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Well guys the beer that was way to cloudy has now been sitting in the bottle for a month and a half and it has really cleared to perfection .............but it has a weird smell and taste to go with it. I would try and describe it as a strong acrid / sulphite sort of smell but not rotten egg...

Guys - well the cloudy beer has settled out nicely. I was really worried because it was so horrible looking compared to the normal bluemountain lager that i do. Does the LDME fine powder make this happen do you reckon? or maybe i just distubed things on the bottom without realising and the...

Thanks Fergi - I only just bottled it. It came out of the fermenter after 1 week sitting (post fermentation) with a specific gravity of 1010. I just bottled it anyway - it tastes OK and smells Ok so into the bottle it went. Cheers 2Beers

Thsnkd guys - yes im relativly new. I will just have towait and see now. I dont care if its cloudy - just wondering why thats all. Next time I will get second barrell and rack it and then bulk prime as well because i just dont think im getting the right carbonation with carbop drops. Cheers...

Hi Guys - i kind of know that the answer at the end of this - would have been using finings to clear it up. But ........ I brewed the Coopers Cerveza Kit with 1k of Coopers Light Dry Malt and followed normal instructions. It all fermented out Ok but the beer never seemed to clear in the barrell...

Thanks guys - i have been just experimenting with tea bags at the moment. As always - great answers 2beers

Hey Ive been reading along - interesting thread. What does dry hopping actually entail - is it just get the hops and throw it in dry in a bag? How or why is this different to mulling up the hops in boiling water or boiling before hand? Whay couldnt you just get a hops tea bag and mull it and...

do you have to mash up the raspberrys? 2beers

Thankyou Manticle -

Hey Guys - how you all doing this week? Well im brewing another beer and thought i would try the Cerveza and on the recommendation of LHBS they suggested the Coopers light Dry malt 1k was a lovely product to use. I also added a Saaz Hops teabag, steeped for 10 minutes and then all thrown into...

Ok thanks for that. 2beers

Hi Again - when I did my Blue Mountains brew I put in a Cascade Hops Tea Bag - steeped for 10 minutes in a cup of boiling water before hand - added everything after I had pitched the yeast and given a good agitate. Hops bag left in for the duration of the ferment. The brew was 1 x Morgans Blue...

Excellent guys - I will be bottling today and let you all kno what happens .............in a couple of weeks. 2beers

Its no problem mate - not blown away. I will try one thing first and then next time try the little bit of grain suggested. 2beers - Phill

Thanks - good suggestions - I drink a bit of Amsterdam Mariner out of purpose pilsener glasses and its aok. I think its just a timing thing and maybe bulk priming instead of carb drops. Hey Im new to the game relatively speaking - so thats no problems I appreciate all the discussions and...

Guys - your posts have been excellent - some 30 to read from. I went away from the Laptop and I think the system automatically timed out. Ive been at work all day to day. Thats what I like about the forums - so many differnt and pertinent suggestions. Yes i started out as a kit brewer in a...

Thanks Tom - appreciate the response. Yes perserverance was one of the things i picked up from reading the site and decided to get back into it. The malt additon was the Coopers Pale suggested by the HBS. I have a mix of bottles. 750ml pet and i have fifteen swingtops (grolsch etc) Cheers Phill

Hi Guys - now that i have your attention..... Anyway - i have brewed a couple of times before but didnt continue because I was probably a little underwhelmed with the results. I have had a couple of passable brews but the head on the beer or retention of a head was a little dissapointing. Q...