That's really interesting, thanks for the replies. I guess for the time being, I might try boiling with the lid on and shaking the evaporated water off of the lid until I can think of a better way of heating the wort. I'll see if I can taste anything weird in the beer!

I've recently moved into a new apartment and have started brewing again, however this one has electric stove hobs instead of the large gas ones that my old apartment had. Now, the only way I can get my wort to a rolling boil is to keep the lid on the kettle. All how-to brew resources I've seen...

Thanks a lot for the quick replies! I'll definitely do more than one gravity check next time before bottling. I'll also get a second fermenting bucket so I can keep the beer in there far longer. How long do you think it would take for the original priming sugar to ferment out? I assume it's...

Hi! I'm brewing my first batch of beer (I only aimed for 11 litres this time but ended up with 10 due to not wanting too much sediment in the fermenter) and after about ten days fermenting I thought it was ready to bottle. The airlock hasn't moved at all in the past five days so I assumed it...