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Cheers for that. Was aiming for a steady temp with my inkbird so hopefully my fridge will hold out. I'll look into the yeast you've mentioned, I wanted to get some decent yeast for this kit but my usual homebrew place had been pretty much picked clean. Chose the wrong time to get back into brewing!!

Ah I think I get it a bit more now. I'll stick with the lower temp for lager type beers. I'm really looki g forward to getting this one on the go

I'll add that to my amazon wish list, and to my bedtime reading athumb..

I'll add that to my bedtime reading, thank you for that. Leaning more towards using a starter as I want to avoid as much ale-ness as possible

@MyQul I had to go to night school after failing my gcse and still only got an 'E' after that. Well that's my bedtime reading sorted for tonight, looking up that calculator and a few others then wait for the postman to bring me my goodies athumb..

@MyQul so in a sense the starter feeds the yeast and makes it replicate? So it's yeast breeding rather than buying more yeast? I'll have a look at the MrMalty yeast calculator later but I must be honest numbers and me have never been best of friends but I'm gonna have to make peace with maths...

@MyQul so definitely starter route if I want to ferment at 15 degrees? I denitely don't want a stuck fermentation. And 2L of starter will be fine for a 20L brew? Once all this craziness blows over I'm going to give grain brewing / BIAB a go now I've got the space for all my kit at my new place

Thanks terrym. I thought that's what you meant but just wanted to make sure. So the 2 yeasts combines would give me 12g, enough for the kit around the 23L mark? Might even brew short to 18 / 20L for a little more oomph

@MyQul im catching some of them between pottering about on YouTube putting off doing housework! And thanks a million for that, it's good to know how to stretch yeast for future reference. Gonna be brave and give it a go and ferment the beer around the 15 degree mark as I think that's what the...

I'm sure I've got a demijohn lurking somewhere, and I've got a bung and airlock that'll fit. I'll have a hunt for LME later. Just caught your edit, thanks for that. So 160g of either DME or LME to 2 litres. Definitely gonna give this a go. So chuck in the starter and the remaining yeast and DME...

So 4g of yeast to 130g of DME in 2 litres. How long to let that sit before using?

Brilliant, thanks for that. I'll have to Google what's around me as I've just moved to a completely new area but there must be a Holland and Barrett round here somewhere!

@terrym this is what I've ordered: https://www.home-brew-online.com/beer-kits-c1/coopers-international-series-mexican-cerveza-beer-kit-p137 So am I correct in thinking I *could* use the kit yeast *and* youngs yeast together? Ferment around 12/13 degrees? @foxbat i didn't even think about the...

Hi all Waiting for a Coopers Cerveza Kit to come to get back into brewing again after moving. Did a Wilko one a while ago with no brew fridge and extra light DME and it was okay-ish but definitely had an ale-like undertone to it which I'm guessing was from the standard yeast they put in their...

Ha! Figured out how to do photos again!! Not the greatest pic but here's the mould. It's a dusty kind of one, not the furry kind

Thinking of that for the swing tops but might give the oven a go for the bottles as a nuclear option. They were stored in a damp shed for a while and mould came from a not so clean SMA formula tin I'd stuck in there for screws and odds and ends, it destroyed my guitar amp cover but that seemed...

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Will do. Just fixing up the brew fridge and sorting my bits out while I wait for my sanitizer to come

Think I'll do them seperately just to be on the safe side, some are definitely plastic but some aren't and I'll only bugger it up knowing me

Didn't think of that, seems like a winner. And if they're swing tops take the lids + grommets off first? That'll teach me for leaving an SMA tin In a damp shed for ages. Shame I can't fit my guitar amp in the oven, bloody fungus got that too