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Been a month since now and its come out just fine. A very nice stout. No cardboard smell at all. I got away with it ha! Lesson learnt though.

I bottled it yesterday. I made it short - 17L with 1kg of DME. Primed it with 83g dissolved table sugar. Bottles are stiffening up already. I'll crack one open in two weeks time and see what its like. and hold a few back for a 3 or 4 months. I did taste it yesterday and it was very good. No off...

Hmm might be ok. It was poured gently from the height of the lip of the clean bucket. Not down the side but gently into the bottom. This created a 2" 'head' which has now dissapated. Ive not bottled it yet. Still sitting there in the bucket. It looks devoid of CO2, head completly gone. I will be...

I normally syphon the finished brew into a clean bucket before bottling to get it off the sedement.

Just gone to rack off my Coopers Stout kit after primary fermentation finished. Siphened it into a sterilized brew bin then washed and sterilized the original bucket and poured (yes poured) the brew back as I needed the other bucket for a sugar wash. Will I have oxygenated the brew and spoiled...

I bought one of these from my LHBS and thought it would be crap. So simple & works a treat! Better Brew Flexible Heat Pad https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01DDYP234/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Just wanted to introduce myself. Been brewing since I was not old enough to brew, now in my 50's and still love it. Technology has carried my interest along the way and I'm always looking to learn something new hence joining this forum. Cheers!