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Ok thanks for that. I didn't get any detailed instructions for my hydrometer in my starters kit. I'm learning off YouTube and from you good gentlemen :). The instructions with the beer kit ( milestone brewery doner & blitzed) said the temp should be between 64 & 77 degrees before pitching the...

God sorry what's wrong with me! I'm adding an extra 0. I've probably confused everyone including my self now :). Ok OG = 1.042 FG = 1.012 Reading 4 weeks after Finings and 80g spray malt added = 1.009 There ! It's right this time I promise ;)

Sorry my mistake, I'm still pretty new to this. The instructions said the final gravity should be 1.0009. I took 2 readings over a period of 3 days and they were both consistently 1.0012. I assumed the yeast had stopped the fermentation so I added youngs beer Finings to the bucket and let it...

This is for all my New Years visitors so hopefully someone's going to say " yea your final reading is the beers alcohol content" ;0)

I did 2 readings before I barrelled a couple of days apart and they were the same. They were lower than the instructions said they would be by about 4 points which is why I did another one 4 weeks later after the priming sugar was exhausted as the ale was carbonated. The reading is now what it...

For the record my avb was 3.98% but after 4 weeks in the barrel it's almost 4.5% which is what the kit says it should be

I've just done my 3rd batch of ale and prior to my other posts where I've said it's never as strong as it says on the box I've done a reading 4 weeks after secondary fermentation( after my Finings had been added and 80g of spray malt also added for carbonation ) all instructions I've read say to...

Yea I read that and its completely different to the instructions on the beer pack I bought. It says to boil the malt extract and water but the beer kit say just to add it to the fermenting bucket and top up to the 5 gallon mark with 5 gallons of water making sure the temp was between 18-25...

Yea thats right its for the pressure barrel. Maybe I got a different kind of homebrew kit than most folk on here?. What do you do?, keep it in the fermenting bucket?. Wouldn't it go flat or contaminated?. I've heard loads of folk saying they dont transfer for secondary fermentation. I...

Oh one other thing. I added 80g of spraymalt mixed with cooled boiled water as suggested and the instructions say to leave the barrel at room temp again between 18 degrees & 25 degrees ( quite a large margin I thought) then move to a cooler place for 4 weeks. But how long do I leave it at room...

Cheers guys for all your help. Hopefully ill get it right next time round

Brilliant that makes sense ogri thanks! Would there be a specific water/yeast/sugar ratio in should use?. & I assume brewers sugar is the best stuff for doing this ?

Pressure barrel is the container for putting the beer in for the final fermentation the one that's sealed tight with a valve at the top for adding co2 to if there's a vacuum unbalance and air gets sucked up the tap into the barrel when you try to pour a glass. That's what they called it on the...

Carboy? Sorry I'm such a beginner its not funny. Is that the pressure barrel I'm assuming? Shaking the fermentation bucket would prob result in all my ale going up the walls lol. When you say make a starter do you mean out some of the dried yeast in water and shake it in a container before...

Prime the yeast with O2? This is only my third brew, I was led to believe it was easy as long as you followed the instructions and didn't mess with the recipe but it seems I need to know a hell of a lot more about (attenuation rates?) yeast types , pitch temp when to make it warmer when to make...

Hmm ok something to know for next time I guess. Thanks folks. If I do another gravity test after final fermentation at Xmas time when the beers ready to drink, will the carbonation in the beer give false results and if it makes any difference will i be cheating myself? lol.

This was a premium 2 tin kit that neede no extra sugar apart from the spray malt I added when I kegged it. So should I make the temp of the wort before pitching the yeast closer to the 18 degree mark than the 25 degrees the scale on the instructions states?

Sorry for some reason my app won't show me more than one paragraph at a time so I can't see what I'm typing!. Re cap final gravity should have been 1.009 but mine was 1.014, despite mixing with a paddle on the 6th day of fermenting. My fermenting temp was 18 degrees all the way through.

I've just barrelled my 3rd brew, a donner and blitzed Xmas brew by milestone. This had some pretty in depth instructions with it unlike the other woodfordes kits I've made. These said my starting gravity should be 1.040 at around 18-25 degrees, mine was 1.042???. My final gravity said it should...

That is just what I'm looking for ! Fantastic!