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Our initial reading was around 6.5% ABV and when we moved it to the secondary it was 3.5%, so I guess we just leave it there for a couple of weeks and then stick the hydrometer in the demijohn to see how it is going. Presumably we need to ensure it is in the "Green Zone" on the hydrometer to...

:mrgreen: I'm very green at this so... I moved my beer from the primary fermenter to the secondary (3 demijohns) after 10 days. It looked to me like there wasn't much ging on anymore. The hydrometer I have gives me a reading as a ABV% which was 3.5%. I've read a bit about homebrewing and I thik...

Wow, that looks great! I hadn't seen that one the web - should be very useful in the future. Many thanks.

When it comes to bottling - what should I prime with? I read somewhere on the internet that normal sugar (sucrose) leads to very large bubbles, which fits with my one previous attempt to bottle beer. Should I go for something like glucose or dextrose instead?

Many thanks for those replies. I'll put it down to experience and I guess the beer will tell me something about the effect of gypsum on beer. I was intending to dry hop, by just adding in some Goldings leaf hops (or Cascade pellets if I can get them in time) during the secondary fermentation...

It is my 2nd attempt at brewing (I once made some bitter from a kit but it didn't turn out well); this time I'm using some decent ingredients (malt from a tin, leaf hops (Fuggels and Goldings) and some crystal malt). I wanted to add a bit of gypsum as I'm aiming for a Pale Ale, so I read the...