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No additional add of H20 after steeping, I think I will need to do a full boil unless I read it wrong? AAU is 4.9 as per packet (US Golding), I put that in the calculator as well After steeping it says... 4. START BOIL Bring your wort to a gentle, rolling boil. Add all of the included LME...

The kit instruction read as follows... 3. STEEP GRAINS Pour 2.5 gallons of clean water into your brew pot and begin to heat 1. Pour crushed grains into grain bag and tie a loose knot at the top of the bag 2. When the water is within an appropriate steeping temperature (150º - 165ºF) place...

I did, that is just the thing, I input all the values and the IBU came out to 21 when using the calculator, so the instructions dont match up??

I bought this kit, according to the instructions the IBU is 30-33, now if I use the IBU calculator it comes out with an IBU of 21. I played around with the numbers and the kit recipe calls for a boil volume of 2.5 gal, if I replace the volume with 5 gal in the IBU calculator then the IBU is 31...

I don't known the shop you refer to so can't comment, I must say DeFalcos are great, I went there a few weeks ago and asked about an ale recipe, guy in the back was great, he threw in some hops, priming sugar, yeast food in for free, very helpfully. Taxas Home Brewers are closeset to me, also...

I did move it so that probably released some gas

Many thanks for your comments, makes sense :)

I'm quite new to the hobby of home brewing...I'm doing a batch of Real ale from the Coopers kits with some amber LME. The batch started bubbling quite nicely after 12 hrs of pitching then tapered off. After 8 days it started slowly bubbling again at a rate of a bubble every 30 seconds, I'm...