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Many thanks for the response, I've a feeling cooling them will make them even lower carbed as the pressure is lowered. I'll see what I can do, just definitely don't want to the wedding to be remembered for a ridiculous accident, so I'm definitely erring on the side of caution

Hi, I had a coopers PET bottle explode a bit ago (a split formed in the base of it, can only assume too much pressure), after I thought the brewferm Tripel I had in there had finished priming. Short of space and not wanting this to happen again, I made sure I de-gassed the rest of them...

Just to awaken this thread - drank my hydrometer sample today. This is already an absolutely glorious beer. Took me right back to Ghent. Must NOT mess this one up! Used light spraymalt instead of sugar. It's stuck at 1020 but will hopefully stretch its legs a little now I've racked to...

Yeah my problem was it swung too far the other way, always a sensible move though. The temptation is to just leave the thing weeks and not even take a reading since there's so little in there to begin with, haha. The wedding is in September so I'm in no rush to get them bottled!

Thanks for the replies, I got muddled up between two brews, but 9L Abdij needed 63g as confirmed by brewersfriend, but this was way too low in every bottle. So I wonder if I forsake clear beer for better carbonation, by not doing secondary or cold crashing... Luckily I have a knackered fridge...

Hi, I brewed the Abdij kit to the letter last year, blinking gorgeous, but undercarbed. Their priming sugar values seem very low compared with brewersfriend (which I've used with great success for carbing). Like 65g versus 100g or something. Anyway, I've bought 8 of their kits for a Belgian...

I'd love to say you're right, I just keep learning and unlearning the same basic information over and over!

Made a bunch of errors in bottling. Usual sanitation procedure but sloppy handling of equipment/lack of room during bottling, may get a few dud bottles. Also the gasket thing on my autosyphon was leaking so the wort has bubbled and oxidised a bit when passing through it. I went with the 100g...

Unsure about the paint thing, I'd imagine if it were sealed and airlocked it wouldn't make a difference

Yikes. Thats not good! Did you use the 100g packet of priming sugar? I'm using 150g based on the info I got from brewersfriend priming calculator. Glad to have taken your advice on late hop addition, although might not cold crash it now since you've said that about the flavour. I'm so sorry...

Knew I should have started at a lower temp...the foam has nearly clogged the airlock after one day! I've only had time to drop the temp one degree, sanitise a paddle and mix in the foam for now til tomorrow morning. Blow-off tubes at the ready.

I had a feeling I might be hopping far too early for the timescale planned! Thanks. When the instruction says dry hop after 5 days, I've used that as an anchor point instead of the bottling stage, and adjusted from there. In truth, I'm still sketchy with how hop aroma and hop taste are...

Seems like a dead-ish thread but just thought I'd thank you all, I read this from start to finish before beginning brewing and have adjusted my standard approach accordingly. Day 1: make 23L wort, pitch yeast, ferment at 20°. Day 14: dry hop Day 21: rack to secondary and cold crash Day 28...

Ah thanks for your replies. I'd read elsewhere that pouring a few ounces of beer into the gap between tube and cane would act as a plug. Seems an unnecessary piddle. Just tasting the Munton's Belgian I first had the problem with several weeks ago. Doesn't seem to have hurt it one bit, having no...

I don't know what I did different to you lot, but I think this is my favourite, most interesting beer brewed so far. I might have a taste for it though. My first trip to Belgium I was blown sideways by the style, didn't know what to look for and honestly didn't like much on offer. Second time I...

Hi, As the pic should show, it's bust, and causing air to get into the wort as it moves through the syphon. Can I purchase spares of this separately anywhere, or does it have to be a new racking cane each time? Ta

Hah. Not for the first time...depends how long I've been sober

Yeah like I say it won't wash off, stuck fast. Weird scenario!

Thanks for the replies. We're talking upwards of 40 bottles. It's a Cooper's European lager, nothing I'm extraordinarily protective about - more bothered about future brews, but at the same time I hate wasting (plastic, in particular) by throwing away. I like the theory of something corrosive...

I do have an image but can't upload, hah.