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I think I left mine in for 6 days, maybe I got lucky or you got unlucky. I'm picking up another pouch at the weekend so it's in the queue for the fv

Worst case you might lose a pint or so, but you should be alright.

It all depends how low your tap is, my trub wasn't excessively deep {picture attached) . I suppose you'll just have to make a judgement call at the time.

Here's a pic from a clear bottle

I can't actually remember, but would have been around the 1.010 mark. It's californian lager yeast so is OK to ferment at 20 degrees, I set mine off around 19 but turned the temp down bit by bit and it kept on fermenting fine, I didn't want to go any lower and risk stalling it. I found it a tiny...

Hi Mick, My batch finished fermenting a few weeks ago, I love it, very hoppy, I would say equivalent to Guiness hop house 13. I have already decided to make another batch in the summer. Just to warn you I chilled mine in a beer fridge after carbing and got quite a bit of chill haze that is...

I just put mine in the fv. Gotta say those pouches are more of a pain than regular cans. OG 1.040, so probably gonna end up a driving lager

This is nothing new, and likely something most of you have cobbled together, but I'm pleased as punch with it. It is essentially a wooden box that holds about 40 bottles. It covered on all sides with 25mm polystyrene as insulation. After bottling, I bung in 40 bottles with a couple of heat...

Excellent, thanks. Me and the Mrs had some lovely pints of helles in Berlin recently so I bought a kit to see what it's like. Let me know whether you added the hops and what your recommendation is

How did this turn out? This is next for my fv in a few weeks

I have just bottled these, I managed to get to the brew shop before voting so picked up a bag of saaz hops. I made a hop tea with 8g of hops and added this to the last 10 litres, so I now have 10 litres as per instructions and 10 litres mildly hopped (I hope). What temperature should I...

To be honest I'm more a mild ale/blondes and lagers man. I only did the woodfordes because it was on the shelf in wilko's and I figured it would be a better quality product than their home brand kits. I have about 20 bottles of the wherry conditioning in the conservatory so these will last me...

It does taste pretty good. The flavour isn't really my cup of tea, but I shall definitely be drinking the rest, but it tastes similar to the woodfordes wherry you can buy in a bottle so I'm calling it a success. I've been a bit concerned that they've not been carbing up, but this has allayed my...

Here are some photos of the woodfordes wherry. The glass is freshly cleaned, they just have some odd marking in them.

I know, i couldn't believe how fast it was going and how fast it finished up. The 12 weeks will be a real struggle, but i will do my best, and if I crack I'll make sure I leave several full the full amount of time. I want to try to get another brew done while it's still early enough in winter...

I understand coopers euro is a true lager yeast. I got quite lucky with speedy fermentation, I was expecting 3 weeks, but at 13.5 degrees it was down to 1.010 after a week, so I turned it up to 18 for a few days for diacetyl rest. I'm away for a long weekend so I plan on leaving it now until...

Thanks for the advice. I think I will follow point number 2, I am away this weekend so I think I'll turn off the heat belt and let it sit at UK winter temperatures for a couple of days, then bottle and carb next week. Regarding the hop tea, I do fancy hopping something, but as this is my first...

I have had the woodfordes wherry in the cold for a week or so now, I cracked one open today just to check on it. Oddly it was a lot less fuzzy, and more cloudy that the previous one I tried (which was a bit warmer). I have put these back in a warm room where they'll sit for another week as I...

It's been bubbling away like a crazy thing at 13 - 13.5 degrees all week so I pulled off a sample and did a gravity test, I want to know how it's coming along so I can get a diacetyl rest in before fermentation ends. It's down to 1.020 so I think another 2 or 3 days and I will start to bring the...

There are some cheap 25w l heat belts on ebay for a fiver each. I have 2 of these, one I use on the fv and the second goes into a big wooden box with all my bottles for secondary fermentation. That way I can keep all the fermenting going on in the garage no matter how cold it gets and it keeps...