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Damnit. The instructions say that it's probably had long enough in the barrel, 5 days. It's still bubbling at a greatly reduced rate: 0.57bpm, down from a peak of 16bpm. But the internet says to be patient.

I am not patient.

I'm going to take a Specific gravity reading and hold off for another day to test then. Patience is a virtue.

I am not virtuous.
 
Its not ready yet (not surprising, it needs another few weeks to stand minimum) but I have hope for the future.

I don't have enough experience tasting unfinished beer to know what is good and bad yet.
 
Apparently there's nothing wrong with putting the beer in the fridge to help speed up the clearing process? One reference bottle is staying out, two are going in for a bit. Now all i've got to do is persuade the other half that it isn't insane to put a 25 liter barrel in the fridge...
 
Bob_the_lost said:
Apparently there's nothing wrong with putting the beer in the fridge to help speed up the clearing process? One reference bottle is staying out, two are going in for a bit. Now all i've got to do is persuade the other half that it isn't insane to put a 25 liter barrel in the fridge...
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No, not at all - cold crashing, innit.:thumbs:
 
I think the carpet will have to go in the front room and be replaced with laminate flooring. This has blown my savings on booze accrued through this hobby thus far.
 
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There's my summer BBQ beer bottled up and ready for the garage. Did a coopers Canadian blonde and threw in a wilko's delicate pilsner I had from last years half price sale to make it a toucan job :D Got the coopers from my TESCO for £3 as it closed down last weekend and they were selling off anything that had a mark on the packaging. The air lock was like a baby on a pea diet. That's 22 liters of grog for £8:thumbs:

Got two dented cans of Geordie mild for £2.88 each so just about to do a toucan on that as well. £5.76 for a barrel of mild :D

I love bargain brewing me :D
 
I've got a cheap double golden ale kit from Wilkos about ready to bottle. As soon as that's done I'm going to stick a ipa double kit I got from Lakeland on. They're end of lining them so reduced to 13 quid from 23.
 
I'm gonna get a turbo cider on today. I have everything I need. This will be the first of my brews in the northern hemisphere :cool: I hope I put the FV the right way up.

Gonna pop to wilkos tomorrow to see what they've got.
 
So I've got a wilkos Golden lager kit and a cheap looking 5 year out of date bitter kit.

What will happen if I use them both to brew a two tinner? Will I die, will is taste rank?
 
fractionMan said:
So I've got a wilkos Golden lager kit and a cheap looking 5 year out of date bitter kit.

What will happen if I use them both to brew a two tinner? Will I die, will is taste rank?
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No it will reap an award winning golden ale that you will never be able to make again. It will take the world by storm but it's success will be short lived (40 pints to be exact) . You will spend the rest of your life trying to find five year old bitter kits :thumbs:
 
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Anyone have experience of mini kegs?

You can refill shop bought ones or buy new ones for about 6 quid each. These preserve the beer until 'cracked' at which point you have to drink all 5 litres within 3 days.

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There's a slightly more hightech version, which lets you fit a C02 powered pump on the top - meaning you can dispense beer without making it go off. Bit more pricey though, the pumps cost about 40 quid (they take those little canisters)

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fractionMan said:
Anyone have experience of mini kegs?

You can refill shop bought ones or buy new ones for about 6 quid each. These preserve the beer until 'cracked' at which point you have to drink all 5 litres within 3 days.

mini-keg-cask-hm-edit-web.jpg


There's a slightly more hightech version, which lets you fit a C02 powered pump on the top - meaning you can dispense beer without making it go off. Bit more pricey though, the pumps cost about 40 quid (they take those little canisters)

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I've got a couple of the ones that lidl were selling with weisbeir in. They've been great for making ale for mates in and then they give me the cans back. I couldn't be arsed buying the kit ones though because everywhere I looked they were mighty expensive. Worth messing about with spent ones though ;)
 
The St Peter's didn't work so well but the Young's was a massive success. I was so impressed, I ordered a second kit before the first had fully cleared.
One thing though, very slow. Over three weeks primary fermentation and the same again in the keg before it's properly drinkable.
Anyway, a Festival Razorback IPA on the go, 1050 SG and an AlcoTech Triple Still wash that is still going ape shit after 10 days but will hopefully start chilling out and clearing in a few days.

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I'm just in the prelim' stages of researching at the moment, but was wondering if any if you could answer on here about the aroma / taste of my recent home brews. Both my Razorback and Young's American Pale Ale have had this perfumery taste / smell to them. It's not that bad that I can't drink them, but it's frustrating what is causing it. From initial Googling, others have mentioned a soapy smell to their home brew, and I'm leaning more towards this description but I'm nt 100% convinced. Has anyone else experienced this and managed to resolve it? Cheers, and 17.
 
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