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Ok, so bottle lager best and i can get away with kegging ale. Am i right in thinking that i can get away with 2 x carbonation drops in a typical 500ml when i am bottling this lager?? I only used one when bottling a pale ale and there wasnt much fiz.

Great, thanks for that. Sorry, Do you mean leave it where it is now for a week, then move it to a cooler place or move to a cooler place now for a week or so. :? Also, keg wise i got a king keg pressure barrel with CO2 cartidges, will that not do the job of keeping the fiz?

Hi all, My coopers canadian blonde has been on the go about 8 days now, it has been constant at SG 1.012 for two days. Is it time to keg/bottle or has it stopped and do i need to do something?? It has been in airing cupboard this time. If i do keg, how much priming sugar do i need for circa...

It's cold here and all. In theory then, will the fridge idea work if I could maintain around 10c? Then, bottle or keg? Bottled my first batch, how long will lae/lager keep in a keg? I'd like to keg some for parties etc, which then leads me onto which keg? Sorry for the quizzing but new to...

Wow, some good engineering going on there. So in theory, if I can run some tests in a fridge with a thermometer in water and record readings over a few days, say they fall between 5-10c consistently then that's ideal for lager?? Or is that too simple? :hmm:

How do you brew at those low temps? How do you keep it around 9c? I'm new to all this. :wha:

Righto, thats good to know. So lager during the winter months in the garage would work then? I just assumed it would be too cold. I'll stop using the airing cupboard then and go for a mix of spare room (around 17=18 degrees for wine and ale) and garage in colder months (lager).

Thanks for that, just looking at other options for my brewing. For brewing in general now, is temperature really that critical or is it more important that its constant rather than an exact temp ie can i brew pretty much anything in the spare room that is always around 18 degrees? Obviously...

Cheers, you live and learn. Thanks again.

Oh right, thanks for the advice. The instructions didn't mention anything about transferring, waiting few days etc so thats annoying. Will this batch be ok then?

Hi all, Brewed my first batch of coopers pale aussie ale, syphoned into bottles straight from vessel with carbonation drops. Only been one day in the bottle thus far but it looks a little cloudy, will this settle or have i missed something? Brewed for 11 days before bottling at around...

Hi all, First batch of Coopers pale aussie ale done, turned out alright i think. Just leaving it few weeks after bottling. Has anyone brewed lager at lower temperatures, i've heard some people saying you can do some european ones as low as 13 degrees, is this correct? I hope it is as i can...

Thanks for all the help guys, it's all good stuff.

Cheers, looking forward to it. So I can ignore that line in the future then? If the readings are the same over several days it means the fermentation has stopped enough to bottle up. I'll get there in the end, steep learning curve. :hmm:

Cheers for that, I've got carbonation drops for bottling up, I trust these are ok?

Howdy, Been brewing batch of coopers Australian ale, been in the airing cupboard for about ten days now. Temp been pretty consistent at low 20's, my hydrometer has a line on it that says do not bottle until line falls into brew. My query is this, will it ever fall below the line as it is set at...

Thanks for that Laurin, some good tips and info there. The missis might get cold, but at least the brew wont ;)

Thanks for all the info guys, so if i'm getting this right;- I need another vessel for racking wine into, and ale wise i can just crack on with what i've got. is the airing cupboard too hot for brewing ale then, range from about 22-23 degrees? And, the spare room, heating on low as not used...

Howdy, I have a basic starter set, only made one batch of samsons ale which semed to turn out ok but i have a few questions as i am keen to expand on this and make more differnet types and red wine. Firstly, -can i make red wine with the equipment i have got already? - fermenter, hydrometer...