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Hi everyone, I am currently in the process of hopping my latest Young's American IPA brew. When the fermentation was measured at an SG of 1.008 for each of two days I sprinkled the hops onto my brew. I did this on Sunday afternoon. Today the surface of my brew looks like the attached photo...

Hi all, I am brewing my favourite IPA kit again, having done it several times before. I added the dry hops on Monday, simply sprinkling them onto the top of the brew as usual. Now I am thinking of siphoning off into another fermentation vessel to reduce some of the sediment in the brew before I...

Hi All, I have my 4th Young's IPA brew ready to bottle. Having decanted it from the original FV into another vessel leaving the Lees behind I unfortunately left the last few pints very cloudy indeed as I tilted the ordinal FV and then accidently dropped it back to a level surface while...

Hi All, I have an old Boots brand Floating beer makers Thermometer, had it for about 30 years. Its given me great service. For my latest brew went to measure the wort temperature prior to adding yeast, found my trusty thermometer looking like the photo, so how do I get the red fluid back in the...

Hi all, I have an AIPA brew that's ready to add the hops (SG 1.008 steady over 48 hours). I will do that later today. My question is that I want to try some findings to clear the brew. I have some Britewort tablets, could I crush one of those and add it to the brew or should I buy another...

Hi all, just about to start a Youngs American IPA kit for the third time. A great kit that produces consistent results in my opinion. This time I thought I would use some Britewort during the boil to see how much difference it makes to the finished clarity of the beer. My question is for this 40...

Hi all, Thought I'd try a Youngs APA kit, put it on 20 days ago. At an SG reading of 1.006 two days ago I added the hops. Brew now looks like this picture I took this morning. Is that okay? Or should I have left it to ferment a little longer? I was intending to bottle the brew today or...

Hi all, I am just starting to brew a Young American Pale Ale kit, the Fermentation Vessel I am using was originally part of a Northern Brewer starter kit. The markings on the side of the plastic container are in gallons, would that be USA gallons? The point is that the kit states top up the wort...

Hi all, I am wondering if I should add some finings to my Young's AIPA brew to help it clear before I bottle it. Many years ago I used Isinglass in my homebrew kits. Is this still considered a good solution? I see there are many alternatives on the market nowadays, I guess things have moved on...

Hi all, I have been using VWP sanitizer since I restarted homebrewing a few months ago. It seems quite expensive for a small 100gm amount. Are there any reasonably priced products available that I can buy in larger quantities, say a 1kg tub, that you can recommend? Preferably something that is...

Hi, so I am ready to hop my latest brew. Do I just throw the 100g of hops into the brew or put them in a muslin type bag first? Thanks for your comments.

Hi everyone, I am now just a week into brewing a Young's AIPA kit. Starting SG was 1.070, currently it's reading 1.012 but still has quite a lot of activity going on and lots of krausen. In these cooler days I have used a submersible tube type heater to keep the fermenter at a decent...

Hi all, I made a brew of Amber ale a few weeks ago, put some of it in bottles and they are fine, about 60% of the brew went into a Hambleton Bard beersphere, that 3 gallon of beer has almost no carbonation. So my question is how do I re-carbonate this beer before transferring it to bottles and...

Hi All, I recently started brewing again after many years. I have made my first 5 gallon brew and put around 3 gallons in a Hambletonian Bard beersphere. I went to try a taste over the weekend, after about 2 weeks waiting for carbonation. On opening the tap all I got was a small dribble and gas...

Hi all, I'm returning to brewing beer after many years not doing so. In the process of completing my Northern Brewers Block Amber Ale kit. Can anyone advise a good kit to try next? I like many types of beer but something that is like a Speckled Hen or Black Sheep would be nice. I also like the...

Hi all, I have a Northern Brewers Amber Ale kit brewing now. It's been primary fermenting for 2 weeks today. The SG is currently 1.014. The yeast seems to have cleaned itself up as I understand it does. Can I now move to the next stage of the process? I don't have sufficient bottles for my 5...

Hi all, I have just restarted brewing my own beer again after many years, my son bought me an Block Party Amber Ale kit from the USA company Northern Brewers. It states the OG of this kit is 1.043, I didn't check this when I started the brew as I only found my hydrometer today. Started the brew...