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Now I'm confused. So I ferment the beer for about a week, then bottle or barrel it, then leave in the warm for a further 7-10 days and then put into a colder environment for 10-12 days? Thanks for the "putting a few bottles somewhere warm for a week" tip though, as a previous tip said to...

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Thanks for that. I'll have a read through that list, but will probably need to open another bottle first, as it just tasted wrong, I don't recall exactly what the flavour reminded me of.

That's interesting, because with every batch of beer I've made (I started back in January), after the primary fermentation has finished, I put the bottles or barrel in my cloakroom for two days before transferring to the garage for a further 12 days and that's always turned out fine. How long...

Thanks for replying, I'll have a read of that link. The carbonation seems to be OK, in fact that was the only thing that appeared alright. I used carbonation drops, one per bottle. They were bottled with a syphon directly from the FV. Then kept in the house for two days, before transferring to...

Hi folks, I found a basic All Grain recipe on here, got the ingredients, bought a 15L stock pot and away I went. The first (5L) batch was good, perfectly fine and very drinkable beer. So for the second batch, I doubled the ingredients to make 10L. All went well and I managed to fill 27 x...

Hi all, very interesting thread. I've just done my second All Grain and as much as I enjoy making beer, and usually have sufficient time in which to do it, I do find it really does take a while. I read a 'how to' guide on here and then bought myself a 15 litre pot to make it in. The guide said...

I bought a BIAB bag, as mentioned in the original post. I did find things difficult using a sieve, which was also part of the original post. As mentioned in my post above that begins "Thanks everyone", in the end I used the bag for the Grains, then emptied it, rinsed it and used it again for...

That's interesting. Do you throw them into the pot? As I found if I draped the bag over the top of the pot (I gave this a trial run before making the beer), that the bag melts on contact to the pot, because the bag is made of plastic.

Thanks everyone. In the end I just rinsed out the bag after clearing the grains from it and then used it again for the hops. But the tips to weight it down with spoons and to pin it to the pot with bulldog clips were very useful. I now have 10 litres of Pale Ale fermenting away.

Now that's an idea! Just checked with the wife and she's an old pair with a decent denier (I believe that's the correct terminology) that could work. I've given up on the plastic mesh bag, it seems OK with the hot water, but melts on contact with the hot pan. Every day's a school day!

Thanks for all that. Much appreciated. So should I buy another big bag or is it safe to use the bag the Malt was in, if I give it a rinse first?

Hi folks, I'm going to attempt my second A.G. tomorrow. For my first attempt I put the Malt in the pot and then strained it through a sieve, which took a few goes as it filled up very quickly and then when I used the sieve later with the hops, it took forever. They clogged the sieve up and I had...

I've only just tried my first All Grain (it's ready this Wednesday), but started with kits at the beginning of the year. I quickly got to the stage where I like to experiment with the basic ingredients. So I'm currently drinking (not right at this second, it's not even 10am) a Wilko Stout, to...

Brilliant! Thanks so much for that. So the lack of foam/gas isn't a worry either? Or could it just be a bit later than usual?

Thanks to both of you for your suggestions. I've since followed the instructions on the link above and made a blow off tube, using an old litre glass bottle. I've poured into it a diluted 2:1 thin bleach, used the tube from my siphon, cut the end from an airlock and held the tube in the bottle...

Hi folks, hope you're all keeping well? I started brewing beginning of the year. I've been buying the basic ingredients kits from Wilko. Just started my sixth batch, which is my second Stout. I'm at the 'sick of bottling' stage, so have just bought my second King Keg. However, I only realised...

So just to double check, household sugar is a no-no for primary, but for barrel priming, it's fine? Also, is 90g the amount regardless of the beer volume or is that just for the full 40 pint batch? Therefore a percentage of that if a lesser amount is used, due to my bottling a few?

Thanks Clint. So I'd still need to add sugar, but would that be brewing sugar like with primary fermentation or the carbonation drops I use in the bottles?

Hi folks, hope you're all keeping well? I'm on my fourth batch and am thoroughly enjoying the whole process. I have a FV I bought from Wilko and have bottled the first three batches. I now also have a King Keg and intend to bottle a few (to give away and for comparison), but will put most of it...