Recent content by Maherj1

Cheers fellas. Well its a weissbier so I dont mind it being cloudy (as long as it tastes ok) so thats why I didnt think Id need a second bucket. Would people recommend a 2nd bucket even with a weissbier? Also yeah meant to say I plan to let solution cool. Any thoughts on the...

Hi COLO, No bottling bucket...aside from this what other problems do you see?

Sorry BendBrewer...still not used to Gallons...I have 20litres of beer so need as you say 3.18 of sugar.

Okay my first brew will have spent three weeks in primary come Saurday and I think its time to bottle. Now Ive done a search on here and I think I have an idea of what Im doing but Id just like to confirm some of the steps. Using tasty brew calculator I worked out I need 3.18 oz of table...

It seems temp control is a big issue then. Basically I keep my beer in my wardrobe and its usually around 64. Its pretty cold where I am so hard to get it higher (also my cupboard is probably the most consistent place in the house temp wise...anywhere else would likely have big variations)...

So just had my first introduction to home brewing with a wheat beer kit. For my next brew I would like to try a steam beer such as Brupaks beers of the world san francisco steam beer. My question is would steam beer be a tricky one to get right? I know lagers can be very difficult and...

I poured 2 litres of boiling water onto the wort/malt/sugar, stirred until all that was dissolved, then topped up to 20 litres, top up to 23 with warm water to get temp right and then stirred everything well. Seems it should've been well mixed in but it was just one explanation I thought of.

Cool...will take the patience of a saint but I'll leave it be for another couple of weeks. One question though, temperatures here have plummeted the last few days and after 5 days at around 18-20 degrees my thermometer is now reading 15 degrees....could this harm the beer or is it too late...

Thought this may have been the case...weird that the instructions would recommend this. Thought Id be safe following to the letter...if only I had found this forum earlier. :mug:

Haha thanks Shamrockdoc. I used a sachet of yeast I got with the kit. That was my other Q actually..Suppose I take another hydrometer reading on Sunday and its 1.008 (i.e. same reading after two days therefore ready to bottle) are there harmful effects to leaving it longer in the...

It said it should be 1.042. Thats what I dont get..I followed instructions perfectly, correct amount of water/malt/sugar as far as I am aware. When I got the low OG I thought it may have been because a lot of the wort was still at the bottom (i.e. not fully mixed in) and I took a sample from...

Thanks JBrady. Do you think the low OG was down to using too little brewing sugar at the start?

Hi guys, started my first brew last week. It was the Coopers brewmaster wheat beer kit. Followed the instructions exactly so brewed using 500g spraymalt and 300 dextrose. Now thats only 800g of sugar and I see most places recommend 1kg but I said Id follow the recipe. Got an OG of 1035 (very...