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All went well (I think) with my first AG brew. FV cooling in the bath now. :thumb: I don't know what I was so worried about. Sorry, no pics as no batteries in camera and I didn't want to delay brewing to get some! Cheers for your advice. :drink:

Thanks very much for taking the time to reply to questions Wez. :thumb: I don't have an immersion cooler, I was just going to allow it to cool naturally. I don't have a hop strainer so I will use the bag. One thing I can't really get my head round is the lack of sparging. Do I need to adapt...

Also, I forgot to buy campden tablets and irish moss from my LHBS today and they are shut tomorrow. Can I make do without them? Or can I get them from boots/wilko etc?

I will be carrying out my first AG brew tomorrow and am going to use the "brew in a bag" method. I am going to brew a Pale Ale (recipe from "The Big Book Of Brewing" by Dave Line) I have a Bruheat boiler and a brewing bag. I think I know what to do from reading various threads on here. I'll...

Thanks for the reply. I've put it in a keg now. I went to the LHBS to buy bottles and accidentally spent all my money on AG kit. oops! :shock: :D

Hi, I am currently waiting for my first brew to finish fermenting (Woodforde's Admiral's Reserve). I would like to condition it in bottles. I also have a plastic 40 pint keg with a tap at the bottom. My question is, should I add priming sugar to the bottles and syphon the beer straight into...

Thanks for your advice Aleman and Wez. The mains water here doesn't have a particularly strong odour of clorine, so hopefully I'll be ok. I'll be sure to use campden tablets next time. Thanks again. :D

Hi, I am new to the forum and to home brew. I have just started fermenting my first brew (Woodforde's Admiral's Reserve). I also have two demi's of wine from kits on the go. The problem is, I have used water straight from the tap in all three brews. I didn't know about campden tablets - they...