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Thanks for the advice guys think i will try the reduced method from RPT :cheers: As it seems too be middle of the road option. After all i want a clean beer with as little sediment as possible. I am also thinking of carbing the bottles up by soda stream either while bottling or after as anyone...

I have done a couple of brews... not so successful, But still learning and getting aload of tips and advice thanks :thumb: .. My coopers ausie lager looked good, but tastes pants, after a question or 2. I have found out its because of my ferm temp was too high, around 27-29c.. Ok put it down...

Thanks just read that thread and i think my best option is the fridge with the controller and heater.. Funds are a little tight at the moment but gives me time too look around for a fridge and save a few quid for the right fridge.. :cheers:

Thanks guys for getting intouch... but i think this answers my question really. The temp was kinda high as i used a heat pad all the time, as in our house the temp various vastly. The temp was around 27c 29c. But with the fermenting going so well thought it would just speed it up (which it did...

It as been 6 weeks since i bottled my first batch of cooper's australian lager. I have tried a bottle on the 4th week after bottling but still had a nasty taste so that leave it another couple of weeks. Only thing i can describe is a little like cleaning fluid what bars and clubs use too clean...

Yes mine was a white blobby thing, that if i shuck up the dj the stuff did sink to the bottom but more would grow in a day or so.. so thought to be safe and binned it.

Iv done a couple of these and 1 i binned (orange) it looked as if something was growning at the top of the brew so tipped down the sink. The other 1 was the summer fruits and that took just over a week too ferment out 0.094. So primed and bottled, left for a week before trying and must admit was...

Hi i put 1 of these on on thursday (the summer fruits).. At the moment everything is looking good, the air lock is bubbling away at a few bubbles a second, temp is between 20c to 22c. I did how ever up the sugar as i thought i could use fizzy lemonade as a mixer or just have it with ice, (just...

I just did my 1st brew a coopers australian lager and i used the starter (i mixed the 3tsp of suger with 2tsp nutrrient in half cup of luke warm water then added the yeast and covered). left it till i mixed up my fv and filled it up . when the temp was about 24c i added the mixer too my fv. The...

While i was getting all my stuff to start my home brewing i knew i would need a pot but the question was what size.. It needed to be big enough but not too big for the hob so i went for a mid size a 14 ltr as i would mainly use beer kit for my first few brews. I also thought if i do go too make...

Hi iv just brewed my first beer kit :D (coopers australian lager). I started on thursday 23 and after 24hrs it was going great. I had too set up a blow out valve and lasted till sunday 26th then with in 24 hrs the bubbles stopped in the airlock i did a hydrometre test yesterday and it read...

Cheers thankyou...think i have some pipe that will do the job :party:

Hi got my first brew on yesterday after reading alot on the forum. THANKS TOO ALL :D Now less than 24 hours my airlock keeps blowing the top off and foam keeps coming out of the top. I know air is not getting back into the brew because of the foam and pressure from the lid (or at least thats my...

Yer i thought it it wouldn't. Il keep with the bottles and buy some more as i have only about 50 500ml bottles.. :cheers: once again to all..

The finings are chitosan (the shell fish one) from wilko beer finings only £1 so thought why not give it a try.. Was thinking about 2 months in total waiting time but planned on a bottle a week after the 1st month just too see what the taste and quality would be like at each stage.. Also...

Hi still waiting for my last thing off e-bay before i can start my first batch :x Anyway i will be brewing the coopers Australian Lager and i want it to be as clear as a lager you would get from the supermarket (hoping anyway). So i have purchased some beer finnings from wilkinsons which i...

Thanks guys and yes forgot about the spirit thing what i meant was liquerur 20% and less :doh: just spent the last few HOURS reading some old and some new threads, trying too find out a thing or 2 and yes i have found out loads of stuff that i have had no idea about and frankley the science bit...

Hi to 1 and all. First il start with the usuall bit, Name is carl but prefer to be called sailor, I live in huddersfield west yorkshire love a beer but hate paying for it (yorkshire lad you see). So thought a while back why not try and brew my own, so over the last couple of months or so been...