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    Pushed it up 0.5C last night, to 21.5C. Going to go another 0.5C this morning. Then 0.5C this afternoon. Can have it at 23C tomorrow. Is it accepted that this is left until bottling day or just for a few days then drop it back to around 19-20C a few days before bottling.
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    1/2C per day enough and what would you consider a max. Instructions said to brew between 20-25C. So do I go the full way out to 25C or just part way to 23C. I brewed @ 21C, which we considered a few days ago to possibly been a little high. Recommendations to brew the next at 18-19C to minimise...
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    I know where your going. lol Sucked it but then lifted the cane out of the beer so direction of flow was always towards the trial jar. Very conscious of backward flow, and had a couple of practices first with the sanitiser to perfect technique and see what was going to happen.
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    Update. Decided as fermentation looks like it’s getting very slow, decided to dry hope. Thinking being, that if there is still a little CO2 being produced it will replace any oxygen that may be introduced to the top of the FV. Had to pop one side of the lid and shoot the hop pellets straight in...
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    Funny you mention the airlock sucking back. I made the mistake on brew day of fitting the airlock before I moved the FV. When I lifted it it pulled 50% of the liquid out of the airlock straight onto the beer. Lesson learnt for next time. The ballon technique I thought to be a really...
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    That’s an awesome idea about sampling through the bung. Hadn’t thought of that.
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    Couldn’t agree more. All are good options/ opinions, and I would think this greatly linked to setups and styles of brewing. The art is understanding the merits of each, the pros and cons with regard to the situation they will be used, and then chose an option that has the greatest chance of...
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    I have brewers friend. Just need to learn how to use it. That’s actually the calculator I used to back calculate the OG of this batch.
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    Just as a matter of interest, are there any apps you would recommend.
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    That’s really interesting. I will certainly look into that. Thanks.
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    Will be nice if it’s similar to old peculiar. the next kit I have apparently is very close to Adnams broad side. That will get started when this one is bottled or after the first 2 weeks of conditioning is complete. Depending on wether I can get 40 bottles and a FV in the fermentation fridge...
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    Just looked at it is 50g (2oz) of hops.
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    straight into a bottling bucket onto the priming sugar, Then bottle. FV is a 25l plastic bucket, hence the idea to fit a spigot into it before the next batch to allow safer testing if required. I may manage to add the hop pellets through the bubbler grommet which will require far less risk...
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    Yep that’s spot on. Had to try and work the OG back from FG and ABV. 10 days in today and fermentation seems to have dramatically slowed( according to bubbler which I understand is not a good indicator). I may dry hop today and just poor in the top loose as I want to try and minimise the...
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    Hi thanks for the reply. I had suspected it to be jest full and had taken it that way, however thought I should check just to ensure I hadn’t inadvertently upset someone by reaching out for good information from experienced guys. I have obviously come across in a different way to I had...
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    Thanks for the reply. I would hate to take something the wrong way and miss judge a persons intentions, so just wanted to clarify if the reply was meant to be patronising or be playful and in jest (banter). i suspect the later, as I see you are a moderator on the forum and so are here to...
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    Yep that could certainly be a good option. Is using the spigot a tried and safe way to get samples for SG rather than a measuring cylinder in the top.
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    Hi I think I read that in an old post you wrote with regard bottling. I have purchased a wine thief so it should be relatively easy to get a sample without causing too much disturbance. I may get an FG on day19 and another on day 21. I had considered putting a tap in the FV about mid beer point...
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    This is the next kit I have ready to go when this one has finished and bottled. if I can get the 40 bottles and FV in at the same time I will if not it will get started when the bottles come out of the cabinet after they have had a week or two carbinating. the yeast pack is 10g and just says...
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