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Thanks for the replies. I sort of stayed away from transferring to a bottling container because I figured that it would just introduce another risk of infection. I do have two fermenters and more often than not I only have one on the go at any given time, so I'll put the sugar solution into...

Hi Folks, Do any of you know of a product for quickly dispensing the correct amount of sugar into the bottles when bottling. I usually bottle into the 350ml bottles so for each brew I have 60+ bottles. Last time I was bottling I was thinking that if there was some sort of gun type apparatus...

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but are you suggesting I use the refrigerator as a heat source ? Should I stack them behind it or something like that ?

Are you saying here that if I have an insulated chamber that I won't need to supply an external heat source, the fermentation process will generate enough heat to keep things at the right temperature ?

Hi Folks, Last night I opened a beer that I bottled about three weeks ago. It was as flat as a lizard drinking (and very sweet)... I reckon what has happen is that it's getting cold this side of the planet, I have an immersion heater in my fermenter but there is no heater in the shed. So I...

So if I have a kit that says add 1Kg brewing sugar, do I just add 1Kg of Malt Extract instead ? Will this effect the alcohol content ?

I am surprised at this. Every beer I've done so far has had dextrose in the recipe. My home brew shop has a recipe sheet listing how to combine their kits with other ingredients to make certain styles of beers and every recipe uses dextrose. I always thought it was the standard brewing sugar...

Thanks for the replies. I think I'll give this a shot anyway and I'll let you know how it goes. I have to admit my gut instinct is that this is going to taste a bit "odd" at best, but you never know. I like the idea of the "tea", that you could use with a bottle of wine, I think that is worth...

Ultimately I think I will do it with my own wine, but for the initial tests I thought the store bought stuff would be a quick way to test things out...

I was sort of thinking of this as a gift idea. A bottle of ready to heat mulled wine.... My main concerns are: 1) If I put a store bought wine into a fermenter will it go "off" ? 2) If I add dextrose to it will fermentation kick off again or should I add yeast or yeast Nutrient ...

I posted this on the recipes forum and got no takers so I'll give it a try here.... I am new to home brew so forgive me if the following seems like a daft idea.... I was making some mulled wine the other evening (I usually just bake an orange studded with cloves, add a liter of wine 1/2...

Just thought I post a quick update to this thread. Over three weeks have passed since I bottled and I am glad to report that nothing exploded and a quick taste of the beer suggests that the batch is just fine. Thanks for the help. Regards, JC

Hi Guys, Thanks for the replies. This morning the patient, or at least it's air lock, is bubbling away as per usual (I know you have said that lack of bubbles is not necessarily a sign of fermentation but the sound definitely makes me feel better). I am sure I will get to the stage soon...

Hi Guys, I put a beer kit into my fermenter last night. I have fitted a heating element with a thermostat into the fermenter and I have it set to maintain the temp. at about 24 degrees. When I went in to check on it this morning the temp was 28 degrees. At some stage during the process I...

Thanks for great advice. I got myself one of these babes last week and have just finished my first bottling with it. Saved me buckets of time (and water which is important her in drought effected Australia). Worth it's weight in gold I'd say. Thanks again for all the replies, JC

Hi Guys, I didn't have anything accurate enough to weight the sugar and the priming measure doesn't say what the volume is. The best I could come up with was to fill the measure with water and transfer that to a small measure I had. It's was just under 5ml or 0.165 fl oz. Do you reckon I...

I used a priming scoop. I bottled into 375ml bottles so I used the smaller side of the measure. When I get home this evening I'll weight a scoop and post the weight. IF these things turn out to be volatile are they only risky before they are refrigerated ? Will refrigeration stop the build...

I was bottling the other day when I ran out of ordinary white sugar. I decided to use caster sugar as this is just a finer sugar right ? Today (4 days later) something just dawned on me, have I crated 60 bottle bombs? Will the finer sugar mean there is more sugar in the bottles and hence...

Thanks for all the replies. I have a feeling if I start messing with it I may just end up making matters worse and using ingredients that might be best used in batch no. 2. Plus the neighbours might start talking if they hear explosions coming from the Irish guys shed.... I think I'll...

Thanks for the replies, When you say "back sweeten" what do you mean? Should I transfer half to another fermenter and sweeten there ? If so any idea how much honey I would need to add to stop it fermenting again ? You also said I could kill the yeast, how do I do that ? If I sweeten with...