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Recently started my second brew (a european coopers lager, risky I know) after my first Ale turned out okay after a few weeks in the bottle. Now, everything was going smoothly when I started the brew, all the wort was mixed, until I had to add the cold water. Like the utter idiot I am, part...

Some members of my family have brewed great tasting beer and seen almost no bubbles! It's a mysterious art. If in doubt, take a gravity reading

Cheers Bosco, Actually, I wanted to do a comparison so primed some of the bottles with a teaspoon of sugar instead of using the carbonation drops, and they are going much quicker! Thanks for your help Ben

It's the bottles that come with the Coopers kit, I believe they are the 22 ounce ones. If not, I am an idiot

Thanks for your quick reply. You think this will work? it's VERY sweet (for beer) My other mistake here was in my haste i only left the beer in the fermenter for around 6 days before bottling, from research, I will be leaving my Lager for much longer

Hey chaps, About a week ago, I bottled my first home brew, a coopers english bitter kit. I cracked a few open with my flatmates last night, and it's basically undrinkable. gravity wise, the reading was about 0.010 for a couple of days in a row which indicated the brew was finished. I primed...

Hey guys, Feel a bit rude making my first post a question, but i'm a new first time brewer and this site seems a great way for me to find out if what the hell I am doing is right! My Ale has been fermenting for 5 days now, and it seems has stopped fermenting. I've been told from advice...