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I'm about to bottle my Australian pale ale extract tomorrow after 3 weeks in the primary. Should I invest in a bottling bucket or a bottle tree to help speed up things on the day I can only buy one and some Star Stan. I've got an auto siphon Many thanks Aidan

Thanks for the advice bud appreciate it :) I sterilised a digital thermometer and the beer is 22c is that good the coopers leaflet said they recommend between 21-27c so I'm at the lower end of their recommendation. I'm soo new to brewing I have no patience. If I get consistent readings should...

I brewed my second batch of extract (Cooper pale ale) and when I took my hydro reading it came out at 1.032 (it's at 25 litres I think it stated 23 but I had to go to 25 to get my pitching temp) The OG Cooper said should of been 1.042 would this be because of the extra water? It's been...

Today is my 24th birthday and I opened my first homebrew lager that has been conditioning in the bottle for the last 3 weeks @ room temperature and 1 week @ cold temp. What do you think? It's a young's lager kit that my fiance got me as a starter kit with all the heat. Have you guys got any...

I have my first beer bottled, but stuck on where I should leave them. At what temperature and how long should I store a larger beer and Ale beer. Thanks very much 😃

Thanks very much guys I stuck 1 beer (which is a young buddy's lager) in the fridge until it was chilled and it actually tasted nice......it was drinkable but I'm leaving it in the garage until my birthday (5th Feb) to open them all :). Any recommendations for my next brew ??

Hi I'm new to the forum and new to home brewing from Ireland, I'm wondering if anyone can help me out with rough fermentation time scales. I would like to know the fermentation time scales for different beer styles, I've read loads about fermentation but I can't find anything that says the...