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No chilling of the cubes, temp is approx 20 deg. Cubes are sealed tight BUT i've been venting every time i go past. The carbonation was present in the fermenter with airlock also. Question: Why is the cube acting as a secondary fermenter without the addition of any more fermentables? I thought...

I racked my toucan (two coopers lagers only) into a couple of 10L cubes to get it off the yeast cake it had been on for 4.5 weeks Took a reading today, gravity hasn't dropped any but the beer has visible (and taste-able) light carbonation, more so that a reading two days ago Never had this one...

Thanks for the replies , It never went below 16 degrees, usually sitting at 18deg, even 20, as it was fermenting so hard initially it heated up itsel These are aboe the usual ideal range for saflager, so i on't think cold temps woul have ceased fermentation There's nothing in there but the two...

My last two brews have gone in the bottle at just under 1.20 without any problems - when i was younger i used to ignore the hydrometer because it never gave me the answers i wanted! :) I think i'll give it until friday, then if its still high, rack it into something

I scooped the majority of yeast cake off my previous lager, brewed with saflager. I put a tin of regular coopers lager and a tin of Thomas Coopers lager on top. it bubbled away like crazy for a week or so before settling down. It will be 4 weeks on wednesday, and I'm getting a steady reading of...

I haven't used PET before, i prefer glass to be traditional, but i can't drink any faster, the family has honestly questioned me about my drinking! :huh: Anyway, on topic, I dug out two old 10L water containers today, so I'll brew 20L, just split the goods in half and bottle them in what comes...

Everytime i poke around this forum i end with more work to do! I came across the Hard Lemonade threads, read most of them, and since my lemon tree has been overflowing for a month, and i was trying to work out what to do with them all - it seems fate has intervened: I'm going to try and use up...

Thanks fellas I got my answers even though i dont think i phrased my intended question quite right :lol: I could figure out how to split it up, but was wondering if a packet yeast should just be thrown in whole - reason I ask is i have a yeast from a Coopers Lager, and a yeast from a Thomas...

Sorry if this has been covered already, but google searching didn't find it for me: Want to try my first basic apple juice cider brew, but would prefer to make a 5L batch first up. I usully use packet yeast and 23L brews, so how do I know I haven't added too much/ too little to a 5L? For a...

Photo wont show up right now - because i shook her up, but it was instantly recogniable. Temp currently at 16 degree. Was at 14 earlier, hope i didn't over yeast it, though its not bubbling furiously yet Maybe the Heritage lager is just that much more dense? I think I'll just keep shaking it up...

Just put down a toucan - I had an basic Coopers Lager sitting around, and Coopers Heritage Lager was on special. So in they go together I didn't add as much hot water as normal, to try to keep temps down, but they were thouroughly mixed in together, blasted as i filled the fermenter. I added...

I last used a Tooheys kit - Real Ale, when they came out. Matched with a tin of Caramalt it was great brew. Fast forward 5 years and i've done the same recipe again, and i doesn't taste anywhere near as good, at all. So now I have another 29 long necks to drink, to teach myself a lesson about...

As our water is 93% of the beer we make, i wanted to do some tests on my water sources. I would like to determine its components to choose a beer style it might go with best, or look at altering it depending on the mineral levels present Can anyone point me in the direction o a simple testing...

Thanks fellas - think i'll do a stout and dark mix, with half a kilo of dex - I do like 6 percenters! cheers Steven

This is probably my least favourite of their seasonal realease (fave being the real strong ale they did) Tastes a bit like a big bowl of fruit salad made at christmas, and am eating it cold out of the fridge a couple days later. Might suit that weather a little better? BUT is is called Hop...

This is probably my least favourite of their seasonal realease (fave being the real strong ale they did) Tastes a bit like a big bowl of fruit salad made at christmas, and am eating it cold out of the fridge a couple days later. Might suit that weather a little better? BUT is is called Hop...

cheers people I have no problem leaving it a while longer, as someone suggested I'm more used to ales and this a first time using lager yeast. Not sure why i decided to brew a lager either now, usually just brew ales and stouts???? As I only have one fermenter, i might need another one...

Morning everyone Searched for thisanswer elsewhere but came up short. Just made a Morgans Chairmans Scharls Euro Lager, with a kilo Ultrabrew and Saflager yeast Been fermenting at 14-16 deg for 8 das now - no noticeable bubbling anymore (was going nuts previouls), but the FG wont come under...

I've recently put down 2 x coles/famland lagers Want to do a stout now, and noticed a lot of recipies adding DME or dextrose etc I'm new to the toucan brew, so sorry if this is a simple question, but what are the benefits of two cans and a kilo of dex, as opposed to just two cans? With most...

Thanks for the rapid responses. Bloody glad i found this forum, packed with good info I'll have to do a bit more reading around here before i fully understand all the yeast talk. haha I'm not expecting an exact replica, just wanted to give it every chance possible to be close to it. Given me...