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I want some advice on how long my bottled beer will last before it goes off? Or the taste gets worse? My beer is about 5%-6%. It is bottled and kept in a very dark relatively cool place. I am not expert enough to know about the exacted ingredients, but its mostly just standard lager kits. Just...

So far all my brews have been mostly successful. The only problem I have encountered is that some of my beer is a bit flat. I know its to do with the ammount of sugar I use to prime the bottles and the temperature, I store them in after bottling. The thing is I have already maxed out 3 fridges...

Thanks, I will look into it.

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I have had this problem, since I decided to go for the bottle method instead of the keg. My crimping/clamping device is quiet bent now and so far I have destroyed two large stella bottles when exerting too much pressure. I have found a way round this but it is frustrating. I have 3 types of...

I think I am at the stage now where everything goes great until, I make a stupid mistake. My mistake this time was not bothering to prime my bottles today and deciding to add the sugar after syphoning. Lets just say I have spent 5 hours today, just slowly putting sugar into the beer bottles...

I double checked the reading and its more like 1.002. I have had 3 brews now that started at 1.040 and ended up between 1.002 and 1.000. They tasted ok. I had followed the instructions to the letter. I don't think the hydrometer is faulty, because I have two that I use. Also the temperature is...

I understand thanks. I will stick with the 1 Kg for now probably. If I did want to use two beer kits, and 2kg of sugar, should I also use double the yeast? or just 1?

Hi. I took hydrometer reading just before I added yeast. It was 1.030. One min after that I tested again after adding and stirring the yeast. It became 1.040. How is this possible because fermentation has not even began? I always seem to start with 1.040 and end up with 1.000 which is a good...

I just wondered what would happen, if instead of adding 1kg of sugar to a 5 gallon fermentation container I added 2kg? Would this make the beer stronger, or would the yeast just run out and the beer would be sugary swee?

I tend to just syphon everying above the sedement into a container, then use a jug and funnel to pour the beer into the bottles. Its all sterelised and works a lot better for me. Is there anything wrong with doing it this way?

Hi. I use Young's Plastic fermentation containers. I have heard of light scuttling the beer from UV rays, but have never kept the fermentation containers away from light apart from when I am syphoning from them. So far I do not think I have had and problems with the beer. Also there is no...

Hi. Thanks for all the advice. I can only really store the bottles in empty cupboards and the larger storage area already have fridges in them producing heat. I think the temparature in the cupboards will be almost as warm as room temparature. Does anyone know any form of a natural low cost way...

Hi. I am on my third brew and almost run out of space in three fridges. I know after fermentation is complete and the beer is bottled and a couple days in warm room, it should go to a cool environment. What I wanted is how cool does this environment need to be. Because I don't have a garage or...

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I have a slight problem. I do not have scales. I have a measuring jug, that works in liters. I am using standard white sugar. I want to know how many liters is 1 KG of standard white sugar. The liters is UK liters not US. I have tried to find a calcular online, but none of them work. In common...

I should be ready to syphon my second brew today or tommorow. With my first brew, I had to quickly transfer the syphon from bottle to bottle when they got filled up. Some of the beer leaked and it was a bit messy. I have read all the guides and they don't really explain, what I am supposed to...

This was on my first brew. I followed the instructions perfectly and still found that after 1 week of my beer bottles of being in the fridge, they have a small rather unmoving white sludge on the bottom. At first I thought, that despite my best efforts, I thought I had messed up the syphoning...

I know its a bit of a cheapish question, but can I re-use the bottle caps from the original beer bottles? I know the obvious answer is no, but its not like I am hard up. I just bought a load of 500, because last time I went to the shop before, they were sold out. I probably know more about...

Thanks for your advice. It has really got me out of a panic.