Recent content by Pazzmon

Evening/Morning wherever you may be, after thinking about my setup and not really being happy with plastic equipment. I was thinking of getting hold of some wooden barrels but was wondering what sort of wood would suit a dark ale? I guess it comes down to flavours, along wondering if 'smoking'...

Well just to let you know, the fermentation finished, and I did keg it, to carbonate and will leave it do so for a little while and bottle it after that. My For was 1.004. Slightly lower than I expected but not too much. 1.036 to 1.004. Is that any good? :-) Sent from my GT-I9195 using Home...

Thanks for helping me clear it up, did get very worried as I won't be able to sort out another batch until payday! I'm going to leave it now for about ten days, after I have a new rating to start from. Cheers for all the hints, tips and links, all information has been useful, no doubt will see...

It's okay, it definitely tightened up my knowledge on gravity measuring, as all other posts use acronyms which are pretty useless to a beginner. :-) I'll leave it be for now, turns out the hydrometer wasn't calibrated peoperly, no surprise as it was £3.50, 60°F showed a 984/6 rating, which would...

Sorry, 1Kg of sugar. Sent from my GT-I9195 using Home Brew mobile app

I must have misread the original gravity measure as I now have a reading of 1.020, so either I'm turning alcohol into water or I just read wrong! Sent from my GT-I9195 using Home Brew mobile app

Coopers malt extract, 1st sugar, 28°c before yeast. Current temperature is 20°c, as this batch is two days old is there enough time to save it? Fermentation is going well though, still plenty of bubbles occurring and there is a strong smell of alcohol there. So I am a bit confused. Sent from...

Thanks for the links, I did think it to was a tad high myself,now it's cooled down, shall I take another reading? Sent from my GT-I9195 using Home Brew mobile app

The fermentation temperature was around 28°c, but it has been cooled since then to around 20°c. Sent from my GT-I9195 using Home Brew mobile app

The first reading I had after I added the yeast and cooled it was 1.010, that was two days ago, shall I take another reading today? Or would opening the seal of the fermenter ruin the batch? Many thanks and sorry for a confusing post. Sent from my GT-I9195 using Home Brew mobile app

Hi all, sorry if this is in the wrong section, I'm just getting used to this app, also getting used to this new phone! So, two days ago, I finally started my home brewing, a coopers lager. However, my first initial reading was 1010, I've hunted down forums and can't find what sort of reading I...