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Hi I need to bottle tonight and wondered what the best practice to do this is? I have a load of de-labelled bottles that havent been cleaned. Im assuming I need to use washing up liquid, rinse and then sterilize, but not sure. cheers :cheers:

thanks looks like im bottling tommorow night then

Hi All, I have put my 8.3% mild :roll: into a plastic barrell to condition before bottling. Will the air in the other half of the barrell spoil it over the next couple of weeks?

mm its only going to fill just over half a barrell - lots of air. Its in for a week to condition pre bottling is that ok (the air?) cheers

Yeah its a bit strong. I lots of Belgian bottles in the garage. Perfect for this killer ale.

Sarah hughes ruby mild, around 7.5%. Its finished fermenting at 1012. Tastes better tonight so will cask it.

Hi My AG beer is in fermenter, down from 1073 to 1022 at the moment. Its nearly done fermenting I think as the head is gone. However, it tastes very sharp and leaves a long aftertaste. Should I put this down to the fact that its a strong beer and that its not conditioned yet or do you think...

cheers, will keep an eye on it :cheers:

Hi I have had my beer in the garage for 48 hours (it started at 1070ish and should end up at 1015ish) and whilst it had a really big head and lots of activity for the first day, its now looking a lot flatter and is at 1044. The temp outside in the garage is 15c and this probably too cold so Ive...

Thanks to all that helped earlier. In the end I got 18.5litres.1064 gravity, adjusted for 40C = 1071. I could top up with water, but have none treated, to reach target OG of 1058, but will leave it. According to calcs that should mean final gravity of 1015 = 7.5%. :cheers:

ah re-read the thread, I guess boil, will be left with less than 20 litres and then see what the OG is. 5 hours in and im knackered ( i boiled the water first) need a beer later :cheers:

Thanks for the advice chaps. I have finished sparging (fly sparge with perforated tin foil). However, the spargings got very watery so Ive stopped at 24litres. Now in the boiler. So not really sure what this means :wha:

Hi Im mid way through an all grain (well its in the tun anyway). I am brewing 23 litres, i have lots of treated water. I am still confused on how to deal with evaporation and the trub to end up with 23 litres. So any help appreciated. My boiler holds around 27 litres for safe boiling. As I...

cheers im sticking with it - do i assume it will be stronger than expected 4.6 or just weaker if i add water? :cheers:

its DME

ah pitched at 30c its an extract brew

Target OH was 1046 at 23l, its that at 18l :wha:

Hello all, Ive just spent a few hours brewing a recipie from wheeler, to brew 23 litres. I started with 18litres of water and then added to bring to 23l at the boil. However, also kept topping up with hot water as it evaporated- including right at the end to make 23l. However, this still wasnt...

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