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Thanks for the advice terrym. What sort of temp do you suggest as unusually we are having some good weather forecast over the next week or so? Is the garage okay (it might only get as low as say 10c)? I have a fridge but not sure if that's too cold?

Yes, I was a bit surprised with the first reading as I typically prefer higher AVB but hey ho, it can be a guest 🍺 👍 Cheers

Hi Banbeer. Thanks for the suggestion. So I've done that and interestingly enough the reading came out at 1.008 so there has been action! In my admittedly limited experience I've never known there to be no bubbling?! Nothing came up (turb) when I was stirring which was a bit of a suprise.

Thanks Banbeer. My OG was 1.034 (compared to the 1.038 stated in the instructions). I've not take another reading as I don't want to open the FV too much if I need to add more yeast in. Looks like I might have to though! There looks like a small brown tide mark above the wort which I guess...

Howzit! A newbie to home-brewing looking for some advice, on Wednesday I put an original Coopers Dark Ale kit on (as per the limited instructions contained on the single tin, including 1kg of brewing sugar). Once all in the FV temp registered as 22c which I understand is good. I subsequently...