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found out my job couldn't take the load of 23 litres so halfed the water and kept the recipe the same. Thanks for the re-assurance.

Brewing a malt extract APA. O.G. 10.063. 2 days later the Gravity has dropped to 10.020. Also, little to no signs of fermentation as of yet. I forgot to aerate the wort but thought the transfer from pot to FV would do the trick. any ideas??

Great. Yeah lowering frozen pet bottles sounds like a good idea. Do you do several at a time? Or one by one? how many do you think ole need?

So. 20 litre batch of APA. Partial mash (steeping grains and LME). I have no wort cooler and trying to think of another way to cool that quantity of boiling wort without having to take it upstairs to cool in bath. Suggestions?? Love to yall.

Looking for A second hand 5 gallon brew pot for boiling wort. Living in southeast London but willing to travel anywhere in London for it. Please reply if interested.

After a successful 1st extract brew I'm stepping up to steeping grains extract brew. Gonna steep grains, 60 minute boil with LME and later will transfer to a second fermenter after primary fermentation has taken place. These are all corrections from the first batch which I beleive will vastly...

Hi There, So I was first choice for an apprenticeship following interviews at 2 different local brewerys. I am now trying to decide which one to go for and thought you beautiful people could help me make a coice. Brewery 1. £180 per week Small Archway space Very experimental Pretty Close...

thats great advice thankyou. yep thinking of moving onto extract, or just get another kit and throw something else in there like more hops or sour cherries or something???

What do you need for extract brewing other than a FV, airlock, stir pallet and some sanitizer?

Brew with a LME kit is what I'm doing at the moment, surely a step behind extract. Although sounds like I should just go for extract brewing. Thanks for the help

So I'v bottled up my first brew which is a youngs ipa coming in at Round 6.6%. Want to get another kit on the go but is there something that's a bit more challenging before moving on to extract brewing? Happy brewing!!

Cool thanks. Just want to move on to extract, but need to get this but down first! Happy brewing!!

Well it's a youngs kit. Process is add extract, mix with boiled water than top up with cold tap water. Keep at 20-24 (which is what my stick on thermometer says) than when Gravity is 1.010 or lower, dry hop for 3 days before bottling. It's a simple kit. Yeah I guess all I can do is wait and...

Hi there, Day 11 into fermentation. Using a kit and 5 Gallon FV and keeping IPA brew between 20-24C. Took a gravity reading today and am at 1.011 (O.G. 1.056) so, as per instructions, time to add hops. HOWEVER!! Took a little taste and was suprised at how horrible it tastes at this stage...

I'm just talking about the neck of the hydrometer where the scale is. Yeah the bulb is fine but if the neck is leaning obviously I'm gonna get an inaccurate reading.