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It is a Belgian I am doing, not sure of the exact ingredients as it was a premade mic from Home brew store. I was thinking of reducing the yeast amount as most packs say they are suitable for as much as 20 litres, so thought maybe this amount in 5 litres would be classed as overpitching.

Good advice, I will stick with leaving a bigger headspace at the moment, as mentioned I do intend on gradually increase the size of my batches once space allows.

Hi Grizzly, thanks for the offer, but I am in Edinburgh so not really close at all, also if I get a larger fv I will need a larger pot and more storage space, which I haven't got just now, hopefully soon and then I can get more equipment. Thanks again for the kind offer.

Thanks, my airlock sits level with the underside of my lid. As mentioned before, I will gradually move up to bigger fvs.

Thanks, will need to get or make one of those in the near future, I hope to eventually get up to that size of fv.

You are probably correct about us all over worrying, we all just want the best beer possible, but most brews will be some kind of beer no matter what. I've heard of the auto siphon, not used one yet, that would certainly add a lot of oxygen, but as you said a very nice beer in the end, so maybe...

Yeah thanks will check, all the yeast I've looked at says that a 10g or 11g pack is suitable for up to 20litres, so I'm sure a half pack would do 4.5-5 litres. The other option is to buy the bulk 100g pack like the ones from bigger jugs, and use maybe 7g each time, but I've not seen anyone...

Still seems to be bubbling away, so fingers crossed, just didn't like the look of it.

Thanks, will take heed, and leave more headspace.

Thanks for your advice, at the moment I am sticking to small batches, so just have the 5 litre fv. My first batch was only 4.5 litres and there was little action at all in the airlock, this time around I filled it up to the 5 litre mark, so will go back to 4.5 litre next time. Was also a...

Ok thanks, my lid stayed on, as did the cap on airlock, was just a bit worried that I would have a ruined brew, next time will leave a bigger gap, and maybe only use a half pack of yeast.

Hi all. I woke up this morning to an overflowing airlock. Think I filled it too much. Didn't have time to sort it then, so just in from work and have cleaned and re-sanitised the airlock. My question is will this brew be ok, looks very cloudy just now will this settle again, still bubbling away...

Thanks again for all the replies, I will split the yeast and see how it goes, fingers crossed.

Hi, thank you both for your replies. Being new to home brewing I expected the larger kit to come with a larger pack of yeast, only noticed when I properly checked, the kit is for a continental pilsner style, the yeast is a Mangrove Jack Bohemian lager yeast, states it is for German Pilsners...

Hi all thanks for accepting me to the forum. I am new to All grain and have brewed 2 4.5 litre Ales, still condition in bottles at the moment, but both looked and smelled like some kind ale so fingers crossed. For my next batched, I have decided to try and get more brew for my money by buying...