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Its been about 30 hours now since I pitched my yeast,cant see any activity.Fitted a blow off tube instead of a airlock because I was worried about monster fermenting.Havnt seen one bubble yet,but there is condensation inside the lid and the lid appears to be bulging slightly.will wait and see...

Heres hoping and watching!

Brewed up some coopers stout today with treacle and dme and demerera.?that was eight hours ago and no sign of ferm starting yet,is this the norm?

Thanks fellas,ill make up a blow off and remove the airlock.Im using 1 can of coopers stout,500g dark dme,and thinking of adding 1kg of brown demarara sugar.What do reckon folks?

Got my coopets stout kit,but a bit worried by tales of monsterous foaming during ferm.I will be using 500g dme and 500g brown sugar.Any info or tips please fellas.

Cheers my man,let us know how it go:-D

Im a new boy to this game,so help me out fellas.I. have now done 2 brews using coopers lme and and I am very happy with the results.I was thinking of doing a porter lme and maybee adding a hop tea and some chocolate dme(if there is such a thing)I live in the uk,so please no exotic ingredients I...

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Or post one even!sorry.

Niether,its a plastic barrel shaped drum with a tap on the bottom and a screw on top with a release valve fitted to the top.Ill see if I can pist a picture.

Thanks,how much sugar should I add to carbonate 5 gallons?

Dont know what a cornelious keg is ,sorry.I dont have co2.if I put say a pale ale in it,how would I carbonate it a bit so its not flat?

I have done a lager and a english bitter brew from coopers Lme.I have just got my hands on a 5 gallon pressure keg,any ideas how I could use it in future brews?

I have made up a brew of coopers lager(which I am told is not a lager but a pale ale?)and took a hydrometer reading today.It shows it is not at the ready mark(green band)but I will take a reading tomorrow to make sure.It has been fermenting now for 13 days.I used 500gr of dextrose and 500 gr of...

Anyone out there have any info on brewferm belgian lme?any good? Also,when I added dme(muntons light) recently to a brew it caked up on the stiring spoon and formed lumps in the brew,after plenty of elbow grease was applied to the stiring the lumps disolved.Is this the norm or should I add it in...

Would you do a hop tea or boil them directly in the wort?

Could anyone tell me if coopers lager LME is pre hopped or not,as I was thinking of turboing it up with some hops/pellets and DME.

Great advice folks,put my beer in a warmer room and is clearing and carbonating.Even had a cheeky taste today and it wasnt bad at all.very happy.:-))))

Hello everyone,have got a brew secondary fermenting in Grolsch bottles in the garage for 6 days now.Trouble is, have tried two and the sugar I put in before filling hasnt seemed to work yet.I used ordinary cane sugar,I put 1 tsp in some 1.5 and 2 in others.Temp in there is about 16 degrees/63f...

Cheers for the info,its all trial and error at the minute.