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I've been using bleach for my fermenters for a while but always use a no rinse sanitiser for my bottles ;) forgive me if I'm wrong but I read somewhere it was better to rinse bleach smell out with cold water so this is what I've been doing for ages with no problems. Any final says on cold vs hot...

Cool :) I live in Australia and have brewed quite a few Coopers kits and with a little more added hops have found them to be great! Never tried a Mr. Beer kit, maybe one day ;)

I heard Coopers just bought out Mr. Beer..... Interesting

Take CBMbrewer's advice! Never rely on the bubbles to work out if fermentation is finished. Leave it at least another week to be sure, it won't hurt, if anything the end product will come out better ;) Take a hydrometer reading and once the gravity is the same two days in a row you will be...

Good point, yeah I think it was around 25 deg C (around 78 deg F) I didn't even take that into account thanks! Guess ill find out when I put a few away! LOL

It was after stirring thoroughly and just before pitching yeast.....i should actually do the hydrometer calibration test and make sure it reads 1.00 in a glass of room temperature water.....just thought of that :rolleyes:

Hi guys, Introduced myself in the other section, I am a noob brewer from Tasmania (Australia) just starting out on beer kits but will hopefully advance onto something harder as I get more comfortable with it ;) I brewed a Black Rock Nut Brown Ale the other day with 500g Dextrose, 500g LME and...

Hi guys, Leigh from Tasmania here, been into homebrewing for around 3 weeks now (3rd batch) so huge noob but this forum has been a wealth of information and I thank you all!! Decided to stop lurking and start participating (well trying anyway) ;) Just on beer kits at the moment (2 x batches...