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I tried one for the beers after leaving them in the bottles for 2 weeks just to see how it was coming along. Tasted drinkable, and had a head etc. But tasted slightly watery and wasn't that fizzy - will an extra week carbonate it more? Why does it taste slightly watery?

They don't get any direct sunlight - it looks bright in the photo because I had the lights on and boosted the exposure on the camera. Generally it is a room that has light coming in, but never particularly bright and they never get hit by sunlight - is that fine? I've no space otherwise!

So got it bottled on the 16th April - wasn't as crazy as I was expecting, but still messy! Didn't experience any problems, and it tasted quite nice when I was syphoning (a flat pale ale pretty much!). Since I was adding the sugar to each bottle using a tea spoon (half measure), each bottle...

Thanks for responses! I've had a look at Revvy's thread, for the next brew, some modifications to my bucket to make this process easier! I'll make sure to put the sugar in first. I've noticed others in Revvy's thread mention a bottling bucket - what is the purpose of a second bucket? Do you put...

So it's been about 3.5 weeks since I started the brew and I'm all set to bottle this evening. Few questions: 1. Any last minute tips on bottling? I'm going to have to sterilise each 500ml bottle - is there any efficient way of doing 40 odd bottles? I'll also have to sterilise the tube going...

I'd rather it was an ale than a lager to be honest, wish I had bought another can of ingredients instead of using the one with the kit. I'll leave it another week or two. Should all the bubbles/froth (or krausen - if that's the correct term) be gone and I be left with a relatively smooth...

Ah ok, I'll leave it for another couple of weeks. Is there any disadvantage to using ale yeast in a lager (if it is indeed ale yeast that my kit has)? How will it affect flavours?

The tin weighs 1.8kg, and I put 1kg of dry/spray malt in. It is meant to be 4.5%, but that was with brewing sugar, I assume dry/spray malt might make it stronger/weaker?

What does 'lagered' mean? It was a kit/straight from a can (well the malt extract etc), rather than an actual recipe. All I did was pour in the contents from the can, add the yeast and brewing sugar (well I used spray malt instead).

I never took a gravity reading when I started - is there any other way to determine the alcohol percentage? I'll take a couple readings over the next 5 days to see if it's ready.

Around 16-18'C in the room I have it just now. The instructions for the kit said 18-21'C. I'm not sure whether it is a particularly top notch kit.

It's a lager from a kit. How do I record the gravity? I have a hydrometer.

Instructions for the kit say: "Fermentation will be complete when bubbles have stopped rising (between 4-6 days). Alternatively, you can check that the fermentation has stopped when your hydrometer reading is constant for 3 days." "Syphon the beer into beer bottles... ... leave for 14 days"...

I've no idea if it was lager yeast - was in a starter kit (Youngs), the yeast was unbranded. So the best idea is to just leave it for another week? Should I take hydrometer readings or if I'm leaving it for another week it'll be fine either way? Should I try move it into a place with a lower...

Instructions said 4-6 days for a quick brew - I'd be happy to perhaps bottle 10 now and keep it fermenting for another week? Or once you start draining do you have to do it all? I really wish I had done hydrometer readings - but I guess today is the first day I can take a reading given the...

Thanks for quick response! So it is normal for dried patches of froth to appear on the top and a sticky gooey residue around the side where the froth had been? I was concerned something had gone wrong! Given that it has been colder in the room, does it look like it is ok to bottle in 24 hours...

Started my first ever brew, pretty excited! :tank: It's a lager in a 5 gallon container - a gift from a friend. I sterilised the container to the best of my knowledge (10 minutes and rubbing a cloth round the top and edges and lid), before rinsing it out about 4 times. I was keen to get my...