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I think sometimes we tend to cut corners, Like you said it had been in your fermentor for three weeks, So we auto assume (ha its rdy) But there is always the chance its not. Shame about your beer

For the coopers kits i normally add 1kg dme and 500g brew sugar. Works well and makes a nice beer. your 3lb of dme should be fine to add it all as there is 2.2 lb to 1 kg and you have 3lb It will be fine to add the lot and you should end up with a og at around 0.040 or slightly higher.

I am a novice too been homebrewing a few months. What i do is add the priming sugar to the barrel and 1 co2' bulb, this is what my hbs told me to do. I mostly bottle now until i get some corney kegs. but i have 2 barrels and when i made my first ever brew i did it like above and it worked...

Hi guys. I brewed a coopers draft, It spent 2 weeks in primary. Then 1 week in barrel at room temp then 2 weeks so far in fridge to cold condition. i tested the brew and there was some carbonation not high but enough , As im using roto keg. Now after two weeks in fridge i did a test to see how...

A buddy of mine got some of these pop tops, They were made from some hard plastic and he gave me half of them. After a few days of using them i noticed they had actually popped back up. So the bottles were leaking co2. I took all of them off and replaced the bottles with good quality tops. The...

Well i have a cat so b4 i bottle anything i boot out the cat , Sanitize my whole work area + all equipment and bottles kegs. I always pop the lid but only slightly Leaving the bucket 99% covered, Dont want any floating cat hair in there. Note No Cats were hurt during this procedure

I fitted a tap to all my fermenting bins Easy to take sample :)

You should be fine as the yeast will multiply in fermenter - and the starter White Labs vials do tend do explode as they do have some co2 in there. Best way is to give is a slight shake and open very slowly. Make the starter you will be fine.

I got my starter kit few months ago. and i got some free equipment from a Facebook freebie page in my area. I have 3 frementers 2 beer 1 wine 1 plastic carboy 2 brew belts 1 corker 1 caper 1 auto syphen 3 barrels good ones My starter kit was £50 and the rest i got free! I know its not alot...

Man that looks so cool. I would move in there if i had that. Nice very nice!!

I think the Only way to tell is to sanitize the airlock Pop it back in - Let it ferment out ..Then pray it will be ok!

I got a plastic carboy for my secondary as i needed to rack my red wine off and it was only £10 from my local brewing shop. I will still use my bucket for my main unless i hit any problems like yours. Glad you found your issue and enjoy your brew when its ready

I'm new to this to. On my 3rd and 4th batch right now 1 larger 1 wine on the go! I read alot of threads on here as it is a great place to learn things. Most i have read on this subject is to wait a further week and if still nothing going on try some new yeast. I am sure more of the...

Just to update you guys. I went ahead and Bottled it after a further few days. So few days later i did a taste test, I know i know -should let it fully carb before i try, But i just had to see if it was dry as mentioned above. Although, There was only little carbonation, The taste was...

Thanks for your advise. I will let it sit for another week. Im not in a rush. Just want a nice beer :)

When i dropped in my hydrometer the reading was the next mark after 1.000 so 1.002 .. that reading was at the top surface of the brew.

Hi guys. I am on me second brew Coopers European Larger. It has been Fermenting now for 11 days. For the past couple of days the gravity reading has been 1.002 and was 1.041 at the start. Anyway when i did the test today i noticed that there is still tiny bubbles rising to the top of the beer...

I am also new to home-brew making. But i would do a gravity test before i bottled. Im on my second batch of beer now and did not bottle until the fg had come down as close to 0 as i could get it. when i say 0 i mean 1-000 on the gravity tester. My first batch fg set to 1-004 after a few days it...

Hi everyone.. Have my first brew on the go! Got myself a starter brew kit from my local suppler, This is something that i have wanted to try for the past few years but never got around to it. Well i am finally making may first brew. Coopers Australian lager, That came with the kit. All...