Recent content by mrniaboc

An FV with a tap sounds ideal, thanks for the tip!

Cheers. I don't might doing the corrections, but I would like to get a hydrometer to compare techniques. I was initially worried that it would take too much of my wort from my 1 gallon batch if I measured a few times, but if I get a largerFV I'll definitely try it out.

Thanks. I've been reading into that because I didn't really know what it was before, but it sounds like it might make things a little easier.

Nice one! Yeah, I've been using my kettle to heat my sparge water and it's been ideal. Thanks again for the tips!

Thanks for the advice! Can you bring a 15L pot to boil ok on a standard kitchen hob? When I'm doing the sparge I have to move the wort between two pots, so I guess I'd need to buy two 15L pots?

Hey there! I'm extremely new to all of this. I have only brewed 4 times so far. I brew using my kitchen hob and the largest pot I have (~5L) and a couple of colanders and sieves, and have a one gallon glass fermenter that I keep in my wardrobe when fermenting. I live in a small flat with almost...

Just a wee update: Things have calmed down a bit again. Took an SG reading just there and it has finally lowered for the first time in about 10 days! So I guess the yeast had gone dormant for a while then got all excited again when it got slightly warmer? I'll leave it a few more days before...

Thanks for all the replies! Very helpful indeed. I will leave it for a little while longer, as it's clear the main culprit is probably the increase in temperature. I use a refractometer instead of a hydrometer as I am only brewing 1 gallon batches to start, and I don't want to lose too much of...

I'm a total beginner and really appreciative of any advice here. I'm making a 1 gallon batch of IPA from a kit. I brewed 16 days ago, and in the first 48 hours of the wort being in the fermenter it was bubbling away like crazy. It then settled down and I could see the liquid become less opaque...