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Been bottled for 7 weeks now and I have just poured myself a glass, beautiful head and strong taste, perfect. I was worried because after opening a bottle after about 3 weeks there was no head at all and a very acidic taste. Here a piccy.

Well it sort of works. The HOME screen now shows this: When I 'Tap Here' as it asks, I get this page: So I am guessing that there has been a layout modification done.

All sorted, thanks. I got 42 500ml bottles from my brew, 1 1/2 carbonation tabs in each bottle. I have stored them away until at least mid August after my summer hols.

Okie dokie, my brew had finally finished fermenting, no doming of the lid & a constant SG reading. Now I'm ready to bottle. Approximately how short of the top should I fill my bottles, they are plastic if that makes a difference. Regards..,

OK thanks for the update

Thanks for the reply Rivvo. What is a trub?

After dropping to 1.010 and staying there for about a week or so, I have just checked it again and it's dropped again to 1.009. Great news. Seems to be fermenting but just very slowly. I was considering bottling today if the reading was still 1.010, now I'll wait a little longer.

A further update. I had nothing really to loose so I added a touch more yeast to the brew a few days ago. I checked on the brew daily and found no change in SG, until that is today. It has now dropped a further 2 points to 1012 and aside from the usual ballooning of the bucket's lid, there...

Thanks for the reply, this has probably answered my question now. After researching the Cooper Brew Enhancer 1 that I used, I have found that it contains only 75% of fermentables. I quick whizz on my calculator shows me that the OG of 1042 to my current G of 1014 is roughly 75% of the way to...

Well, today is the 3rd week in the fermenter and I have just taken another reading, it is still showing 1014. I noticed today though, that the fermenter lid was not domed but it was up to yesterday when I checked it. The surface of the brew is fairly clear of foam, just a number of...

Okie dokie guys I have some more info. I left my thermometer overnight right next to my fermenter and got a consistent reading of 22 degrees. I have then made a 22 degree sample of plain water in my trial jar to test my hydrometer but unfortunately this has not really helped matters as the...

Hi Austin, yes I have, I refer you to post #3 Regards

Thanks for the reply. I have considered a gentle stir but really want to leave that as a last resort because of the risk. I am going to leave it a while longer to see if it starts again. In you opinion do you think putting extra yeast in is a good idea?

I am new to brewing and am having a slight issue with my 1st brew. It's a Youngs Lager. The setup all went perfectly well and I used Brew Enhancer instead of Brewers sugar. OG was spot on at 1042. As of today it's been in the fermenter for 2 weeks and over the last 3 days I have had a...

Sorry, thanks for pointing that out.