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Thanks for the above, it's very useful. Bookmarked and saved. Brew now down to 1.005

Strange Brew, Point taken I'll leave well alone and hopefully I'll be able to bottle it tomorrow. Thanks to everyone for your help.....much appreciated.

Hi fellas, As I've got a spare FV instead of giving it a stir would it be a good idea to transfer the brew into it, remove the yeast bottom etc and then put it back into the original one today and then leave until tomorrow?

Hi again, No doubt spinning the two hydrometers improved things greatly. Checked they were both reading 1.000 in water first, and then gave them both several spins in the brew. The SG dropped from 1.060 down to 1012/16 and is still there at the moment. The beer tastes as I would suspect a brew...

Shrek, Thanks for your reply. Just tried it and it's 1.000 as it should be.

Calum and Ed, I think we may be at cross purposes here fellas. The hydrometer is not showing 1.006 it's sticking up about 3 inches higher than the surface of the beer and showing 1.060. I used one nought too many. :wha:

Hi, After experiencing a bad taste from my last kit brew which I think was a result of chlorinated water, I learnt that I had 2 options to overcome the problem which was adding half a Campden tablet to the water or using mineral water. I opted for the latter. Using a tin of Geordie bitter...

Never fancied crown caps, and fortunately never needed to use them. In the late sixties I came by 42 old 2 pint Bulmer's cider bottles which I've used continuously for kit brewing ever since. I can still buy the red rubber stopper seals and the stoppers from the LHBS. But I'll bet the bottles...

Moley, Thanks to you and Evantide also for your brilliant link. Bookmarked and saved. What a helpful lot of blokes you are! I've learned more about brewing in the last 2 days than I've known in the last 5 years.

Robsan77, Thanks for that friend, I should have spotted it myself ......senior moment! Darcey, IIRC = "If I remember correctly"......sounds good to me. Many thanks to you both. :clap:

Hi, New member struggling to understand abreviations ie IIRC etc etc. Is there list of them anywhere on the forum? Have conducted a search but found nothing. Mandarin Chinese was easier than this. :mrgreen:

Beer eagle, Point taken. Many thanks.

Thanks for that Beer Eagle I have a spare FV so I'll pre condition with half a campden tablet as you suggest. Going off thread slightly I've been led to believe that the scum which forms on the brew after a day or so should be removed in order to prevent the brew being "yeast bitten" Any...

V sat2 Thanks for your reply. Half a Campden tablet will be used next time.

I also live in a hard water area, use the kits and my beer sometimes tastes and smells "off" (chemici yaste) It either goes down the sink or is mixed with lemonade to convert to shandy. Perhaps I should also be using a campden tablet. All advice appreciated.