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That's a big old beer for the first one, so hats off! I came up short on my first AG and only ended up with 20l in the FV.

It will clear in time. I left my last Wherry 10 weeks and it was beautiful. Current Wherry is at 5 weeks in the barrel, but I won't touch it for another 5.

My name change isn't too confusing though. ScottSmith to Scott! :thumb: Could have changed it to Dave and really confused

Got to agree with the Wherry, a good quality kit with great results when left for a couple of months!

Hi Dave, I work at J28 and used to live in Mansfield, so not far! I love a day out at Matlock too, great beauty spot.

Currently supping my AG blonde ale which isn't the clearest beer, but tastes good! I would have like a clear ale but I won't get hung up on it.

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In ginger beer it stops crystallisation, I assume it'll have the same or similar effect in other brews. The amount you add is small so you don't notice any off flavour

I do two weeks in warm then two weeks in cold for secondary, but obviously the longer you leave it in cold the nicer it will taste.

It will, however, there are ways to reduce the amount of sediment, like leaving the brew in the FV a week after fermentation has stopped, this allows the yeast to clean up. The type of yeast also effects how loose the sediment is in the bottle. Just be careful when you pour, leave the last half...

My Sundew was brewed short to 20litres due to others commenting about the watery taste. Been in the bottle for three weeks now! Sampled one last weekend and was coming on very well.

Welcome from another Sheffielder! You're right regarding the micro breweries, love taking a trip up to Bradfield!

Just finished my last bottle of this, I brewed short to 20l and used a beer kit enhancer. It was nice, defiantly drinkable. However, I wouldn't go to the effort of bottling it next time, it wasn't quite worth it!

My ginger beer still smells "eggy" and I bottled a good 6 weeks ago! It will always get better with age, but I think when using fresh ginger, you need to leave it as long as possible. However, others on here have had better results with fresh ginger and have been drinking it a lot earlier.

I live in Hillsborough, I'd definitely be up for a small meet up! I agree with you regarding brewing talk, our lass kicks off if I talk about it!

Good luck! I did my first AG a couple of weeks ago, going to be bottling tomorrow. Ever since I did it, I've been looking forward to the next!

I recently went AG and its well worth the investment in my opinion.

With a dark ale you can't really tell to be fair. You'll probably be able to tell its there in a lighter beer.

That must be rubbish, living in Ibiza for the majority of the year! ;)

I would use two for Lager. I used one for my bitters but I've found it isn't enough to get a decent fizz, so I now batch prime.