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Started brewing my first batch last weekend... 1.7kg Coopers Pale Ale can, 1kg Brewers Extract 3, 11g Voss Kveik It's been fermenting at ambient temperature in the garage approx 24-26C for 5 days. OG was 1.040, days 4 and 5 have both given an SG of 1.014. I worry the OG read is a little low...

Update - i did opt for plastic, a flat bottom. I'm four days into a coopers kit with some Kveik in a steamy Sydney garage. I'll just be bottling for now but the All Rounder looks to be the business when i've got some space for kegging. Thanks you all!

Does someone mind explaining 'toucan' recipes - i.e. two cans of LME to make a single batch? What are the benefits? By using two cans am i cutting down on other ingredients or would i need to use twice as much brew enhancer? Cheers

Thanks for the replies... - Ball valves in general are seen as potentially grubby? Would best practice be disassembling and sanitising each brew? - Apollo maybe getting up there in terms of $$. Also it doesn't look like it comes standard with a tap? - You make a number of good points Rohin...

Newbie here, looking to jump into the hobby and it's tricky to look past all of the shiny stuff out there. I plan to ferment LME and then bottle carbonate. I'm leaning towards a stainless steel fermenter, the SS Brewtech Brew Bucket seems to be spoken fairly highly of. I'm also looking at...