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Thanks for all the help, I did drain rather carefully, it actually smelt rather appetising, not sure if thats a good thing or a bad thing

Just Bottling it, should I remove the scum on the top and if so is a sieve good for that,

rotten wrote:Check fg and Let us know

sent from my emptying glass

Ok here we go

Brew 1 Lager
OG -40
FG - 10

Brew 2
Dark Ale
OG - 46
FG - 14

Brew 3
Draught
OG 44
FG 13

Actually doesn't seem to bad, although two of the seem to have a lot of scum on the top which I haven't noticed before

I had a bit of free time a fortnight ago and put down some brews, Coopers cheapies and completely forgot I had done them, worked into the spare room an hour ago and realised they were there.

The temperature in the room has probably been around 12-14 degrees, I haven't checked the gravity yet, but ...

Cheers for that, thats sort of vaguely what I ended up thinking

well whatever it comes out like it'll be drinkable

Haven't brewed for a long while, and noticed i have a couple of Draught tins in the cupboard

Coopers draught & Lion Draught, (as well as a Lager and a Dark Ale)

Looked to see what i have in the way of sugars and i have 1 box of coopers Brew Enhancer 2 plus some maltodextrin and dextrose

Then ...

Thats weird first half of post went missing.

There is only one brewshop locally and its open only a few hours on a few days each week, i have a feeling business has been non-existant and they are just filling out their lease, bit unfortunate

Anyway something like

1.7kg Tin Coopers Stout
1.5kg Tin Black Rock Dark Malt Extract
500g Dextrose

Sound right

Exactly that, My first brewing was done in the deep south of NZ and you don't tend to have to worry about keeping the brew cool when brewing, my heatpad saw quite a bit of action.

Anyway i am now mid North island and I am having issues keeping the beer cool when brewing, short of sticking buckets ...

First off, I am fairly ignorant when it comes to beer, anyhow

I was at the local brewshop looking for LDME which they didn't have, so I saw a tin that said Malt extract and thought must be the same stuff or similar and grabbed it.
Black Rock - dark malt extract

Now i am not so sure

I have a ...

Ok I have been brewing beer for about 5 years now, but as i average about 2 brews a year (yes i am that lazy) I am pretty much a beginner, although I am now up to around 6 a year, which is probably laughable by the standards of some.

Anyway I recently purchased someones beer kit they had given up ...

Thanks for that, I'll give those a try

Okay

I purchased bulk (well a few kilos of each I think)of LDME, Maltodextrin and dextrose.

And am wondering what mixes of the above are appropriate for what beers, I have heard you shouldn't use much LDME on pale beers as it overpowers the flavours etc.

And where the brewing tin says 1kg of ...

Just an update

Yep adding the sugar first solved the problem, I also left it an extra couple of days as well, suprisingly it has come out as my nicest brew to date.

Cheers all

Is over pitching likely to be an issue, is there something i should/could do to lessen the efect, I am pretty much planning to bottle it tomorrow as its my free day.

Yes I am adding the sugar after filling, never even occurred to me to, try it the other way around, will give that a go, and I'll leave it an extra few days before bottling as well.

Thanks a bunch

Hi All

Coopers lager
Coopers brewing sugar (trying it instead of my usual white sugar)
SG was 1041 to start
original yeast was the one that came with the lager (an ale yeast? from what i have read on this forum)
Second yeast was from the Coopers Mexican cervenza

I have a brew in my fermenter, its ...

Hi all

Okey doke, pretty much any beer I make, when I go to bottle and prime it, it fizzes out if you don't get the lid on within a few seconds of adding the priming sugar.

most of my brews have been made following the instructions on the side of the kit and using plain old white sugar.

I ...