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Is it ok to use the dishwasher to clean my used PET coopers bottles and will that sterilise them or do I need to do that as well after ?

Ah right, it is plastic , although my fermentation bucket is plastic and I have done cider in plastc ??

Hi all again, another question, I have a water cooler bottle that is 15 litres and want to do a small brew of brewferm gold that makes 12 litres , I have adapted the bottle from help on here to take an airlock , is this ok to use as my fermenting bucket is being used , can I just use it as...

Thanks , I wasn't convinced about the hydrometer being correct but great advise , I'll stop panicking and check again sat

That coopers one is showing about 15 now

It was at 40 before on the coopers hydrometer (which is broke now ) when I started and it has been fermenting for a just over a week , don't have the recipe it's the cooper diy brew pack ? , I'll see if I can find it

Right I purchased a new hydrometer as the coopers plastic one was crap.... I have a ready just below the black line , about 1 mark below the black line, according to that it isn't ready ?? I will keep checking but I think it's staying the same now , does this mean it's fermented and can be...

Cheers guys

Also can I add Splenda or similar to sweeten if needed

Hi all, I am doing this recipe http://www.cider-making.co.uk/cider-recipes.html/homebrew-apple-cider-recipe.html It will be nearly a week and I will need to rack it ?? What is racking , is it just moving from the demijohn to another clean demijohn so I leave the sediment behind , I thought I...

Thanks again lol, so I was planning on bottling sat all being well, but think I may leave till the following weekend giving it 2 and half weeks in total , impatient and want to get an ale on the go (used this one cause it came with the kit) , which all brings me to another question , best way to...

Thanks , it says that if I keep checking it from now on (day6) and it stays the same I can bottle it, then prime , I have ready just to leave it 10 days then bottle , or do I wait and keep checking , not sure lol

I have the coopers diy beer kit rotary it out , it has a tap on the bucket so I drew some brew from there to the pot that come with it and them put hydrometer in, I didn't sterilise it

Cheers for replies , this is the hydrometer , it was on 40 and now 20 , not sure if this is how I am reading it correct

Hi started brewing with a coopers kit and I took the reading as described at 40 on scale, a week later it's at 20 , is this right , also the cheap plastic one is rattling , not sure if it's broke, do I need to sterilise it every time I use it ?? Beer looks ok and tastes ok , not sure what to do...