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got around to drinking my first ever bottle of homebrew stout yesterday. It was seriously good! brewed with 1kg DME, 300g Dextrose and primed with 100g Muscovado sugar. brewed short to 21L. Really tasty even after 10 days in the bottles. Had a Guinness draught for comparison and I have to say...

Just checked the gravity after 8 days fermenting, still new to reading the hydrometer but it looks like about 1.012 to me, can anyone confirm? I'll probably leave it another few days before bottling anyway.

I was wondering more about the infection side of things, am I likely to pick up a beer infection from the tap if I transfer all the beer through it into a bottling bin? I sanitized it at the start but do I have to sanitize it again....just wondering because it'd be hard to clean with the beer in...

whats everyones opinion on syphoning into the bottling vessel using the tap on the fermentor? Obviously I sanitized it before brewing but is it safe to connect a hose to after taking samples and being exposed to air etc?

cool thanks for the replies! This has been fermenting for just over 24 hours and its going absolutely mental. I actually can't keep water in the airlock, it keeps blowing it all out. The Krausen is pushing against the lid, some of the stout foam is actually blowing through the airlock. Is it...

So got my stuff in the post today and got my first ever brew on! I brewed to 21L as advised here, added 1kg of Dark DME, and 300grm Dextrose. Smelled delicious, I can't wait til its ready to bottle Also can anyone just confirm for me that I'm reading this Hydrometer correctly, I've never...

Ok thanks for the heads up! Any idea of the percentage your Irish stout came out as?

just ordered my first ever home brew kit and went with Coopers Stout. I read through a lot of these comments and ended up ordering 1kg Dark DME, and also 1kg of Brewers Sugar. I'm looking for decent body to the stout but also over 5% alcohol would be preferable. Will the 1kg DME and 1kg of...

Hey, starting my very first brew soon and I've decided I'm gonna get the Coopers Stout (mainly based on the fact that I'm seriously craving it after reading all the comments on this thread). I would like it to be maybe 5% or above. What fermentables should I use with this kit?! It says to just...