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looking good :thumb:

just done a reading, its at 1.005, its looking good, i drank the sample and it was lush, will put it into barrell tomorrow

thanks eggman, will use brewing sugar for priming, thanks so much :thumb:

ive got this in the cupboard, it will be my next brew, will throw in 1kg of brew enhancer and 500g of spray malt

Hi guys, just wondering what you would recommend as a priming sugar for a barrell, should I use brew enhancer or brewing sugar?, thanks.

thanks adam, yes, its a great bit of kit

yer, craigtube is great :thumb: i think my brew is sitting at 3.8% at the moment

thanks lads, found craigtubes vid on hydrometers, superb :D so my first reading was 1.041 and my now reading is 1.012 yinar ;) still short of kegging up, i take another reading monday or tuesday, thanks for being patient with me and helping me, much appreciated, have subbed to craigtube...

Just took a hydrometer reading from the fv, its now at 310, it was at 1050 at the start, so at least its been fermenting, its been in the fv for 11 days, will take another reading on monday or tuesday. It smelled lovely when i opened the lid, i drank the sample, it tasted like stout, lacking in...

Guys, ive just found out about heating sources for the FV, I live in a cold home with high ceilings, so trying to keep the brew in the FV at a constant 20 degrees is pretty much impossible, I have a 25 litre plastic FV, please could you advise me on what type of heating source product i should...

Hi pittsy, just been looking at my hydrometer, there is a few scales on it, 40 is the same as 104, and my brew registered 41 on the scale where 40 was, and just over 104 on that scale, on the 104 scale the next reading is 117.

omg, any chance of you posting some of it up here :lol: 8% mamma

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Thanks guys, I hope the brew will be ok, the room the fv sits in never goes below 18 degrees, and usually stays at 20, ive wrapped a bath towel around the fv to try and keep the temp the same, is this wise or should I remove the towel? the hydrometer reading said 41, im sure that's 1041 but...

Got my first brew on in 17 years, it's a Coopers Stout, I kept it simple but added 1.3kg of brewing sugar, took a reading before adding the yeast and got a reading of 41. Everything was surgicaly clean, however, I did add the yeast before taking the temp, after realising my mistake I took the...

Thanks Sloe, great info, much appreciated :thumb:

Thankyou so much Mick, that's the airlock yes, I had no idea what it was for or how to use it, i'm doing my first brew this weekend, thanks again :cheers:

How much brewing sugar would you guys recommend to put in the FV? i do like a strong pint, and how much priming sugar would anyone recommend to put in the 40 pint plastic keg? thanks guys :thumb:

So i have my fermenting vessel, it has an airlock on the lid, now then, how do i use the airlock? I'm thinking that when the FV expands, i open the airlock to let the air out then close the airlock again, this is easier than cracking open the lid of the FV to let the air out, is this correct...

The Coopers stout is what is coming with my starter kit. Sounds bloody nice from what you guys have been saying, i am a big big Guinness, real ale drinker, so am excited about the outcome. After reading this thread, i was thinking of using 1.5Kg of brewing sugar in the FV, and im not sure how...