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I read a post in another thread which said "dont fear the foam". I liked that and for my last 2 brews ( from Coopers kits), ive not rinsed the Star-San foam out befor botting. I half fill the bottle with star san, give it a good shake, leave it to stand for a few minutes, then tip thhe star san...

Ok, thanks. The beer is in crown capped glass bottles. Ill give it a few more days in the shed then Ill bring a case indors.

Final SG was 1.008. The final wort was still, the krausen had completely droped and it was clear. Its a dark stout, so, obviously, very dark, but looked clear. I calculated the alcohol at 4.2%

Thanks for all the advice folks. Very helpful Am I now looking at ( potentially) 40 bottle bombs ? Should I leave it all out in the shed just to be sfe ?

Ive made 3 brews from kits, and so far everything has been just fine. Today I bottled my 4th kit. A Coopers Dark Stout from a can. Fermentation was faster and more vigorous than the previous 3, and was over within 5 days. I left it for a day, then racked the stout into a second fv 3 days...

What is 'pitching' ( sorry, new to brewing)

So is 'secondary fermentaion done in the bottle or in a second FV after racking off the beer from the first FV to lose all thethick sediment ?

Not at all Bigcol. Thanks for your help

Cant remember the actual SG, but I calculated the alcohol at 3.64%.

Cant remember the actuel SG, but I calculated the alcohol as 3.64%

Advice needed. Ive just made my 2nd brew, from a Wilco 'Hoppy Bitter' kit. After the main fermentation, I racking the brew off into a 2nd brew bin in an attempt to 'cold crash' the beer. I put the brew bin out in the shed where the temp was only 1 or 2 degrees ( very cold weather). I also made...

Thanks all for some excellent advice. I have a hydrometer, so will check the SG in few days. Starting SG was 1.040. Just one more point, what is krausen ?

Thats excellent advice. Thank you.

Sorry. I misled you. I made a mistake Im supposed to add hops on saturday not malt....sorry. It ws a kit I got as a christmas gift. It was in a plastic pouch type container with wet and dry compartments. In the dry compartment was a silve foil pack labelled " bitter hops". Im supposed to add...

I made my brew last saturday, and its in a 25l brew bin with a sealed lid and air lock. It didnt do anything for 3 days, then on tuesday, it started to ferment, and the airlock was bubbling nicely. The brew bin is sitting inside a large plastic trug in case it bubbled over. On tuesday...

Hello everyone. Just getting back into brewing after a 25yr absence. Looking forward to reading and participating in the forums.