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Wow! good to see some fellas here have a sense of humour. Sorry I didn't reply till now, as I got suspended for a 7 days. Thanks for the help, it got put down on the 22nd and it's 1008 now and looking stable. I'll give it the full 2 weeks (this sunday 6th) and bottle.

Hey guys, I made a mangrove jacks pear cider for my wife, but I'm a tad worried as there is a kind of fart smell coming from the air lock. It has been 4 days since it went in and it tastes fine, just has a nasty smell coming from the vent. Any ideas/ comments??

Thanks mate, just as I suspected. I wish I was up your part of the world now, bit shitty down here right now.

Hi guys, this may have already been asked and answered, but I can't find it. The LBS told me that Coopers are not using the same yeast to condition/ carbonate the bottles than what they use to ferment the beer. He clearly has a vested interest in having me think that, so he can sell me his...

Hey there, I'm totally new to this as well, I really didn't want to piss around with lots of bottles or a massive keg in the fridge with a gas bottle next to it, just would not have gone down well with my wife. So I bought two of these set ups...

Thanks mate, I was trying to avoid a boil, however if that would help the result I can do it.

Am I on track here?

Hey BB, yep it's going fantastically, plenty of action on top, it got downt to 16, so I put a rug around it and it is staying at 17-18. I was sitting and watching it last night and there were clumps swirling up and down around the sides. I'm very mindful of looking after this one after seeing...

I think the time taken on a proper set up is about all the spare time I have, as I have a young family. Adding to the labour time really isn't an option in my case, but thank you for the suggestion. I'll have to stick to kit cans till we move.

A big thank you to Beer Belly! Michael invited me over to show me how he does all grain, and he even sent me home with my own batch in a fermenter, wow didn't expect that! Thanks again mate! It was surprising how simple it actually was, if it wasn't for space constraints I'd be buying all the...

Thanks for the advice, but should I have boiled all the can contents and the beer improver pack?

So did you do two 5L boils?,or did you just put the other 500grams in the fermenter? Re the OP's question, would it be an idea to have a pouch attached to the lid of the fermenter and some way to drop it in at a given point. Perhaps even a little shelf, then the fermenter could be tilted a...

Ok thinking about it I may have stuffed up as I added the improver pack from the LBS instead of a sealed can of brewing sugar. So I should have boiled it then?

Thanks Yob, the instructions on my can didn't have a boil step, I just did exactly what the can said. PS I ripped the top of the label off the can so I could sterilize it, but it is a Morgan brand I used a beer improver pack from the local store which had dextrose and some malt.

Thanks for the encouragement fellas. Midnight Brew, I'll be out of town for that piss up, sounds like a lot of good info to miss out on.... bugger!, Thanks also for the advice offer, I would love to check out yours and BB's equipment set ups. So from the advice I will still give it 2 full...

Thanks mate, I feel at home here already!

Yeah that's a bugger regarding the temp. Even the kit can suggests an ideal temp of 25. That's ok I'll learn, thanks for the input fellas, much appreciated!

Thanks for the help guys, the fellow at the brew shop told me to aim for 24, I just read the sticky here and it said a lot lower, will do that next time.

Hi guys, this is my first attempt, I have bought two fermenters and a tap a draft system from ibrew in Qld, which came with 4x 6 litre pet kegs. I have one batch at about 10 days now it is morgans Australian blonde, it was kept at 24 deg, I did a reading of 1008 today. The airlock has pretty...