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After 2 weeks of fermenting I transferred via the fv tap to the Youngs Ubrew 'pressurised' :lol: cask, all bar four pints of sludge. After conditioning in the dining room for two weeks it now tastes delicious and is only slightly cloudy. This morning I have moved it to the garage where I hope...

My Youngs AIPA is in it's last few days in the FV. This has been chugging away at 22c for 14 days, the instructions tell me to transfer the beer to a pressurised barrel in a warm place for two weeks. The FV is already indoors in my dining room and I don't have anything significantly and...

At 14 days the burst of bubbles has gone from every 30 seconds at its peak down to one every 5 mins. So I took a gravity sample this morning of 1.005. I can't see it getting any lower. the sample was very cloudy but tasted ok depite its yeastyness. Does this level of C02 indicate the end of...

At 14 days the burst of bubbles has gone from every 30 seconds at its peak down to one every 5 mins. So I took a gravity sample this morning of 1.005. I can't see it getting any lower. the sample was very cloudy but tasted ok depite its yeastyness. Does this level of C02 indicate the end of the...

Four days in and still bubbling away. Temp hovering around 22. As this is my first brew I don't think i will lift the lid until it stops bubbling. Actually, my FV has a tap on it, should I take my gravity sample from here?

This is my first foray into homebrewing and I'm a little dissapointed with the commonly found vessels. My FV is a Youngs 5 gal with a tap and rather loose fitting lid, I don't mind paying an extra few quid for one that actually seals. Can't be that difficult. I also bought a Youngs 5gal...

My first homebrew! Yay!. What attracted me to this one, was the pouch of hops, containing; Simcoe Centennial and Chinook, yummy. The instructions are clear enough with a starting temp of 24 degrees and 1.058 SG indoors. The temp was heading down towards 20 early evening so put the brew-belt on...