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I have a really naff thermometer but it says the cold tap water is about 20c. Hydrometer is out by 5. i.e. 0.995 is the reading, what does that mean? When did this happen?

What is calibration temp? (I can check now as work has sent me up the road due to the weather 8-) )

it's a John Bull kit IPA with 2kg of "normal" Tate & Lyle granulated sugar. Also my pal placed fruit from Tesco in a bowl, boiled the bowl for a bit then mashed ingredients down a little (strawberries, blackberries and raspberries), so we anticipated strong

Can this be right, Hydrometer is giving us a reading of 0.997, yet OG was 1.055

OG 1055 Used a John Bull IPA kit, added Raspberries, Strawberries & Blackberries. Also used 2KG of Normal Tate & Lyle Granulated Sugar. See How It Goes ...

I seen "wee dumpy" bottles, Shandy for 1.07 10 bottles

Tastes alright, maybe a little too bitter, should have used less acidic hops, but learning about brewing piece by piece. Hopefully this time next year we're quiet familiar with extract brewing and are starting to price fancy equipment.

Better actually post the link eh? http://www.brewdog.com/blog-article/a-g ... rk-dispute

I just read this just now. What a load of nonsense. If thyey ran their own "British Beer Open" or something for a few years fasir enough but this is only to irritate CAMRA members.

` A lot of her chat goes round in circles and she wouldn't get teenage boys drinking coffee to get out there banger. In saying that a lot of decent well made points. Though I better post here again seeing as I've now actually signed the petition

It's sold to us like that though. Education is what's needed. Get a few adverts featuring formerly talented youngsters now unemployed in their mid 20s and remind everyone how they ruined their potential football/singing/acting careers or whatever because they NEEDED to drink every weekend when...

http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/Articles.asp ... &ID=221459 Will sign the petition after playing Fitba in this hell rain! This explains the beers I saw in ASDA on Friday..

Similar to McAskill's pish up here I presume .. All a ploy to charge folk more money for the same stuff and nothing else! Disguised as "good for public health" but whatever happened tae freedom of choice if I want "oot ma banger" on horrid White Cider then surely that's MY CHOICE?? There's...

Specific Gravity has been 1004 since Friday .. (The Coopers DVD says this is my Final Gravity but surely not if I've just added more sugar). Using the calculator on here though that's 5% and set tae climb a little more though right? (ooft!) Bottled today ... cleaned out most the Coopers Kit...

Can brown sugar be used?

OG - 1042 went relatively well I guess boiled and cooled hops for 15 minutes for a little flavour, also another little bit was boiled for just 5 and threw in at the end. Result is the temp being slightly high 28c but should be ok right? (Hoping a Scottish winter does it's thing...)

Having never used hops before do I have the right thing?, it's packaged like so (http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/aca ... g_4oz.html) with a "Harvest Alpha: 8.0%" Let's hope beer can't be too hoppy (hopy (sp?) - Woman in shop said take a third of this and boil it in a pot and then strain...

After talking to the woman in the shop I bought myself "Cooper's Beer Enhancer 2" to use with my Coopers IPA kit Oor pal's Da' reckons we should just use Granulated Sugar.... And I'm sure I read somewhere on the internet that Rice Syrup (ordered online @ http://www.vit-shop.co.uk/store/p/12542...

That's the shop a went tae aye, although am on the other side of the River at they flats across fae the House Of Sher. Your fae Dunfermline, wit yi daein' supportin' them? This is not the greatest time to admit it but I'm a Morton fan (ma old Da' is fae Greenock and it rubbed off on us, but...

We have one of these kits http://www.brewuk.co.uk/store/featured/ ... r-kit.html (if not it's at least similar and by the same folk ..) We now have a Coopers IPA kit for our next batch (http://www.thehomebrewcompany.co.uk/ind ... ucts_id=14) Also bought the Cooper's Beer Enhancer 2 and some...