Recent content by Dexter9

Thank you both for the advise. I’d never heard of bottle bombs before so definitely appreciate the advise. Would you be able to advise on the following? -the instructions say to move the beer to a warm place for two weeks when first bottled. What would be an acceptable temperature for this...

Hi, I’ve recently started trying to home brew again ( with no success previously). I added the hops after 7 days the other day and found the walls of the fermenter to have some “dirt” on them higher than the beer level. The beer was never this high in the fermenter, it’s only 18L in a 23L...

Hi all, Thanks for the replies. Appreciate I’ve left out some key information there. The kit I used is the Hazy IPA from mangrove jacks :Hazy IPA and I followed the instructions from here Instructions . I’ve used a nylon hose from the kitchen tap this time and sanitized it before use. Hoping...

Hi all, I’ve tried all grain brewing a few times now and had poor success due to mould(think cleaning issues) so I’ve tried an extract home brew with the hope there’s less variables that can go wrong. I’ve added 1kg of Demerara sugar instead of dextrose. I measured the original specific...

It is a saflanger s23 yeast strand. I have it fermenting at 13 degrees C. I'm trying to ferment the beer as quickly as possible. Is this an optimal temperature?

Hi all, After realising my lagers specific gravity has not fallen at all since the last time I checked. I realised that the seal between the lid and the fermentation chamber was not proper. Therefore no bubbles had been present In the airlock. After fixing the seal, the air lock has now been...

I presume its because it was my first attempt at crushing and had no choice but to try and use a blender:( . Using a grainfather system so would like to think it is accurate. Is there any way that i can try and correct the gravity, I think I have read somehwere about adding more sugar in at...

Sorry for the late reply, I received limited instructions with this ingredient kit. The information is as follows:- Premium Grains; Lager Malt + flaked rice Hops; Hallertau 4.3*% abv Whirlfloc tablet inluded Full instructions included Grain Bill is 3.77kg 9.5 Litres of strike water at 72.5...

Hi all, On my 2nd attempt to brew beer I decided to brew a refreshing light lager with the ingredient kit supplied by geterbrewed. My first attempt at brewing beer was poor due to a severe lack of carbonation within the beer. Although I feel the flavour was fine. Due to the beer I have chosen...