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Just bottled a batch of beer and noticed how the bottles filled slower than normal. When checking the hydrometer sample I noticed how it was almost a little slimy when poring it out, poring it slowly one could see how the drips looked like they had high viscosity. It tasted very normal without...

What's the optimal time to leave the hops in the secondary when dry hopping? I've read some leave them in for 3 days but then there are some that dry hop straight into the keg and unless in a bag they would stay until emptied. Are there any issues with leaving dry hops too long and after how...

I'm moving to Coffs Harbour in a couple weeks so I wonder if anyone knows a good home brew shop with a reasonable selection of grains down there. Or in Port Macquarie as I will drive down there every other week.

Previously I have just shaken the tube a bit and then put the hydrometer in to read the gravity, possibly spin it a bit to get rid of any co2 that attached. These have all been different kind of ales. Now I have my first lager fermenting and using a fridge also for the first time and I just...

Made my first full ag on Sunday (after quite a few partials with up to 60% mashed grains) and thought all went well. The only part I'm not sure about is the amount of aeration I gave the wort going into the fermenter. I simply opened the tap on my urn standing on a table and let it fall into the...

My plan for bulk priming is to boil an amount of suger in water according to what Beersmith tells me, let it cool and lightly swirl it into the secondary with a large spoon. My worry is that I might get the sediment into suspension and then into the bottles where I don't want it. Do you just...

Just boiled a partial stout and as with other beers I've made I get some foam at the outer edge of the pot while boiling. Many many moons ago when my mom was boiling fruit juice I know she spent a lot of time removing this foam with a large spoon for whatever reason that I don't know. So I...

Made my first batch of beer after a 20 years break a couple of weeks ago. With a lot of confidence after reading loads of stuff on this site I started out with the below recipe, keep it simple was the goal. 2kg DME 0.5kg Crystal 60g EK Goldings at 60 min 20g EK Goldings at 15 min 20g EK...

Bought a Coopers brewing kit two weeks ago and put the first batch on fementation last Saturday. Not a bubble in the airlock so far but it's surely fermenting, gravity went from 1.040 to 1.016 and there is some krausen on the top if looking through the transparent top, I would have relaxed and...

Haven't brewed for 20 years but just made my first batch on Saturday. With the heat and not being able (allowed) to ferment in a room with AC I put the fermenter inside a cardboard box, rapped a wet towel and 4-5 750ml frozen bottles that gets replaced every 4-5 hours to get a reasonable...