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Haha yeah true. I'm definitely going to stick to ales! Next brew will begin shortly!

The SG has moved to approximately 1.009 - slowly but surely!

Haha fair enough! But going back to your previous point: "don't want to freeze so many water bottles". You might not have to do that. Simply getting cooler water from the tap would cool the beer down a huge amount! It may work very well.

Personally I would let it age at a more neutral temperature than 95 but that is just my opinion. Hope it goes well!

Most of your questions depend on what brewing kit you are using. Which kit are you using?

Brilliant thanks! I think I'd like to make an IPA. Any ones you know of that are good? Ill read the book now, thanks!

The air temperature in a room shouldn't affect the beer a huge amount. However, if it is at a constant temperature of 95 then it will most likely keep the beer very warm. This is not necessarily a problem depending on what beer you want to brew. Obviously ales use higher temperatures which can...

Okay thanks! I will leave it for at least 10 days or so and see what happens!

Thanks for the info. Very annoying that coopers do that! Maybe I won't buy from them again depending on how this turns out. I think I'll try a good ale next. Any recommendations?

Yeah thanks, although it is always good to have specific advice rather than generic advice that you might find in a book.

So if I leave it for longer will that mean that the beer will become much clearer?

Can that not happen when I've bottled it?

All this advice is very useful so thank you! However, the coopers instructions and recommendations seem to say completely the opposite! Maybe they are just a company that makes kits that are aimed to be completed as quickly as possible..? I don't know. What do you think?

Thanks for the advice! Ill wait until Saturday I think to see what the SG is. The instructions said to leave it for approximately 6 days so that should be enough I think. If its got constant SG readings then ill bottle it! Thanks!

Thanks for the info. However, I don't see how it can be an ale? It's a coopers kit which is labelled as a Mexican cerveza. Very strange! They also do a European lager which they recommend to ferment at 21-27 Celsius. Could it be just something that Coopers do with they kits?

My original gravity was 1.036 I believe. I am fermenting at 20-22 Celsius.

I'm fermenting at approx 20-22 celsius. The kit I'm using is a coopers cerveza which came with its own yeast. Thanks

Hi, Me and a few friends started our first brew of lager on Saturday 29th. After a day or so the fermentation started very nicely and we had constant bubbles coming through the airlock. No need to worry then surely, you say? Well, after about 2 days of good fermenting it has now calmed down a...