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Not sure if this problrm has already been identified or not ?. I usd to be to do a word search on the forum and come up with all posts with that word in it. Now it seems it doesnt search the forums and only gives limited info. It might be my settings, but I dont think anything has changed on my part ...

Hi Pale

It was in the primary for about 12-13 days then about 3 days at 16-18 C to finish off, racked to a cube then lagered for about 4 weeks at about
1 C.

Cheers

They are all lagers brewed at 10 C then temp risen to 16-18 to finish them off and the D rest. They also tasted a bit sour but looked ok in the bottle with no gunk or film on the top. once bottled after lagering they were left at room temp. Have done 4 batches the same as this without any probs, so ...

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Upon opening a Morgans Blue mountain lager the contents spew out of the bottle. It taste like apple and is ultra carbonated. This has never happened before so am thinking it is an infection of some sort. problem is this was the first yeast which I harvested for 2 more brews after that ...

Whats the best way to make a Hormone ???....anyone ?...anyone ??

Whats the best way to make a Hormone ???....anyone ?...anyone ??

not sure where the leak is coming from, but maybe you can try and screw the tap in a bit further ?. As for an infection if you have a second fermenter you could rack it ? or just leave it in the hands of the beer gods.

Phill

Sounds like you need a fridge REAL BAD ?...I just got myself one for nothing...it's old, filthy dirty but works and the seals are good...no one could possible ask money for it...but it works a treat for what i'm doing...like yourself I'm doing my first lager as well "same as your's". So keep an eye ...

Another good place to get your bottles is your local recycling centre. I have found hundreds of bottles this way. I only keep the 750 ml bottles and my kids sell of the 800ml bottles for about $12 for 50...keeps them interested in helping to collect them

Phill

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Doing my first Lager, a Coopers Bavarian with Saf S-23...keeping it simple so just doing a K & K to see how it goes. It is in the fridge sitting on a temp set at 12 C. Just wondering how long it should take to get going, has been in for 24 hrs with normal condensation and a bit of ...

Blandy

Normally just turn on/off the tap...do have a bottler but have never had a problem I actually put it on to see if that would help, it did a bit but not much. was still able to bottle ok just took 3 goes or so to do it, but got there eventually. Have never had a problem with other brews...the ...

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Still reasonably new to brewing. was bottling a Coopers bitter last night and of froth was crazy I haven't had this happen before am am wondering what it might be. Was pretty much a standar kit& kilo with coopers Be2 and 200gms of dex with kit yeast. It was a real good creamy froth which ...

Hey "the Proud"..It was in the fermenter for 2 weeks so it should have had heaps of time to ferment out completley. I have a Coopers IPA on at the moment which has 700gms of LDM and about 850 gms of Dex and kit yeast....will be a stong brew I reckon, am bottling today so will taste the hydro reading ...

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Just tried this brew after 2 weeks in the bottle:

Ingredients:

1 tin coopers Mex Cerv
1 kg Dextrose
300 gms LDM

Tasting notes : To sweet :(

This was my first brew using Dex and am wondering if using Dex has made it sweet ? also, will the sweetness drop over time with bottle maturity ...

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Am interested in hearing your different methods for sanitising your bottles and fermenter for that matter.
I use unscented bleach but want to move away from it if possible.

Is there any other cheap and simple methods people use that work.?


Phill

Hi All

Below is a response from Coopers I got today...seems to answer the question.

"Hello Phill. If the packets were supposed to contain EXACTLY the right
number of drops, people would invariably be left one short occasionally. Far
better to provide a few extra (actually 10 or 15) so that there ...

Hi All

Not sure if this has been mentioned before:

Am using the Coopers Carbonation drops and the packet serving size says 60 drops with 1 drop being one serving..I am also using the Coopers 740ml PET bottles so I use 2 drops per bottle. So If I do my maths right (or wrong) one full packet should ...

Hi all

Just bought my spanking new Coopers micro kit. Am like a kid in a lolly shop. Have been reading with interest this site, and am wondering about the brew sugar they give you (standard Cooppers brew sugar) have read that I should use dextrose or something else, as the standard is not much chop ...