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any advice for my first jump into home brewing, Youngs American IPA. I added the hops on Friday 27th after 8 days of fermenting, the gravity reading then was 1009, today Monday 30th i checked the brew and the gravity reading is 1004, the hops have spread out but cover the top of the brew, does...

Thanks Tom

Im 2 weeks into my first ever venture into home brew, a youngs American IPA, I think it’s going well but as I’m new to it all i cant tell yet. I’m not ready to start brewing with recipes or mashing yet so I’m using kits for my first few until i get used to the process, i prefer IPA and lagers, i...

Just a quick update for any advice, i added the hops on Friday 27th after 8 days of fermenting, the gravity reading then was 1009, today Monday 30th i checked the brew and the gravity reading is 1004, the hops have spread out but cover the top of the brew, does this sound about right as i...

By the way the barrel has 15 psi on it, it came with the kit so I’ve never used it.

Is it normal for it to start fermenting again once the hops are added, when i checked the airlock before i added the hops it was bubbling every 50seconds or so, the gravity was 1009, since adding the hops the bubbling has become more frequent again, every 8 seconds or so.

Ok thank you, so I’ll check the gravity every 2 days from now until it bottoms out before transferring it.

Thanks terry I’ll check it out

I just put them in the fermenter Straight out of the pack. So I don’t transfer the brew to barrel/bottle after 3 or 4 days then. I leave it in a cold place for another 3 days with the hops in then transfer it to my barrel.

Hi all, i decided to take the plunge into home brewing as i have a lot of time on my hands and thanks to lock down all the pubs are shut. I bought a starter kit which included a Youngs American IPA which i started last friday 20th nov. I have trouble with keeping a constant temp in the house as...