Recent content by gmrec

Thanks for the advice Jag.

I used brown plastic PET bottles with the screw on caps, was also just reading about temp and carbonation. The bottles have been in an unheated room since bottling at a temp probably less than 65 degrees.

So I have been anxiously waiting for my west coast IPA to be ready, it spent 3 weeks in the fermenter and then bottled into 750ml bottles with the addition of 2 carbonation drops. After 2 weeks in the bottle I thought I would try one just to see, a slight his when I cracked the cover but no fizz...

Thanks for advice I ended up tossing the batch, I don't have access to ingredients unless I order online, i didnt want to waste the DME I had incase it didn't work. I did bottle a half dozen just to see what it tasted like. I Have a nice Pale Ale on the go that I did have all suggested...

Thanks for the advice. As for the water quality I am using unchlorinated well water, not sure of the PH. The coopers kits do not require boiling, simply add the suggested DME to a small amount of warm water then add the can of extract and fill with proper temp water to the 23l mark. Now the DME...

I am new to brewing, my wife bought me the Coopers kit for Christmas, came with the original lager. Followed the instructions to a tee and never was able to reach the OG like instructions said. All good, first batch and wasn't expecting everything to go smooth, left it in the fermenter for an...