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As the title suggests, I have gotten a little lazy with my latest Brew (Coopers Pale Ale) and have left it for 4-5 days in the primary fermenter longer than I normally would. The Gravity has stabilised at 1006 (as usual, for me) and I would have normally bottled on Monday. Is my brew still OK...

I understand that temperature control is critical for your fermenter, so I am considering buying myself and old fridge and temp controller to put my fermenter in. But then I started to wonder about all the bottles I am going to end up storing. I aim to have my brews in the bottle for a minimum...

I understand that temperature control is critical for your fermenter, so I am considering buying myself and old fridge and temp controller to put my fermenter in. But then I started to wonder about all the bottles I am going to end up storing. I aim to have my brews in the bottle for a minimum...

So I just bottled my first brew that I used hops with and the bottles contain significant particles of hops. When I made the brew initially, I boiled 15g of hops in 5L of water, then added another 15g and removed it from the heat. I added this mixture to the fermenter and made up the rest as...

Hello, I am about to bottle a brew and realised I do not have enough of my Coopers plastic homebrew bottles for the brew (i.e. I only have 15 empties). So it looks like I am going to have to break out the emergency collection of 1.25L soft drink bottles I have been saving for just such an...

Hello, I am brewing my fourth brew and I am not sure it is going well. My three previous brews were all lagers and none of them had problems - i used the same cleaning and sanitation procedures. This brew my first ale (coopers APA) and also the first brew I have used hop pellets. Anyway, i...

I'm onto my 4th brew so seeing as I am an expert now I have decided to get all fancy and bought myself some hops. Problem is I don't know how to use them. The instructions I got from the home brew shop talk about boiling something but I dont boil anything, I just use the can of goo and mix it...

Hi, I saw in the instructions for my coopers lager kit a bit where it said that after adding all the water to the fermenter the wort was in a sensitive state and that it was more important to add the yeast quickly than to wait for the temperature to be correct. I am just wondering what is so...

Hi, I am on brew #2, which I put in the fermenter 2 weeks ago. Its a coopers lager but I used SAF 23 yeast. It is brewing at around 12-14 degrees. The OG was 1036. It has now dropped down to 1012 but I think it is slowing down and I am worried that it is going to end up as, god forbid, some...

Well, last night I finally got my much awaited second brew on the go. Its a coopers lager tin plus 1kg of dextrose. I took a sample (prior to adding yeast) while it was still hot, let the sample cool down to room temperature and then measured the OG with my new glass hydrometer. The gravity...

So...last night I couldnt wait any longer and had to crack open my first bottle from my first brew, which was made entirely with the ingredients provided in my Coopers home brew kit (Coopers Lager). Well.....it was, how you say, "adequate"? It was a little like a bottle of VB that has had the...

Hello, I am about to do my second brew on the weekend (was going to be last weekend but the cat ate my sachet of yeast) and I have some questions about sanitation and some other things. Question 1 : Sanitation I went to my LHBS (I'm guessing this means "Local Home Brew Shop"?) to get some...

Why use glass bottles. From what I've read, PET bottles are cheaper, lighter, easier to cap and detonate more safely. So why should I use glass ?

Hi, I finally bottled my first brew just a moment ago and I have some basic questions. i) Was I supposed to stir the fermenter contents (the "wort"?) prior to bottling to get yeast all through it? I didnt do this. ii) Should I have stopped bottling when the level in the fermenter dropped...

Hi everyone, I am currently in the process of making my first ever home brew. I bought the coopers kit from BigW a week ago and currently have the lager they provided in the kit brewing away happily. I measured the gravity (OG?) six days ago and it was 1036. I measured it again today and it...