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I've just gone to collect a couple of bottles from my Young's American IPA stash that have been bottle conditioning for well over three weeks and discovered that there was beer in the bottom of the crate (I store them in a plastic crate) Having looked for obvious exploded bottles I couldn't find...

Currently have a Youngs American IPA on the go, in its second week and gravity down to 1.014. I haven't added the hops yet as there's still quite a bit of krausen so I was going to leave it a few more days (I'm off for a long weekend) and then add the hops when I return on Monday for a couple...

I'm thinking ahead and already planning what to fill my impending workshop with and I've been looking at a braumeister. In the space of a few months I've gone from a Coopers kit through to the Young's American kits and now onto extract and becoming more and more impressed with what is coming out...

I've bought a 36 plate wort chiller from brewbuilder.co.uk however it didn't come with any tubing or connectors that I presumed it would. Can anyone advise me on what I need please!

I brewed my first extract on Wednesday, an Old Peculier clone from BrewUK which all went to plan other than the wort cooling. Because I boiled it in my new 32l kettle I couldn't fit it in the sink to cool so I ended up placing it outside for 30 mins. Once the wort was topped up with cold I had a...

Off to sample the winter offerings from some local and not so local breweries today. I'll steer clear of the 18% one I had last time, it was the straw that broke the camel's back!

I've just taken a reading from my Young's APA which has been causing me some grief recently and at first it appeared higher than the last one so I left the hygrometer in the tube for a few minutes and it slowly dropped until it read 0.10 from an initial reading of 0.25. Is this normal? Usually...

I've had my Young's APA on the go for 2 1/2 weeks now. It all started off well and began with a SG of 1048. Unfortunately I went away for a long weekend and turned off the heating. When I returned the temperature of the FV was showing 14c when usually it hovers around the 18c mark. I've taken...

I've got a pack waiting for the APA to finish but when I read the instructions it talks about starting with a temperature above 25oC and to ferment between 20 and 32oC. My FV currently ferments around 18 to 20oC and with the colder weather coming it may drop to 16. I have a Coopers FV with the...

My Coopers English Bitter has proven to be a disappointment. It's been conditioning in the shed for over three weeks now and I've tried a couple along the way. Whilst the most recent one was an improvement on the first one I tried it hasn't improved as much as I'd like or expect, there is a lack...

This was my first brew, left it in the FV for two weeks and bottled it last Thursday and added 1 Coopers carbonation drop per bottle (500ml PET). The bottles have been sat in a reasonably warm room since then but patience got the better of me and I stuck one in the fridge this morning with a...

New to brewing, new to this forum. Last week I took a spontaneous leap into the world of home brewing a bought a Coopers English Bitter kit. It's been fermenting away for the last week and all looks ok at the moment. Having read a few threads on this forum I've decided to leave it in the...