Recent content by droopybrew

haven't taken a gravity reading yet, don't really want to open it up untill atleast another 4 or 5 days. don't know what the temp is (need to get one of those lcd thermometers that stick on the fermentor) but i've been trying to keep the house around room temp, probably gets a bit cold at night tho.

the thing is it does smell a bit fishy where i got the fermentor (fishing cupboard), could that effect it? i also put some steriliser in the water of the airlock (read it in a book) that won't effect it will it? just thinking maybe your only surposed to do that with the other type of bubble lock

i saw a bubble come out the air lock yesterday which was probably day 13 not sure if it's to do with some bacterial infection or the conditions are too cold? my original plan was to keep it in the fermentor for 2 to 3 weeks but because was still bubbling yesterday i'm thinking bit longer...

so i'm considering getting a heater for my fermenter, there's 2 different type's i've seen on ebay, one that is a heating belt that wraps around the ouside of the fermentor and the other is a a heating rod that passes through the rubber bung so is in dirrect contact witht he beer, from my...

think my brew i've got on at the mo might be ruined. checked on the airlock the other day (it's in two pieces) it looked like water level was below the riser tube thingy so i think it was exposed!! it's been in the primary for the 2nd week now might leave it another 4-5 days, it was still...

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what would you guys think of me adding a bit of dissolved sugar to the primary fermentor at this stage (4 days in) just to bring up the proof percentage a bit?

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hi i'm new here, so i'm on my 4th brew i think it is now using beer kits. bit about my brewing history: i've had problems in the past with trying to carbonate the beer using a youngs pressure barrel (absolutely rubbish). first problem was that the cap it came with leaked c02 so even after...