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right thanks, my original plan was to syringe the sugar solution into the bottle then fill - maybe a bit more fiddly but wouldn't this be better for carbonation as it starts in the bottle rather than being started in the bucket (and losing some) before bottling?

its the beerworks Merseyside dockers IPA, the kit says to add on day 5 all the hops after mashing and heating in water, draining then adding to the FV, but I wanted to dry hop some. I have muslin bags I can sanitize and add hops to, I also have a bag to put over my syphon to try and keep bits...

I'm adding some hops on day 5 which will be mashed and heated with water before adding then I will dry hop some for aroma a few days before bottling. so its better if I add the priming sugar into my bottling bucket (dissolved in hot water) then syphon onto it then leave an hour and bottle?

oh and the cold crash, I could do this by simply turning off my emersion heater after my hydrometer gets steady readings right? its already in the garage so I could turn off the emersion heater and put the bucket on the floor but I have read that it may lead to less carbonation in the bottling ...

that was my plan , thanks

thanks, I already have plans to add peach and rasberries to my next brew.

its not an all grain kit, it was basically a bag of liquid malt a bag of glucose and packet of yeast with hops to then be added at day 5

thanks for your replies, I was going to prime in the bottle (bought some sterile syringes) do you think its better to just add to the bottling bucket then? im brewing in my garage with an emersion heater in FV1. I am then bottling in pet plastic brown bottles with screw tops. would it be best...

Hi, in my IPA kit came a bag of challenger hops, it says to add hot water and mash up before adding, I have read that its best not to add really hot water just warm so I was going to do that but thought about maybe warming and mashing half for the bitter and dry hopping the other half for aroma...

Hiya, so I started my first brew at the weekend, a kit form beerworks the Merseyside dockers IPA. I got it along with my equipment from love hombrew. before purchasing I watched all their instructional videos and in one they syphoned the beer from one bucket to another so I got a second bucket...

Hi, I'm Rob. Started my first brew at the weekend. A kit from beerworks the Merseyside dockers IPA, hopefully all goes well and many more to come.