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Sorry done it again - wrong topic - I really must pay attention!

Just had a panic - an earlier post asked me to check the fridge temp just in case - and it suddenly come to me that as I have the probe taped to the bin covered with insulation that I am obviously measuring the liquid temp not the ambient fridge temp - this is 15.2 c is this ok or should I...

Thanks for all the great help everyone. I plan on dry hopping when done then may cold crash so it should have plenty of time to complete. God knows what it will taste like but as long as it's not spoiled and has alcohol I will be happy. Bottling next - oh no! Likely will be looking at batch...

Sorry everyone posted in the wrong thread

Thanks for all the great help everyone. I plan on dry hopping when done then may cold crash so it should have plenty of time to complete. God knows what it will taste like but as long as it's not spoilt and has alcohol I will be happy. Bottling next - oh no! Likely will be looking at batch...

Thanks all - been very helpful - just done another hydro reading and it is still going - down now to 1.022 so a few days to go yet and tasted much less sweet so yeasties doing their stuff althougn the "head" still going strong! Temp in the fridge is fine judging by another thermometer. Just to...

Point taken - but suspect with the refracto method I may be inclined to do more readings - and.... it's half a pint lost!!

Anyone got a recommendation where to get a reasonably priced refracto - or is it just the usual suspects online!

Hi All, I have searched all threads relating to refractometers but some are very old and I couldn't quite get all the info I needed. So.. Here are my thoughts - it seems a lot of brewers say that these devices are inaccurate and need a conversion tool for testing the FG. I was wondering if...

Thanks for the comments - v helpful. In case it helps any other noobs here is some more info. The yeast was actually US 05 but don't suppose that would make much difference. I pitched the yeast at 23 deg c then moved the bin to the fermentation fridge where is has sat at 17.5 - 18 deg c. The...

It's the Coopers Brew Enhancer 2 - recommended by Coopers for the lager kit. So the extract was 1.5 kg - the BE2 1 kilo and then 500 light spray malt - also should have said I brewed a bit short at 21 litres! . OG of 1047 - which I thought was a bit low but it went off like a rocket!!

Hi all, New to this stuff so only doing kits at the mo. I made the first Coopers kit exactly to instructions as a starting point and it turned out ok. For the next experiment I did the same Cooper lager kit with some modifications. This time I built a brew fridge and set the temp to 18deg c...

I am new here but happy to try it!clapa