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The Boston ale is the one I'm looking for at the moment. I have decent access to grain from my LHBS. I'm in Ireland so we have a few HBS's but wouldnt be as significant as the stores stateside..

Hi, I am a relative beginner and have done a few coopers homebrew kits with decent success but now I would like to go for something a bit more specific if possible. I really love the Sam Adams Boston ale and also their Octoberfest beer. They have great caramel flavours which I have yet to...

Might just leave it a few extra days then. I took a taste test at it tastes very slightly cidery. Hopefully that will clear up after secondary fermentation..

The hydrometer is near the yellow band which I guess is 0. Day 1 it was at the orange band (40).

No its bubbling maybe every 20 minutes..

Its been at about 69-75 degrees since I put in the fermenter. It was bubbling away almost constantly from day 2-5 and now the bubbling is every 10-20 minutes but as mentioned there is still obvious pressure in the airlock. I might just leave it another day or two and see how it is then. I was...

Hi, I'm doing a coopers pale ale with beer enhancer 2. The beer has been fermenting for 9 days now and still bubbling intermittently. It is quite clear that there is still pressure within the fermenter has the water is pushed up to one side in the airlock. Should I wait till the pressure...

Thanks guys..I feel better now :)

Hi, My second brew I decided to do the coopers australian pale ale with coopers beer enhancer 2.. My OG was 1030? Isn't this very low?I thought it would be 1040+... I don't understand how I could have done something wrong because all I did was add the ingredients and then add water as...

I might go the table sugar priming route now that I've had a look at it. Im unsure as to what co2 volumes I should be going for the tough with an Australian Pale Ale? Anyone any ideas?

I think I might just use the carb drops for this next batch and then after I might do the proper priming as hang glider suggested. Im using one drop for 500ml plastic bottles so would that translate as the same amount for the 500ml glass bottles I have?

Hi, I just started my second coopers brew kit. The first one was the European lager kit which is now in bottles and has a few weeks of maturing left. In the kit came 44 500ml plastic bottles and the instructions to add 1 carbonation drop per bottle when bottling. I followed these...