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The bottles are clear glass. I did store them for a week or ten days in boxes in the house. Then the wife got fed up with 'beer everywhere' so I had to stick them all in the unheated garage. I've brought a couple in to drink and they are a little cloudy - is this because I stored them at the...

Peeps! Last posted a couple of weeks back about bottling my first ever home brew batch, how to store it etc. Well, I stored it in our office for a few days then the missus wanted it out of the house cos it looked like everything in that room was made of beer. So I put it in the garage and...

Finished bottling, realised that using screw tops is not the best idea - glass everywhere - wondering now how to store the stuff. It's a 'Coopers australian Lager' kit and I've lost the instructions :oops:

Nearly done, having a break for a beer! Those gadgets look smart, thanks for the tips!

I'm bottling up my first home brew today. Water, buckets, bottles and steriliser everywhere ... it's like working in a brewery! Question though, I have a syphon aka plastic tube which I'll use to get the job done - what's the optimal bit of kit to use to syphon though? I've read about racking...

Possible change of plan - some advice needed! Plan to move my brew into secondary FV tomorrw - it's been in the primary for two weeks. I was planning to prime and bottle it on Weds/Thurs ... but ... probably wont be able to until nex sunday, have to go away for work. So, question is: is it...

Thanks StubbsPKS, I'll be getting a second FV tomorrow then moving the brew into it Sat/Sun.

OK, that's what I'll do then. Thanks again for the patience and perseverance ... it's my first brew and I want to do everything I ccan to make it successful so the advice is greatly appreciated.

Cheers Good Ed, That explains it. Just one last question ... for now :oops: I got a barrel with the kit I bought - got a screw top and a tap on it. Is there any reason I can't use that as the secondary then use the tub I used as the primary fv to add the sugar to and bottle from? Thanks...

Thanks Good Ed ...what's the reason for siphoning into another bucket from the secondary FV? Can't I do it straight from the secondary?

Ok, so is 2nd fermentation always done in a different vessel? Can't I simply add the priming sugar into the brew in the FV it's already in? Whether I can use only one fv or not, how long should I leave the brew (after batch priming) in the vessel before bottling? and there's more :thumb...

Thanks guys, kind of ... looks like a choice between two stages (with two buckets) and three stages (with three buckets). I think I'll go for the two stage approach. does the beer look any cloudier because of the two stage approach?

Good Ed, Little bit confused now ... so, more questions! I wait until I get stable SG for three days, that means fermenting has stopped, yes? At that point do I let the brew sit for 4 or 5 days doing nothing? Then store it at a cooler temp for a few days (how many days) to clear? Then put the...

Durrrr .... :oops: just searched around a little and read about batch priming etc. So I'll use that technique - save me from having to count grains of sugar!! :clap: Cheers.

Thanks guys ... another question (or two) :oops: I've got about 40 or so clear 33cl glass bottles which I was hoping to use to bottle my brew. The instructions with the kit say to add 8g of sugar per litre of beer when bottling. Working that out in relation to 33cl comes out as 2.64gms ber...

It was a Coopers Lager kit.

Hi, I've had my brew going since last Sunday so, a week now. I checked it earlier in the week and it was bubbling and had a head on it. :thumb: Then, checked it today and it's not bubbling, has no head (or foam) on top and it looks like dishwater. I took a hydrometer reading and that said...

Shaken it, stirred it and put it a little closer to the radiator. Looks and smells like it might be doing something. Onwards!

Thanks for the reassurance. Greener than Tom Jones' grass at this stuff!

It's a kit ... Coopers lager. First time brewing anything so don't know what I can and can't do 'safely' while it's fermenting. Anyhoo, I've looked in the FV and the wort is indeed fizzing/bubbling and there is a brownish 'head' on it. It's been at around 18c for most of the time but could...