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Taste too sweet! Can't feel the hops behind the sugar. Almost like a shandy with too much lemonade =( I am planning to release pressure at least every 4 days, unless you guys advise to do it more often!

I'm a beginner myself (2 batches bottled, 2 fermenting) and I highly recommend going to LHBS and asking them to talk you through basic brewing from kit. You can get cheaper kits online but you won't get as much advice as from LHBS. I do suggest though that you get your second fermenter soon...

Thanks guys! I've cracked a bottle open - got a very well carbed wheat beer (on second day in the bottle!) which was VERY sweet! I've relieved the pressure today and will give it another try in 3 days. Will probably need to relieve the pressure quite a few times.

Thanks for the advice! I have done some googling and it seems that 4.0 and even 4.5 is typical for wheat beers. Does it mean that 4.0 will be well within safety range? Has anyone bottled any beers at 4.5 without bombs before? Re releasign the pressure - how many days does it take for co2...

Thank you guys! How many days should I wait before releasing the pressure?

4.0 is what the priming calculator still allows for wheat beer... but I guess that this is more suitable for barrells rather than bottles =(( Any suggestions on how to stop the bombs and not get killed in my sleep by SWMBO for messing up the kitchen?

Hi! I have just bottled my second batch (Cooper's wheat beer). And I think I might have miscalculated my priming sugar amount! For 45 pints I have added 280g of sugar (using the bottling bucket method). Should I expect any bottle bombs soon? Thank you!

It works out as $10 per 50L, plus the tap, so seems reasonably cheap to me...

Hi! I've done some reading on 5L minikegs and I am considering buying something like this set: http://www.leylandhomebrew.com/item2993.htm Unless I can find a UK seller of plastic 6L bottles like these...

Thank you very much for the advice! Where can I find a calculator that helps to adjust the amount of hops and speciality malts for smaller, more concentrated boils (i.e 5 gallons of wort but only , say, 2 gallon boil?)

yep. my main concern is that the cooker might not be able to bring the pot to boiling temp (or that the pot will cost a fortune as I happen to have an induction cooker :( ) So from your answers I recon I can get a 4 us gallon pot and just brew 3 gallons of "concentrate" to add 2 gallons of...

Hi again! I am hoping to use LME + specialty grains & hops for my next batch (I've only brewed kits so far) and I can't find enough info about the right size of the pot for boiling LME and ingredients. Does it have to be 5gallons for 5 gallon batches or can I brew everything in, say, 1...

What adjustments do I need to make to hydrometer readings to account for temperature variance? Is it as easy as adding or taking off a few points per degree C? Thanks!

Thanks. Following instructions seems to be one of the main reasons for failure with beer kits so I'm being cautious =))

Hi! After trying to homebrew ale about a month ago my mrs talked me into getting a wine kit too. We got a california conoisseur Rojo Tinto and racked it into primary today. How long would recommend keeping it in the primary (kit suggests 1 week) and would you recommend transferring it...

thank you. the taste has definitely improved. Its was very sour a week ago but now it tastes like an ale! Time to bottle.

Hi! I am still waiting to bottle my fist batch and my readings were as follows: OG: temp: 17C; 1044 1 week primary: temp unknown; 1016 2 weeks & 2 days in primary: temp: 20C; 1011 2 weeks 6 days in primary: temp: 19C; 1010 ish. Is it safe to bottle? Would the 1 degree difference...

Thanks for the info guys - perhaps a bit of information overload for a complete newbie ;) , but I'll definitely try some of these yeasts for my new brews.

Thanks!

Hi! Just wondering what will happen if you take all the "lager" elements out of lager. I.e. follow a lager recipe but use ale yeast (koelsch would be best I assume?), ferment at ale temperatures and drink after 3 weeks primary & 3 weeks in a bottle instead of lagering? Thank you! Chavez.