Recent content by brewdog65

Started a cellar master merlot kit about 6 days ago in carboy, and after 3 days there was a very limited thin bubble layer on surface then it stopped altogether today. So, read that I might get it going and concluded two likely issues: I only filled to the 20 L mark for a 23 L recipe and the...

I'm in backwoods British Columbia, with the nearest small city 1 hr from me and they don't have any beer brewing supply stores (there is a wine u-brew but they don't sell beer supplies). Any real brew shop is 3+ hrs from me. I can order online of course, but when a Coopers kit is $14 on my...

Re: two Coopers kits 5 gal batch. The genesis of this brew plan is that I live in a small town a long way from any home brew supply shop. My local supermarket has some basic items, at the following prices: Coopers can kits - $14 Coopers LME/brew enhancer - $12 So if I follow recipe on...

First, thanks all for the replies. Very refreshing to post something on a forum and get helpful encouraging responses rather than get slammed. To clarify on brew 2, I'm proposing: 2 Coopers Brew A IPA cans (1.7 kg x 2 = 3.4 kg) ~.5 kg corn sugar pitch the two yeast packets. No...

Two newbie questions. 1. I have an IPA fermenting at 6 days in a brewing bucket sealed with airlock. Is it better to transfer to secondary soon (once SG is down ~ 80%) to age another couple weeks or to keep in the bucket? Buddy says there is risk of O2 seepage through the plastic bucket...