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by pinkeye
Sat Apr 24, 2021 1:23 pm
Forum: Fermentation
Topic: Gravity reading
Replies: 4
Views: 8463

Re: Gravity reading

9 or 10 weeks ago since bottling larger onto cooper PET 500ml bottels and only now showing sighns of a firm carbonation in bottles, is this normal. Tried one two weeks into bottling and it was flat and awfull, does this mean I could try anouther one now or should I wait some more time before trying ...
by pinkeye
Fri Feb 19, 2021 12:50 pm
Forum: Fermentation
Topic: Gravity reading
Replies: 4
Views: 8463

Re: Gravity reading

Bottled lager on 17/02/21, first filled a trial jar and checked it was 1.022. After bottling lager the likes of an hour or towards shecked again at 1.015 maybe i've just got a slow hydrometer.
by pinkeye
Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:00 pm
Forum: Fermentation
Topic: Gravity reading
Replies: 4
Views: 8463

Gravity reading

Took gravity on 13/02/21 12 days after being in the fv at 19c, on a coopers mexican lager, and the hydrometer teld 1.015. On 14/02/21 turned fv up to 21c reading someware to help finish of fermentation and took next gravity reading on 15/02/21 expecting to bottle beer strait away only to find gravit...
by pinkeye
Sun Feb 14, 2021 8:59 pm
Forum: Dispensing
Topic: carbonation drops?
Replies: 1
Views: 1212

carbonation drops?

Going to try botlling a Coopers Mexican Cerveza larger tomorrow using coopers carbonation drops to 500ml plastic PET bottles. Online kit shops suggest 2 per bottle is enough to carbonate any brew, if I was going to test diferent carbonation levels in diferent bottles does anyone know if going up to ...
by pinkeye
Sat Feb 06, 2021 9:59 pm
Forum: Kit Brewing
Topic: first brew!
Replies: 12
Views: 5167

Re: first brew!

:pink: stuot makes a fark'in lovly stew, 2 dried Carolina Reaper! World's Hottest Chilli heap of fresh birds eye in a thick sausage and and wild boer chirozo stew done in a small slow cooker! :pink: BLM :wall
by pinkeye
Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:06 pm
Forum: Kit Brewing
Topic: first brew!
Replies: 12
Views: 5167

Re: first brew!

Thanks for info on gravity. Been triping on wot I think was a Brooklyn beer drank out of a bottle in the cold a while ago. Did'nt see in the bottle(brown glass at night)definatly a larger, but it's taste and fizz had some brown crack about it? Any logistical approch to how one might create a larger ...
by pinkeye
Tue Feb 02, 2021 3:27 pm
Forum: Kit Brewing
Topic: first brew!
Replies: 12
Views: 5167

Re: first brew!

Put a Coopers Mexican Cerveza in the fv yesterday, used coopers brew enancer 1, 450g tin of golden syrup, 200g of mollasses suger and the yeast sashet provided with kit, if sg stands for start gravity at 1049(if so what does og stand for) should this be taken before adding yeast and is this any thin...
by pinkeye
Tue Feb 02, 2021 2:37 pm
Forum: Kit Brewing
Topic: first brew!
Replies: 12
Views: 5167

Re: first brew!

2 weeks in keg and keeps geting slowly beter. Totaly flat though which is ok for a stout, will adding a co2 bulb add any fizz to the stout or will it just put presure in the keg for dispensing?
by pinkeye
Sun Jan 24, 2021 3:44 pm
Forum: Kit Brewing
Topic: first brew!
Replies: 12
Views: 5167

Re: first brew!

Waited till last weekend to take gravity reading of stout(so two weeks in the fv), friday and saterday both read at 1012.5 so keged with 47g of dark belgan candy suger but only managed to get 15/16l of stout into the keg syphoning from the fv tap(airlock I found later), placed keg on heat mat at sam...
by pinkeye
Fri Jan 08, 2021 8:01 pm
Forum: Kit Brewing
Topic: first brew!
Replies: 12
Views: 5167

Re: first brew!

Finally got round to brewing stout last Sunday afternoon(now the next Friday evening), sterilized equipment used a kettle for boiling water to dilute can contents from Coopers stout and Coopers liquid malt(dark) whiped first and then stirred in the yeast sachet(at about 22c/23c). Took a gravity read...
by pinkeye
Thu Dec 24, 2020 6:22 pm
Forum: Fermentation
Topic: Lager and pressure fermentation questions/experiment
Replies: 22
Views: 23499

Re: Lager and pressure fermentation questions/experiment

Although probably not 100% the correct threed, can an FV(normal 5gal unpresureized) with an airlock on top still blow it's lid off ?
by pinkeye
Wed Dec 23, 2020 9:19 pm
Forum: Kit Brewing
Topic: first brew!
Replies: 12
Views: 5167

first brew!

Going to atempt a first homebrew in the next day or so, I've bought begginers Balliihoo beer making kit with plastic bottles, a Coopers Stout tin and a Coopers liquid malt extract(Dark) to make with my new kit. Never having made beer before and having read reviews I see you can and want to mix up th...