Search results

Hi, I've an old fridge, brought indoors from the cold garage, which currently has 50 bottles of John Bull Pilsner inside it and a heat belt (25W) on the bottom shelf, with a thermostat probe taped to the inner wall. We're topping out at 13°C, and I'm after 20°C...BOOO! Is there...

OK great. I've sat it at 7° give or take, but I'll shove it up a little. Sorry if this has been covered a billion times, my search skills are limited. Thanks for all the replies!

Hi, Another newbie question here. Feel free to hand me my cards! Just leaving my beer cold for a few weeks after primary and secondary fermentation are finished. Is there an ideal temp? I imagine as long as it doesn't freeze, or revisit the 18°+ range. Is there a rule of thumb? Thanks.

Thanks a lot. I'm sure I could have asked this elsewhere now I know it's kind of unilaterally applied. Wonder why most instructions keep brew times shorter...maybe the least time needed to create a "passable" beer

Thanks so much, this clears a lot up. A few pals are coming over and I'm glad I postponed them a week. I'll use all the extra time. Cheers!

Anyone able to field this one? Just want to make sure I'm hitting all the marks. As far as I'm aware I've not made any errors on this brew yet, would love it to be as good as possible

I've seen a few people dance about with the amount of time in the FV, often well over the 10 days stated. Are you just waiting for a steady FG, or is it a general rule that you give it a few days' grace to be sure the beer will mature and clear completely? Nothing to be lost and lots to be...

Thanks for all the replies. I'm glad all this is happening on my kit beers and nothing I'm too heavily invested in! That's what they're there for I suppose

A kit beer question. I've done 3 now and onto my 4th before trying to go deeper. This is SO basic someone will be able to answer instantly. But all kits have come with instructions to add some boiled/boiling water, followed by cold (up to 23L), then mix. I know enough basic science to know...

Hell's teeth, so that's the only part I shouldn't do to the book. I'll have to buy a few more bottles to get on with more batches then. Thanks for the advice

OK, thanks very much I'll just leave be til end of November

Hi, I'm a novice brewer on my 2nd brew. I've followed the instructions to the letter for the Abdij, and now at the stage of letting the bottles mature for a number of weeks or even months, after having achieved the correct final gravity, with 2nd fermentation complete ("keep in a warm place"...

Page hadn't refreshed for some reason. Ignore the above. Thanks!

Do you reckon I'm better doing this today or in a couple of weeks? Poses either a cleanliness or an oxidation problem doesn't it.

Perfect. I'll do that ASAP, with (I guess) just sanitised gloves, quickly. I'd love to have trawled through for exactly that information but the search function has its limits. Many thanks for the advice.

Hi all, Did a search etc, nothing relating to my particular issue. Perhaps because I'm a massive *****. Complete newbie. 2 days in the pressure barrel for a primed kit beer I've fermented, and I wanted to turn the tap of the barrel (the balihoo standard one with the ballcock and syphon...