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The thick black line on my hydrometer is at 1,000 if it is the same for yours your beer has finished fermenting. The brews I have done so far have all finished between 1,000 and 1,016

If you don't have a air lock people don't usually leave the lid sealed so the CO2 that is produced can escape since if it is sealed there is a chance the lid can pop off and leave the FV wide open. The problem with not having it sealed is it can risk contamination. A very low risk but it is...

Thanks for the replies guys. I don't have much room so the fridge is out and I think icepack might make it a little too cold but that is a good idea for the summer when it is over 30 degrees. I'll try immersing the FV in some water with a old sheet since that makes sense as the sheet would sweat...

Do you have a air lock? If yes keep it properly sealed air tight.

I want to do another brew in a couple weeks (a stout) but it will probably get hotter then it is now. I don't have air conditioning so how could I keep my FV cool? It's a plastic fermentation bucket.

My main issue then would be trying to stop any of the hops floating at the top getting into my pressure barrel. I want to get as much of the liquid in there as possible. Also since I should hop at max 3 or 4 days at these temperatures does that mean I should transfer it to my pressure barrel...

What do you guys mean by batch prime? So far I've kegged my brews but thinking of bottling some after the summer is over.

Instead of using dexterous I have used 1.25KG of Muntons Beer Enhancer. It is a mix of Dexterous and DME. I added slightly more than the usual 1KG to get a slightly higher ABV. It's originally 4% Gravity reading is 1.044 It has come with some additional hop pellets. "Nut Brown Hops". It says...

10 Gallons of Bitter 5 Gallons of Brown Ale 1824

Yeah I think I will and see how it goes thanks for the replies. The shop where I buy all the stuff is out of LME and DME though and I didn't want to wait to brew want to start it today before it is too hot so I got some of the Muntons Beer Enhancer which I think is 50/50 Dexterous and DME so...

I am pretty sure that with current laws you can exchange it as long as it isn't opened within a certain amount of days.

I am using a LME for primary fermentation. I meant using unrefined cane sugar for primming (secondary fermentation in the keg).

Ah that makes sense, thanks. So you think it won't really affect the taste as well then?

I'm not sure I fully understand. Are you saying that for primming (carbonation) if I usually use 80g of white table sugar I should use 2300g of unrefined cane sugar?

Nice one thanks mate. I've only done two brews so far and I used dexterous so will be interesting to use some LME picking some up tomorrow as I will be starting my next brew tomorrow :D