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Thanks calumscott. yeah I had the frothing part & yeah it's in a bucket with a lid & airlock. I feel better now, I'll leave it a while longer. Cheers :cheers:

Ha Ha, yeah its fine although I am Thinking about moving it somewhere cooler in the house. Is it a good idea to move it at this point? Or to just sit it out? I suppose the yeast would be happier but will movement harm anything?

Is it wise though to keep removing the lid from the FV? I mean Oh I dunno, its just that my logic tells me that the reason for the air trap is to keep out any airbourne nastys. But also that the invention of a hydrometer is to keep on top??? AAAAAAAAAAaaarrrrrrrrrrgggggh! This is confusing &...

Thanks for the link Justin & no, didn't notice any loss of gas from the airlock, however I did remove the lid to add the sugar on day 2, so maybe that's why? But shouldn't there be more than just a glug or two, even after say 48-72 hours?

Thank you BrewDan, yes I have a hydrometer & yeah, that makes sense I suppose. Cheers :cheers:

Hiya people , i purchased a beer making kit this week for the first time & I think that I may have screwed it up??? Any comments or suggestions would be gratefully recieved. . . . . . Ok I got a Woodfordes wherry 4.5%abv kit & through rushing around with other things that needed doing I...

Thanks Justin, Yeah I have A hydrometer (which i'm struggling with also!) it reads level with the bottom of the red line, so one mark lower than 40 (towards 50 if that makes sense). And yeah I have an airlock, but I'm not so sure that anything has happened yet coz the water level of it is still...

Whoops!!! have i posted in the wrong place? Sorry I'm Justin, A complete novice ready to learn from the experts. I've never used a forum before but it seems straight forward enough (so I thought). Do I need to re-post somewhere else now :wha: ?

Hiya people :thumb: , i purchased a beer making kit this week for the first time & I think that I may have screwed it up??? Any comments or suggestions would be gratefully recieved. . . . . . Ok I got a Woodfordes wherry 4.5%abv kit & through rushing around with other things that needed doing I...