the difference from OG - FG \ 7.46 + .5 from priming) or is it from the fermenting conditions?? (27 deg) I...

Just started looking into hops, i spose step 2 in kits. how do you know what hops to put with what beer and what sorta flavours certain hops will give??? I have just put in a draught and spoke to the local home brew shop about hops, I ended up getting a small cluster hop bag and was told to put...

I have done about 8 kits now and I'm experiencing most of the batches have had a sweet taste that isn't my cuppa. I've done a Gold clone, Extra dry clone, Thomas cooper draught all of these had a sweet taste, draught was a lot better but still there. I live in Darwin have been brewing at room...

Would not know where to start with AG brews, I have been reading some AG threads and it is way over my head sounds like a foreign language. Just curious on the cost difference ? how much better it is ? is it hard for a newbie ? also could someone please point me in a direction where I can read...