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Hi all, After brewing a batch of stout a few years back and not really enjoying it I have decided to try to make small batches, 1 gallon demijohn, of mead. I have tried to use the search option on the forum and scroll through the thread pages but have had no luck in finding a basic guide. I...

Thank you... looks like I’m bottling tomorrow then 😁, just out of interest how long did the bottles you done take to condition?

Thanks I’ll take a look at it tomorrow... I would wait until Saturday but I’m back to work Thursday, joys of shift work, so that kind of why I timed it to “hopefully” be ready today or tomorrow.

Morning all, This is the reading I have this morning and yesterday or was the same also. It’s been brewing 10-11 days now. Is it ready to bottle? I plan on bottling tomorrow. Thanks Ash

Thank you, will the 100g of sugar be too much as I may not get the full 23L out of the fermentation bucket, should I say add enough sugar to do 20-21L? Also I may even give that method a go of going straight from the tap to the bottle bucket as I do have a tap on my fermentation bucket... will...

Quick question guys and girls, I will hopefully be bottling this batch of stout in the next couple of days and will likely siphon off into a bottling bucket then use a bottle wand on that tap. I will try and batch prime this with granulated sugar as that’s what I have. My question is according...

It’s ok now... I have a good glug coming through every 30-60 seconds... very satisfying

It’s been just over 24h now... should I be seeing or hearing any bubbles in the water of the blow off tube system? I don’t know why but I was kind of expecting a steady bubbling by now the temp is still holding well at 18.

Evening All, Just finished filling my FV with my first ever brew (MYO Stout) pretty nervous, but I’ve wrapped it in a blanket with some layers of cardboard underneath to help hold the heat. Decided to make use of my BBQ thermometer and tape that to the side with a duster taped over the top of...

Oh the suspense 😂

I had a fish tank for a few years and got used to the bubbles and water movement off that so hopefully this shouldn’t be much of an issue :confused:

Thanks guys, I’ll just give it a go and see what happens, can always light a few scented candles haha

Well it was going to be next to the wardrobe in the bedroom then it was going to be in the corner of the living room... now I’m clearing a space in the bottom of a cupboard in the bedroom as it will all be out the way then.

So will the smell fill the room? And I’m making a MYO stout kit not sure what yeast is in that one.

Morning all, Just ahead of starting my first kit on Saturday and have only just had a thought, and apparently my wife asked this before I started buying the equipment and I said it would be fine haha . If the active yeast is obviously giving off CO2 then (yeast fart?) then what smell if any...

Thanks for the idea Anna, my tube didn’t fit through the grommet so I went to Wilko and grabbed a pack of bubblers to butcher 😀, I also brought an extra siphon cane from there as well and used the tube just to make the blow off tube so I didn’t have to clean the tube out before I used it for...

Thanks, I’ll see how mine fits into the grommet in my fermenter bucket lid later when I get home from work. I was worried I would need to try and get a large diameter tube by the weekend and drill larger holes in the lid.

Guys just a quick thought on the blow off tube... How large does the tube bore need to be? Can I use the tube that comes on my siphon cane (Wilko one)?

Thank you

Sorry can you explain what a blow off tube is please?