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That sounds good - I dry hopped mine for 5 days and then bottled it on Monday night. Fingers crossed...

Nice one, am going to do this tomorrow night after work so I'll get a paint strainer bag tomor. Thanks for the advice [emoji106]

Cheers Jobnyrotten, I may have misused the term 'secondary', what in actually doing is siphoning it into another fermentation vessel so I can stir in the priming sugar without mixing up all the yeast which has settled at the bottom of the vessel it's in now, if stir in my priming sugar into the...

Thanks unionrdr, I'm glad I checked with the experts instead of bottling 2 days after adding the hop pellets and ruining my so far successful brew! Monday night is bottling night then [emoji106] Should I still expect the layer of hop crud at the top after 5 days?

Yes eadavis80 I dry hopped in primary, would it have been better to have moved to secondary before dry hopping? I will leave for another 5 days then, just confusing when the instructions state 2-3 days, but I know instructions are a kind of umbrella guide for a variety of kits. Thanks for the...

Hi all, this is my 3rd query and I'm still not done with my first extract brew!! I'm brewing a Young's American Pale Ale and the instructions say to add the hop pellets 2-3 days before bottling. I added them 2 days ago, after my brew was in primary for just over 2 weeks. There is still a...

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Thanks a million - that does clarify things a lot. I was assuming that some malt extract must already contain hops if no late hopping is required in an extract kit. I certainly do hope to eventually move to partial/all grain brewing when I get more practice and gather up the equipment. In the...

Thanks Pyg & sfgoat, I get the method of a 'boil' for all grain brewing where the hops are added at that stage, but for extract brewing where there isn't a 60 min boil involved and the hops are not added until after or close to the end of fermentation, surely the 15 min additions and 30 min...

Hi folks, I'm about to add my hops to a Young's American Pale Ale extract tomorrow (my first home brew). I understand this is a method called Dry Hopping (adding the hops at a late stage in the fermentation, a couple of days before bottling) What I want to know is, for ales and beers which...

Guys thanks a million for the comments & advice - very excited to see how this turns out and look forward to the brews improving with each batch as I learn along the way! [emoji482]

That's good advice stickyfinger, will play this one by ear and see how it turns out. Cheers [emoji482]

Thanks canehdianman, by the sounds of it higher temp isn't just as much of an issue for an ale yeast. Please can someone also clarify for me - stickyfinger mentioned above that it is probably almost done by now, however according to instructions I have to keep in the FV for 15 days, then add...

Thanks guys, the kit came with US West Coast yeast, I looked it up and saw that west coast yeast temp should be 'over 17 Celsius'... So I'm concerned this first brew won't be a success! However in the kit instructions the desired temp is between 20 a 24! Is there anything I can do to keep the...

Hi folks, I am a complete beginner and my brother got me a brew kit ft my 30th, with an ingredients kits for a Youngster American Pale Ale. I got it all started 4 days ago and left it to ferment, the temperature has been a pretty stead 22/23 Celsius which I gather is fine, but we're having a...