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I just tested my hydrometer with tap water and let it warm to 20C. It's sitting at 1.003. this won't be helping. So can I knock 0.003 off the gravity of the beer to compensate?

I used the same yeast earlier the year in another Helles but brewed at room temperature and it finished at 1.009 If there's still no more movement over the next day or so, will it be ok to bottle? The samples I've tasted are good so would be a shame to waste it.

Thanks, will try that and see how it goes.

Was all grain and mashed at 66C for 1 hour

I'm brewing a Helles using 34/70. The batch is 13 litres and I pitched the whole packet of yeast sprinkled on top. The temp schedule is 10 days at 12.5 then 4 days at 18.5 with a day's cold crash at the end. Starting gravity was 1.046 and the gravity hasn't moved from 1.020 for about a week...

I have now purchased the equipment needed to make this work. FTSs - Ordered from themaltmiller, got a 5% discount Coolbox - Igloo Profile 16 Small 15 Litre Cool Box Icepacks - 8 packs, 4 for the coolbox and 4 for the freezer. To be changed out every 12 hours Bulkhead manifoldx2 - The...

This looks great, hopefully I can get all the bits and pieces before my next brew

Thanks!

Think I'll go with the coolbox. What kind of fittings do you use on the lid of the cool box to ensure a tight seal?

Thanks, very useful and something else for me to consider before making a decision on what option to go for.

That looks brilliant and doesn't take up much space either.

Thanks Ben, I hadn't considered the safety of the heat belt and fermenter before, so I think it's time to stop using it. Think I'll go with a cool box and the SS cooling system. Seems like what I need. Many thanks for the help.

This sounds great. Did you need to make any modifications to the cool box and would you be able to recommend one that would be suitable?

I have an SS Brewtech brew bucket mini and have been thinking about how to control the temperature of the fermentation. Having only been doing AG for about a year I'd like to improve the quality of my beer and from what I've read controlling the fermentation temperature will have the biggest...

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No worries. One other thing, i've made a 5 litre batch as a first attempt which has now been bottled. I ended up with just less than 4 litres in the end though. should I have topped up with water to make the full 5 litres at some point during the process?

Thanks, that's what I wasn't sure about. Will wait until the 10 litre demijohn arrives.

Sorry if it's been mentioned already in the thread, but if I were to make 10 litres by doubling up, will it be ok to ferment in my 5 gallon fermenter? I'm waiting on a 10 litre demijohn being delivered, so can wait till this arrives if not.

It's been kept around 20 degrees so will try adding some more sugar as suggested. Thanks for the help!

New to the forum and looking for some advice. I'm making Young's American IPA and I racked to my bottling bucket yesterday and added the priming sugar to the bottling bucket. Got about 20 bottles filled and my bottle capper broke. I now have about 8 or 9 litres left in the bottling bucket still...