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I thought the sg was high enough at 1080 so I waited until the sg was down to 1010 then added the remainder of the sugar syrup it's fermenting well now will just leave it now until completion

Thanks for the advice, I still had to add the remainder of the sugar syrup to the FV, so I have done this and returned the FV to the brew fridge. Will keep you posted if I have any problems Thanks

I have not made wine from supermarket grape juice for some time, some i thought i would make some. 4 Ltrs of Lidl red grape juice 10oz of granulated sugar and the usual addatives, I only added half the sugar as after adding it the SG was 1082 so decided to let it ferment for a few days i...

Hi all, looking for some advice, I have just racked 2 gallon of plum wine made from fresh plums, as you all know you always loose some wine when you are racking from demijohn to demijohn. I have been left with demijohn's 60 mm from the top i would like to top them up before I store them to...

Hi all, I have just completed a cider brew bottled it and waited two weeks before trying it the other day I put two bottles in the fridge overnight opened a bottle today and even after two weeks it was very nice good fruity taste and slightly sparkling so would recommend this cider can't wait...

how much lemon juice do you use

Just got a large amount of ripe plums and I am looking for a good plum wine recipe

I had another bottle of coppers lager last night or was ok but did not really had a strong lager taste never mind I will leave it a few months and see if it improves

Hi Im dewar from Falkirk and have just made some coopers lager for my first brew, it has finally turned out ok, looking forward to my next brew

I have just opened a bottle of coopers lager that i was having problems carbonating and it is finally looking like lager with degree of carbonation so i will now move all the bottles to the cool garage for maturing, the only thing i would say is that it does not have a very strong lager taste...

I have just built my brew fridge and temperature controller using the STC-1000 control box, is there a way that i can fit a small light to the box to show when the heater is on and when the fridge is on

Did you turn the bottle upside down a few time after adding the sugar or just put the cap on a leave it to settle

I too have had the same problem this is my first attempt at brewing beer (Coopers lager) so do you think I should do the same and add some more sugar to a few bottles and see what happens i also used the 500 ml pet bottles and added i carbonation tablet supplied with the kit. any advice welcome