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tried another hydrometer read 1020, nt, did you use the kit yeast? I'm thinking of pitching another one to finish it off (i've got another choc mahogany kit)

you can recalibrate them?

yea did that warra, i'll try another hydrometer

yea twirled away but still the same

Ive had a Choc mahogany porter in fermenter for almost 2 weeks , checked SG, was at 1020 but the hydrometer rose up to 1030, that was two days ago, and had the same result today. I used the kit yeast and only added a BE 1 and 250g of dex, OG was 1052, so the SG should still come down a fair bit. its ...

Thanks all, added a bit of left over Saaz and bottled at 1016. I'll see how it goes i guess, might be a "last beer before bed " drop

Thats bad luck with the fermenter, Krusty, I'm still using my Dads old fermenter, which has a date of 10/1974 on the bottom of it! still makes a nice brew though.
A few years ago, made up a batch, can't remember what it was now, and next day went out to check on it and uh oh, had frothed out of the ...

made up a rough as guts dark lager, Tooheys Dark Ale can, 2 kgs Coopers LDM on Saflager trub. SG is down to 1.016 from 1.058, would this be alright to bottle? and also, it tastes a bit bland out of the primary, any suggestions to flavour it up a bit before i bottle(dry hop etc)?

I want to use up some brewing sugar, was thinking of using it to prime my next load of bottles, would i need to use a little bit extra, because of the maltodextrin, or normal amount from one of the plastic measuring thingo's?

err, the bottles are in the lounge

Hey all, how do the bottlers out there keep their batch warm while secondary fermentation (hopefully) occurs? and for how long, 2 weeks?
I thought about grabbing an old elec blanket, but mightnt be the safest.

Hi
If I was to add wood chips (oak etc) to wort would boiling them first sanitise them enough? And would it be best to strain them out b4 adding to fermenter? And would they be ok to use again? anyone tried this??

might try different priming sugar rates with my stout (740ml bottles) eg. 1 carbo drop, 2 carbo drops, white sugar. any thoughts?