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I’ve had a fermenting bucket with a raspberry beer kit in it sitting in my cupboard under the stairs for around 6 months that for various procrastination related issues I have not yet bottled. It’s probably been at a reasonably stable temperature, however The air bubbler got knocked off ages...

Thanks for that - will see what can be done. I'm on the hunt for a cheap fridge for the garage so I can hopefully get the beer cleared quicker (my last brew is all but gone now) but it's good to know it'll be ok with time anyway. Will put it in the coolest place possible after secondary...

ok will do! Now, a quick question on clearing... my beer fridge in the garage has given up the ghost, and with a heatwave allegedly on the way I was wondering if the beer will be ok to clear at garage temperature, or is a cool place a must for a week or 2?? SWMBO will not be impressed if the...

thanks - have only done 1 tin kits before, but the instructions for St. Pete's did not specify to let it cool first as my previous kits did. It's smelling good!! :D

First time brewing a 2 can kit (with no sugar) - do I need to leave the mixture to cool to around 19 degrees before adding yeast, or add it whilst still warm (just after adding cold water to the boiling water & tin contents to bring it up to 5 gallons)? :cheers:

I got an immersion heater with thermostat control from my local homebrew shop. Didn't want to use belts or mats with no thermostat control. Was no hassle to sterilise it.

Original temperature unknown due to accidentally smashing my thermometer, and OG unknown due to me not measuring it. I was playing around with the thermostat on the immersion heater, and though I got it about right. Came back to check it after work the next day and it felt quite warm - i'd have...

Ok, well I don't think I swilled it around too harshly - hopefully I haven't botched things up too much. It's now been 9 days at fermenting temp. It's smelling good, so don't have much reason to think anything bad's happened to it. Only reason I was a little concerned about SG being too high in...

Thanks guys. I've given it a swill-around in the fermenter (so there's less chance of infection than stirring) and will leave it one more day then bottle it. That kind-of follows both of your advice.

Brewing a Muntons IPA kit, has been fermenting for 8 days. Bubbles through airlock have died down now, but it's been just above 1.010 for the last couple of days. This is a little higher than specified in instructions. Do I... A. Bottle it now, it'll be fine? B. Be patient for a little longer...

OK thanks - that clears that up - must have shaken it up a bit too much while carrying it outside! Wasn't really sure how much pressure those barrels built up, but 12psi isn't too high a pressure (compared to the 120psi I put in my bike tyres!!) and it wouldn't surprise me if it reached that! I...

Ok - only got the kit 3 months back! Pffft. Any idea where I could find an image of the cross section of the valve so I can try & what's happened before having to make the pilgrimage to the LHBS?

Took my barrel downstairs and into the garage to clear today, but when I got it there I noticed an air leak around the S30 valve on the top. The barrel is a youngs white barrel, with the youngs cap & S30 valve. The valve has a brown rubber ring around it below the threaded portion, and the leak...

I'm 27 and have been brewing for 3 or 4 months, have done a Youngs bitter kit and a Tom Caxton real ale - both have come out great! Wish I'd discovered home brewing about 7 years ago - I already feel sickened at the thought of going to a shop and buying beer! Gotta step up my operations now -...

Ok cheers for the advice - will order a cap and some CO2. :thumb: Once i've drained my barrel i'll have to have a look at why that tap fitting is leaking under pressure... maybe it needs re-sealing? Has anyone had any experience of this problem or fixing it? :drink:

Ok - I was just wanting to put some CO2 in the head space for the purpose of dispensing the beer - don't really want my brew to go all fizzy. Maybe I could just put a little CO2 in when I want to pour a few pints. I wouldn't want to over-pressurise it and risk it leaking out around the tap again...

I got a pressure barrel full of lovelly beer, only whilst it was fermenting it started to leak out around the tap fitting with the pressure (all over my carpet!!! :x So I released some of the pressure through the tap with the barrel on its back to alleviate the leak (but left some pressure in...