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Well I just bought a aquarium heater from argos 9 bucks, went to put it in my fermenting bucket and dropped the feckin thing and cracked the glass.......doh!!!!! Will have to go back to argos cause obviously it was damaged in the box before i bought the product!!!! ;) I'm thinking a...

I used the Safale US-05 Beer Yeast which went off like a rocket, I think my slowdown has a lot to do with temperature control, have bought a 100w fishtank heater with thermostat will use it over the winter for further brews. I had a taste of mine the other nite when i took my reading and tasted...

cheers for the instructions, was wondering exactly how to do it!! :thumb: Heading for a cold snap??? It's baltic north east of scotland already!!!!! :cry:

Well as it's well cold in north of scotland the now, i've been placing two hot water bottles against my home brew and wrapping tinfoil and then a couple of towels round it at night when the temps really dip, hopefully this has helped. I've read elsewhere that this kinda methods are not good as...

Thanks for the replies folks, much appreciated. Will try putting this in my bacth tomorrow before bottling on sunday, hope all goes well!!!

Thanks for the replies, you had any bad experiences with using gelatin?? Still undecided whether I should use it or not.

Ingredients/details: I x Coopers canadian blonde kit 1 x Safale US-05 Beer Yeast 1 x coopers beer enhancer 1 kit 1 x Muntons 500g Light Spraymalt Yeast added at 16.4 degrees c Opening gravity: 1050 Hello, My 22l batch of coopers canadian blonde has been fermenting for 14 days at 16-18...

Hello, I've a 22l batch of summer fruits cider fermenting and i'm wondering whether I should use some gelatin to remove some of the haze?? I've a pack of 20g gelatin sheets but cannot see anywhere how many sheets to add, anyone got advice on this?? Or, should I not bother with the gelatin and...

Cheers for the help Andy!! :cheers: Well i chucked in around 500g of my brewers sugar, i did this before I got your reply....woops!! It frothed up like a mudda fxxxxr straight away so hopefully this means that there is still plenty of active yeast kicking about in my batch??? Or does this...

I'm a newbie........hello to everyone!!!! :cheers: I've used the Coopers Mexican Cerveza kit, the yeast that comes with it and BE2 as recommended on the tin. My SG was 1036 and my current reading is 1016 thus giving an current abv of well pishwater!!! It has been fermenting at around 18-21c...