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Whoops to late. Read instructions and said reading should drop to 1.008 before bottling or legging.

Yes,seems fine

Checked today, was 1.008 so Keged up with some prime sugar. Cheers all

I started a Muntons premium pilsner a week ago today, The froth is slowed down air lock never really go going , air escaped elsewhere I think. just done hydrometer reading it's saying 1.010. Should i give it more days to drop lower?

I have a few different wines on the go, Nettle wine, Oak leaf wine and grape and peach juice wine, all have been fermenting for 3 weeks now and don't seem to clearing or bubbles slowing down. Should I force these to stop and clear or just let them take their coarse?

Does anyone use ground Ivy for flavouring beer? A mate who is a keen forager told me its an old plant that was used flavour and to help clear beer in past.

after close inspection most grain and hops are out of date, also yeast is a month out of date too, so may not bother going down this route for the time being. cheers for the reply's all.

what would be a good malt extract to use? also would grain need to be crushed? Also noticed the colour of the hops are starting to turn brown should these be thrown and get new?

I have bag, not sure what's the best way to go,also I have a large cooking pot, If I was to use malt extract how would I do this?

I have a bit of equipment, just made a kit beer. How much pale malt would I need for 10ltr batch? Would like to at least give it a try,that's why it would be a trial 10ltr.

Hi, I have recently acquired a load of beer making ingredients and equipment. I only just started home brew beer making, well I started a beer kit 2 days ago, so i don't no a lot. What I was wondering was what should I do to use ingredients I have to make a trial batch of 10 litres. Never...

thanks for setting my mind at rest guys, would of been nice to see a little action though.

Started my first ever Beer brew yesterday, problem is air lock is not bubbling, I think air must be escaping from elsewhere, I have a hole for air lock and one with a bung for heater,I have tried rapping cling film around to make it air tight but not sure it worked. The brew itself is bubbling fine.

I have now purchased a Aquarium heater to regulate temperature, we're supposed to have warm days and cold nights this week. Why do you have pipes off your air locks?

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I was thinking of doing this, I am going to be doing my first Beer home brew at the end of the week, its a pilsner. Wondering to keep it in kitchen for first brew, south facing with patio doors in open plan kitchen stays quite warm this time of year around 20 - 21c, not sure of through the...

Ok will try yeast provided,see how it goes.

how long is a regular temperature needed for when brewing, ie till moved to keg?

would a larger yeast taste better? Also it could be brewed in my Shed for lower temp, depending on the weather.

not really messing with room temp only if the temp drops too low