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Aroma does act heavily on how we perceive tastes- whatever it is it's working for me!

So I dry hopped with 50grams target after decanting to a fresh FV and left it 7 days then bottles. Starting gravity 1.041 end gravity 1.08. Tried it yesterday and it's fab, really fresh and floral. I bottled some before dry hopping for a comparison, and without hops it has no body, very little...

great thanks ill try that then!

Hi guys, I have a youngs pale ale kit, and ive heard it can be a bit bland, so i wanted to dry hop it with target hops. Can anyone give any advice on when and how much to use? I was going to ad them at the end of primary fermentation and leave them 3 days or so before bottling. What do you...

great thanks guys! thats what ill do then :P

Hi, Ive got some 'better brew bandit beer', a desperados style lager but with an ale yeast. I want to cold crash it to get a really clear beer-is it worth putting it in the porch which will probably be 4-7 degrees C or is that not cold enough? How long would I leave it before bottling? 2-3...

5 gallons muntons bitter 1031+5=1036

An you sanitize bottles in an oven if they are cleaned first? As in stick them in a hot oven for 20 minutes or so like people do for jam?

If you dont want air to contact the beer, how do you get samples for the hydrometer? surely you have to open the fermenter to get the sample, letting air in?

Thanks for the help :)

lovely, well i think ill leave it in there till 20th or so which would be 16 days or so, then transfer to my bottles and leave them in the dark. I think its quite airtight (enough to stop anything coming in), but not enough to carbonate, as the gas does hiss out. Would you advise an airlock...

http://www.quaysidehomebrew.co.uk/fermenting its the 25 litre fermenting bucket with lid Im presuming it just hisses out under the edges when the pressure gets high enough? if i shine a torch down the lid you can see a few bubbles joining the krausen at the top, though not very clearly. Didnt...

Great thanks for the help, I dont have an airlock yet, just a plastic lid, im guessing that should still be fine? Ill leave it then, and find me some more brown bottles!

Hi guys, jut had a few questions I was hoping you could answer! Is it okay to leave the beer for a few extra days after all the bubbling has stopped? It looks set to stop just as I start exams so don't want the haste of bottling and revising at the same time, but do t wavy the beer ruined! Are...

Great thanks guys, one more thing, I'm planning on bottling it into old beer bottles I've gathered up who caps from the local shop. Are that type strong enough for conditioning?

well ive wrapped it in an electric blanket, and hopefully that will save it. Is the yeast likely to still be viable or should I add more? Thanks for the help!

Hi guys, new to the forum and just started my first brew (muntons bitter) My beer doesn't have any signs of fermenting (though I know its early, its only been going for around 24 hours) I was wondering if my house is too cold? It is probably somewhere around 10-15 degrees C as I don't have...