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so bottom line I think...... just get tore in. Cheers guys for the insight.

So got a trial of beersmith. Struggling to fill out the equipment section as I've not used it yet and don't know the answers. headache.

That's the thing, I'm looking for a recipe. Beer smith? let me just get my google out.

ok so want to do first AG. I have picked up a stainless steel boiler (free!!) but it only holds 4 gallon / 18L. as its my first i would like to follow a recipe however most of the recipes cater for around 20-22L mark. If I loose say 3L+/- through the process that leaves me with 15L+/- approx...

you'll need to measure your gravity before you strain then use this to work out how much sugar you need to add to get you up to 13. although i tried this recently and miss calculated, looks like i'm going to land closer to 15%. what can you do?

4 days on and fermentation is strong, so strong it keeps blowing the water out of the bubbler, had to top it up twice now. Temp has been at a steady 19c.

and she's off. Fermentation has started and it smells awesome.

the Mrs had 1.5kg of red currents and 1.5kg of black currents in the freezer that had to go to make room, so......... 1.5kg red currents 1.5kg black currents 2 crushed c/t tablets 6 pints boiling water Water added to fruit to thaw then brought back to the boil and fruit crushed with tattie...

couldn't wait any longer, cracked one open today to see what's happening:- cracking colour, crystal clear, no odd smells. very little carb, no head. Over all am happy but will leave in the warmth for another week or so before sticking up the loft to condition for a while. well i was hoping...

Cheers chap, suppose i will find out.

I have not used any kind of finnings with this, hoping it will clear naturally. what sort of length of time will this take?

I had a wee sniffter of my first attempt at a (ahem) "wine" today, 5 days after first racking. totally stunned, tastes quite nice, handed a wee glass to the mrs to try, her face was a peach, she loved it. happy days.

Thought some of you diy'ers might be interested in this stuff, some of my product design mates are using this stuff top create some fantastic things, I've already ordered some to create a siphon clip to attach to fv & dj, ideas are endless. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hm-nPZ6 ...

Mine went into bottles last night - 41 of. sitting by the stove for the next 2 weeks.

..........Eh, aye, dont know where that 4 came from, should have been a 2....... £20, aye definitely £20. sorry for the confusion, anyway back to the point, will it work out?

Looking to brew my second kit, thinking about; coopers brew master wheat beer + 1.5kg coopers amber mat extract + 500g light spray malt or brewing sugar = ?? should cost around £40 inc delivery, cheap at a £1 a pint (if good) but far too expensive to risk a shambles. Opinions? will this...

The recommendation on my European lager is 8g per L

sample today came in at 1010 so has dropped a wee bitty, would be good if it will go down to 1006 / 1008 :pray:

Just one question.............. what did you do with the carp?? :wha: :lol:

Yeah mate, happy. curious thing, the bubbler activity virtually stopped 2 days ago, but after removing the lid this morning and taking my sample its started bubbling away every couple of seconds. have my actions somehow re-triggered the fermentation? is this a common thing? I removed the...