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If I need the post office I will ask people on the way. If i need the bank I will go a certain way I will ask people to direct me. I hope to get directions not sarcasm veiled as knowledge. M

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It's been over a week (bottled) and I thought I d test a bottle of Geordie Lager, it was a little cloudy but no sediment in bottle. It tasted raw and yeasty, I have put the pint glass away from me but now notice a strong cabbagey/turnipy smell growing stronger. Is it bad,is it toxic?

Whoops, no I didn't ramp up the temperature and I did add finings probably a bit too early. I also left it in fridge at about 1c( eventually) for 5 days. (I was exhausted). I bottled into 2l bottles as I haven't got spare brew tub yet. It's pretty damn clear and I'm hoping for a decent result...

Thanks ghillie, I may risk secondary in another bin but I'm already attracting fruit /vinegar? flies like crazy and want to bottle asap. I live very close to pubs and their empty bottle bins, how do you cope as a landlord? I used to pop into one of those pubs and it always stank of vinegar I...

I seem to have gotten confused, my first batch just about finished so I shoved the whole thing in the fridge to C-crash it. I thought I do this to clarify it pre bottling. But I'm reading people ask how to cc it after lagering. My intention was to bottle after a few days crashing then store at...

Cheers

As a fishkeeping I've noticed a lot of issues and similarities in both hobbies, water quality, chloramine, chlorine, tds,alkalinity, hardness and temperature etc. Just about to start second brew and I'm contemplating using aquarium thermo-heater but also considering using a small submersible...

Thx to everyone for their information and advice and thx foxy for the advice re repurposing the co2. It's hard to believe that 2kg co2 is produced but I suppose that's all the sugar. So why bother with hydrometers and risking contamination why don't we weigh the brew before and after. Next time...

That's interesting a little like making sourdough but not really.

Cheers David, thanks for your response and advice, I am about to Google lodo. Re: refrigeration of the wort! I must have misunderstood "lagering" I thought I do that after the primary fermentation. I'll read more. Can anyone recommend a good book to look for. I'm striving to brew a stella...

Im just starting brewing again because I'm skint, last time was 20 years ago. I have a few questions. I'm doing a Geordie Lager which I gather is a pale ale. I'm using a diy airlock because I live close to pubs in town and there's vinegar flies all over. Should I pay more attention to bubbles...