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Refractometer. Thought it would be the ducks nuts. Shame as it is so slow the hydrometer is about as fast to cool a 100ml sample. ATC supposedly but it drifts and wanders about to be such a pain in...

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1.060 into the kettle from 6.5kg grain.
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Nah. It's a off the shelf pot from http://www.brewshop.co.nz/brewing-equipment/brewing/heavy-duty-pot-37-with-ports.html.
My HLT though is a converted 20L keg. Had a mate weld 2 x 1/2" sockets on....

I have only done one kit beer and had similar results. Not bad but Lion and DB certainly were not getting too worried. I guess you can work them up to be better but All Grain is a good step up.
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A couple of weeks in the bottle should have it carbed up. How warm is it up your way? Could want a bit of warmth to get your yeast going again. I've had to put my last batch in the lounge (much to...

I have always just transferred it into the bottle and left it inside. The yeast needs a bit of warmth to ferment out your priming sugar and give the CO2 volume required to give the beer some fizz....

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Brilliant. Are you using PET bottles? I have not but I think the consensus is they are not as good as glass for storage or conditioning.

Another one that wasn't explained in the kit I had was, your dry yeast gets away much faster if you re-hydrate it before you pitch it. Basically empty the sachet in some lukewarm sterile water to...

I only did one kit ( I think we have a similar mindset). One thing with the kits is you can get enhancers to add rather than the bulk sugar as well as dry hops etc. This can improve the beer somewhat...

No excuses for not having a beer on hand now mate.
I think the best so far has been a Porter/Black IPA. A few on the forum plus other mates have given it a go and it went down well enough.
I also...

kimjon. The advise I was given by P38, Wildman, Raging Bull etc here http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.nz/showthread.php?t=16311 has got me brewing pretty good beer now. It's as easy as you want it...