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I am completely new to brewing in general, and have only brewed a batch of beer beforehand which turned out reasonably well. I just bough a Finlandia Apple and Pear Cider kit and followed the instructions: Heat can up, pour in fermentation vessel, add sugar, water to the 18 litre mark, pitch...

I just brewed my first batch of beer and its an 'ok' beer. I started with the Coopers Australian Lager Kit. I have bottled the beers and have added one carbonation drop per 500ml bottle, which I was instructed to do. I have now waited 2 weeks in secondary fermentation and have tried the beer and...

I am storing the bottles in a room at around 20-23 degrees. I cannot store them at any lower temperature. I can store maybe half underneath my freezer as there is a small space which is around 15 degrees, but then they will not be standing upright. Should I just leave them in the room at 20-23...

Just bottled my first batch of beer and I was wondering what exactly is the stuff at the bottom of the fermentation vessel. I thought it was yeast/sediment. It tasted pretty strange sweet yet bitter taste and seemed to foam when tasted. What is it exactly? Additionally, when bottling, the...

How much would a refractometer cost? I just checked and its in the range of £100! Thats way too costly for me. What do you mean by rouse/repitch Bigscience?

Well I checked again and it was only about 0.5 litres. So its better than I thought. Also, I just added beer finings, so I had to disinfect the stirring spoon, and stir the beer in the vessel. Hope the beer finings wont screw up my beer.

I have been taking samples to test SG every day since the past 5 days, and I have used about 1 litre of beer out of 23. Is this too much, or is this expected?

Seperate question, how did you make the Belgian Dubbel? What malt is this?

When I add the beer finings, I have to stir it in?

can I stir the beer so that the yeast is evenly spread? Or is it best to not stir the beer in the vessel?

Just coming to the end of day 7 of my primary fermentation and I notice that the beer is clear near the top of my fermentation vessel. Does this mean that fermentation is complete? I calculated my ABV and this is about 3.75% which I believe is quite low. OG was 1040 and now is 1012. The malt I...