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The beer's not entirely clear. It's a bit cloudy and quite sweet. Do you think it's worth leaving the other bottles for another week? The fermentation took around 2/3 weeks. The brew's been bottled for 2 weeks. Cheers.

Hi everyone, I'm pleased to let you know that I've just opened my first ever bottle of home brew and it's been a success! It's rather on the sweet side, but is smooth and drinkable. There's a nice level of carbonation/head and I couldn't be prouder :) Thanks a lot for all of your help. It...

Hi everyone, I'm pleased to let you know that I've just opened my first ever bottle of home brew and it's been a success! It's rather on the sweet side, but is smooth and drinkable. There's a nice level of carbonation/head and I couldn't be prouder :) Thanks a lot for all of your help. It was...

Hey everyone, I did another reading - see pics. This reading was more scientific/accurate. I'm currently at around 2.6% in alcohol volume. The brew's three weeks old. The instructions in my brewing kit suggest I should have bottled at two weeks, and left the bottles for three weeks...

Hi guys, I've just taken my first reading. I think the brew's currently at around 3% alcohol content. As it's around 1.030 on the gravity reading, I think.. Does the alcohol level increase or decrease as the brewing process goes on? There's still little sign of change in the brew's appearance...

Hi everyone. Very little's changed visually since my original post. In two evenings time it'll have been in this state for two weeks. Should I move to the next stage of my brewing instructions and add honey/start bottling, or should I wait until I notice some change in appearance? There's been...

Hey, My first ever 1 gallon of IPA home brew is almost ready for bottling. I'm looking for smaller brown beer bottles so that I can share the love and give more people a taste of my first ever brew. Any ideas where I can order some? I'm thinking 200ml or 250ml bottles. 500ml would...

Thanks! The fermentation stage began with me pitching and then shaking the jar solidly for some time. Perhaps I went a bit too enthusiastically on the shaking :) There's never been any signs of bubble and blow off at this stage.

1.4 sounds like a familiar measurement. I think that's what I was at before the boil I'll take a look at BeerSmith now. Thanks a lot for your tip. One last question, as the 'explosion' and 'mess' comment above scares me! Shall I return the blow off tube and lose the air lock then? Cheers.

Thanks for visiting the blog. It summarises the main steps I followed. There were a few smaller ones that I didn't bother writing up. There's a small chance that when sparging, I didn't use as much water as I should have. But I was pretty attentive to the instructions. Maybe I boiled at...

Hi Meevoo, the stuff at the neck of the jar appeared after day one of fermentation. This photo was taken today. At the top of the liquid is a 1cm approx foam which looks pretty horrid! Someone recommend I buy a hydrometer so I can take gravity readings throughout fermentation. I purchased one...

Hi, thanks a lot for your quick reply. At the kit instructed me to, I had a blow off tube attached for the first three days, before removing it and adding the air lock. Do you recommend I remove the airlock and returned it? Does the jar not need to be air tight at this stage? I was...

It'd also be interesting to hear your thoughts on whether I should stick to the instructions this first time round, or learn whatever 'secondary fermentation' is all about and try that out... Thanks!

Hi everyone from London, England. At Christmas I was treated to the Brooklyn Brew Shop's beer making kit. I'm at the fermentation stage of my first ever brew and wanted to stop by to see if anyone has any tips/reassurances for me! During the boil, a lot of the liquid evaporated. As...