Recent content by MarkT.

I'm in please and my choice would be American Goose.

Just bottled today New Zealand Pilsner by Festival and then got another kit on go. Went with Morgan's Australian Lager and left out the dextrose but went instead a tin of Morgans Caramalt and for good measure half litre of Caramel Syrup. Replaced the **** kit yeast with Muntons gold yeast, a...

Ahh you never said in OP that it had been in for 3 weeks. Does not look like mold to me, maybe taste it as it should taste like a flat beer after 3 weeks. Yes best rack off into your spare then the **** on top will eventually end up with the rest of trub. If you do that now then should be good...

Just be patient. You do not have to bottle tomorrow. Give it another 48 hours at least to clear a bit more and debris on top to drop. If you had a 2nd FV then the done thing would have been to rack off into that and wait another day or 2 before bottling. Maybe in future go with a 2nd FV and put...

24 litres of MANGROVE jacks Pear Cider with their Apple Cider Enhancer (1.25kg) instead of sugar starting at 1.046

Heard

Your choice but as you bottled then why not simply put brewing sugar through a funnel. It does tend to simplify things. I bottled a Geordie lager last week with liquid malt and honey added, then primed with half a teaspoon brewing sugar. Tried one bottle at day six and got a nice pop from...

You should have put 1 and half drops per 500ml bottle.