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Hello Fellow Brewers! Not everyones cup of tea i understand but a firm favourtie of mine. I have been searching unsuccesfully for a fruity milkshake ipa/NEIPA kit and decied to have an experiment with a cheap kit someone got me for my birthday. Currently got the Coopers IPA Can and a mangrove...

No worries, let us know how you get on.

The sweetness should disappear with conditioning providing you dont add to much sugar for carbing, if any , depends on your carb preference. Regarding the hops, the kit hops is rarly enough for me so i purchase an extra bag. i have experimented with this because like yourself i like a hoppy...

Yeah it will be fine i added my hops after 2 weeks fermenting for 1 week. Biggest risk is opening it and letting the protective CO2 layer out the FV. The less you play with it the better.

it does sound like its a little watered down but i cant understand why, to be honest if its your first kit and it comes out tasty and alcoholic be happy :). I left mine for 3 weeks before bottling to really let it settle and mature. with higher gravity beers it takes longer to reach maturity...

sorry my mistake, that does seem abit strange, i think youve added the correct amount of water, did you get ALL of the wort out the bag? i flushed by bag with hot water to get it all out. Mine came out around 1.056 and if im honest it was abit strong for me.if yours gets down to 1.005 like mine...

Yes, you've interpreted the numbers wrong. Your Original Gravity OG, is what you take before fermentation and basically tells you how much sugar is in solution which ultimatly indicates the POTENTIAL strength of the beer if it were to get to 1.000. But you need to wait for it to ferment hence...

I would add the hops to your original FV let it sit for 2-3 days then transfer to a secondary to let more sediment fall out. You will increase risk of infection by transferring but risk can be reduced by careful transfer. Tilt the new fv and fill on an angle with the syphon hose as close to the...

Around the same as your fermentation temp for at least 2 weeks

Dispose of it all and give your FV a good clean now before anything starts growing in it. I dont know if plants will like it but no harm in trying haha

As an employee of a local water authority I will say dispose of in a safe fashion at the appropriate centre ;). If you’re asking if it can be re used the answer is it can I believe but this is something the pros do by culturing their own yeast I think. Not too sure myself

Just a valve on the end of your siphon tube. I would advise against the sponge for 2 reasons, one being it needs to be sterile and you cannot ensure that and two it will clog fast and you’ll end up making a mess. You could use beer finings to get the sediment to drop in the fermentation vessel...

Siphoning will work but you need to be mindful of contamination. An in-line valve in the symphony tube is how I control it. I got a lot of sediment in my bottles but if you’re a steady pourer into a glass you’ll get a decent beer. As it’s your first brew aim for it tasting great and tune your...

It will be flat after fermentation, there’s no pressure for the CO2 to dissolve into the beer. It will fizz up in 2 weeks In bottles. Add 4g of sugar to each bottle and keep at 20 degrees for two weeks. Then take one and chill it down to taste and see if there is enough fizz for you. If you’re...

It was fairly hoppy, I did have temp control issues at the start which caused some off flavour. Have it a home brew taste but it was drinkable. It was my first attempt so I didn’t expect perfection. My advice would be give it time, don’t rush it, keep everything clean and when it’s bottled after...