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quick update: I bottled off the beers and the ones with slightly less sugar in the bottle turned out better, combined with leaving them outside in the british autumn weather I got some cracking beers after about 5 or 6 weeks. They had a slight San Miguel kind of taste to them. Strong too!

excellent. Now the waiting game

Photo 2 I guess I'm at about 1.040 here?

Hey guys, looking at my instructions with my brew kit, it has the formula for alcohol content and the OG and FG are expressed as 1042 and 1006 - now looking at my hydrometer it isn't written like that, I have hopefully added a photo to show what mines like. How would I record this? I want to get...

Doh! I can probably expect some strange flavours then? As long as it doesn't poison me and is drinkable I'll be happy for a first attempt

A bit of a relief then, Stupidly I started the ferment without taking an OG. it's a Pilsner from a beginners malt extract kit, but with 500g added spray malt. I would estimate the general temp of the room is no more than 20 Celsius until the heating is on, then maybe 25/26 not too sure. It's in...

started my beginners kit on Saturday morning, its sitting in an upstairs bedroom with the door open (about 8ft from the nearest radiator) and facing a wide open hallway. Sunday there was a nice foamy head, yesterday some BIG bubbles and a nice beery smell. I came in from work today and it looks...

Ah great thanks! Can't wait to try it already

Oh and I used 800g dextrose, saving 100g for priming (I have a pressure barrel for storage) and 6 bottles to prime with the leftover sugar to drink first when it's ready

Hi all, new guy here. I got one of those cheap Wilko home brew kits with a Pilsner malt and set it up this weekend. It's fermenting away nicely I think! I went to a local brew shop since I got the kit and was sold some spray malt by the owner who agreed with my idea it may help the end...