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Yeah there was a hop bag in the kit and that is not in the fermenter with the rest of the kit. So will this give me a more hop flavor or aroma?

Any idea what the first book was?

Thanks for the responses everyone, I'm happy knowing now that I haven't stuffed up the kit. I guess you learn from your mistakes and I wont be making this one again. At least it is good to know that it is really only for sanitisation purposes that the kit converter is boiled.. It's all part of...

So there is no difference in terms of flavour etc? Its just a matter of eliminating the risk of infection?

Hi all, I am after making what I think is a stupid mistake when using a kit converter. So, I have a beer Kit(Brewcraft Mugen Lager) made by Muntons. I decided that I would use the kit converter that has recommended in a book that I have(Brewcraft #60 - German Lager). I also decided not to use...

Ok, thats cool. I'm using brown bottles anyway and at the moment they are sitting in complete darkness.. This is my first brew and I'm still really sus about how the beer is going to taste when I open that first bottle. It looks really clear and at the moment there is very little in the way of...

Yeah thats what I was thinking, because I've heard so much about keeping them out of the light, that it spoils them. I'm not sure if this applies to light bulbs from a fridge or natural light only.

BTW, thanks for the awesomely fast response, I've never been on a forum where the response is so fast and it is actually useful info...

No I haven't opened an of them, just have been looking at the bottles thats all. The look completely flat, but I guess that is the same with any beer before it is opened. After the 2/3 weeks period to allow them to carb, can I just pop them in the fridge and leave them sit there for a few weeks?

Think this is a great forum. Any question I have had, stupid or otherwise has been answered super quick and without any issue. People seem to connect with the "starting out at HB" concept cause we have all been there at one stage or another..

They should really be focusing on education from a young age rather then blaming the masses for the stupidity of a few..

Hi all, I had my IPA kit fermenting for about 9 days or so and recently put into bottles. I have 750ml bottles and used 2 carb drops per bottle, filled using the bottle filler and capped off. Then inverted the bottle about 4/5 times and now have them sitting in a dark room at about the same...

Thanks for all the sound advice lads.. Looking forward to expanding on the knowledge.....

just another quick question, am I best to keep the bottles in a dark place in or around the same temp that they were fermented at? Should I keep them in the same temp for a couple of weeks and then throw them in the fridge or when can I do that?

haha, this is exactly what I wanted to hear. But you know the way it is when you are new to something. The smallest things seem to be the biggest issues!!! I will look back and wonder what I was thinking I'm sure, but hey better to be on the safe side then the naive side! :icon_cheers:

Yeah I did use a bottle brush, the bottles were washed 3 times with the brush and at the end I put them in sanitiser..

Hi all, Ok, so i'm looking for some reassurance, hopefully!! I bottled my kit beer this evening. My concern is, I cleaned the bottles and cleaned them some more and some more, but even still on some bottles there was tiny dots of residue of sorts(they were second hand bottles) so I decided to...

Just added it in and made the lid air tight and the fermentation has slow started again which is a good sign because there was about one day or so left before bottling

Thanks all for the super fast advice, back on track again.... Cheers all...

Hi all, Just a quick question. I am about to add geletine finnings to my beer which has just reached 1010. What I wanted to know, is: The packet the contains the geletine says "add the contents to 100ml of boiling water(all sterile etc). what I wanted to know is, do I need to let the geletine...