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Just had to update, would you believe it after all that trying to save time the bottling took 3 and a half hours because my capper just didn't seem to want to hold tight and each cap took between 30 seconds and 5 mins of trying over and over again. I was trying pliers and all sorts. So in bed...

Thanks for the replies. Makes sense to me that there is not enough time (if next day) for the yeast to make in roads into the priming sugar before its in the bottle. But as it looks quite close to call I think will just go for siphon when getting home at 6pm and bottling around 10pm (kids to...

Just trying to split up the tasks as just bottling for me not including the siphoning seems to take over 2 hours. If I siphon into a second bucket over the priming sugar, how long do you think it can be left before bottling? I was hoping for as long as a day, or would the remaining yeast start...

To answer how long I brewed the St Peters was 11 days in the Primary, Racked off that one for 4 days, bottled, house conditioned 10 days and garaged on the 28th July. Yep I know I should leave this one longer before tasting properly, it's just it had virtually the same taste (caramelly) as my...

Thanks, I think I am going to leave it for something like that time next time. I pitched at just over 24 degrees but that's been the same as other brews in the last 2 months since its been hotter. I've been aiming for 21 degrees but can't seem to keep it down recently. Is a high pitching temp...

I’ve completed 8 brews and have hit a bit of a problem, I would say 3 have been very poor, 3 have been average or slightly above and 2 pretty good indeed Funnily enough 2 of the poor ones were 2 can kits (all other 6 were one can kits). Both of these (Wherry and St Peters Ruby) came out with a...

I'm new to brewing (have 3 kits in different stages), wanted to be adventurous and try a wheat beer to be ready in time for summer so got the Tarweiber. I saw a recommendation for Candi sugar, so bought 500g (white crushed). I know the instructs say 750g, but they didn't sell that amount, I...