existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Have you been to bed, yet?
Home Brew Questions
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TopCat
Putin fanboy
yes!Have you been to bed, yet?
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
TopCat
Putin fanboy
4 seconds now. i'm concerned.RUN AWAAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!1!!!one!!!!!!
!!1!!!
heinous seamus
Perfect in an empty room
Mine was going mental the first day but there's not much happening now. Almost 50 seconds between air bubbles. Anything to be concerned about?
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
If it's still going, that's all good. Changes in temperature can make a big difference to the speed of fermentation, and it will slow down once it's peaked, and the yeast is working through the available sugars.
The biochemistry is quite complex - the yeast is doing several different things at various stages in the process. This link is quite a useful start on what yeast is doing: What Is It? - How to Brew
(that whole book is well worth a read)
jontz01
taking refuge in the loft
Best batch of ale I've made recently was in a bucket, outside in the sun. Daytime temp mid 20's, overnight as low as 6. I left it in the fermenter (plastic bucket with cling film on top) for about 12 days. Lovely clean brew, nice residual sugars. Primed into plastic with brown sugar solution. Two days in the sun. Down the hatch. I just wish I could replicate it!
heinous seamus
Perfect in an empty room
I made another brew this morning. I've somehow lost the ability to convert from gallons to litres in the last 6 days so I ended up with much less beer than I was supposed to
I added a bit more water when it was in the demijohn. I'd already taken a hydrometer reading though. I assume that reading is now useless?
I added a bit more water when it was in the demijohn. I'd already taken a hydrometer reading though. I assume that reading is now useless?
TopCat
Putin fanboy
yes.I made another brew this morning. I've somehow lost the ability to convert from gallons to litres in the last 6 days so I ended up with much less beer than I was supposed to
I added a bit more water when it was in the demijohn. I'd already taken a hydrometer reading though. I assume that reading is now useless?
heinous seamus
Perfect in an empty room
My mam and dad had a market stall selling homebrew equipment in the early 80s. I just found this in the garage. I'm tempted to brew it up
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Now blubs every thirty minutes.
jontz01
taking refuge in the loft
Do it!View attachment 216587
My mam and dad had a market stall selling homebrew equipment in the early 80s. I just found this in the garage. I'm tempted to brew it up
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Tell us your memories of the stall and customers?View attachment 216587
My mam and dad had a market stall selling homebrew equipment in the early 80s. I just found this in the garage. I'm tempted to brew it up
heinous seamus
Perfect in an empty room
I wasn't born yet! My mam tells me they struggled to make their pitch fees back most days though There's still plenty of stock in the loft, hydrometers, demijohns, airlocks, heatbelts, crown-cappers.
There's still plenty of stock in the loft, hydrometers, demijohns, airlocks, heatbelts, crown-cappers.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Well hello....I wasn't born yet! My mam tells me they struggled to make their pitch fees back most days though
jontz01
taking refuge in the loft
Fuck! I've had that happen too... hell of a clean up job. Was it in glass?
I only bottle into plastic screw cap these days for the same reason...
Too much priming sugar do you think? Or brew not fermented out all the way?
Cid
Proper break this time
I’ve got bottles of elderflower champagne that are meant to get to a pretty scary number of CO2 volumes. In proper Champagne bottles, but the next few weeks will be er... interesting. They’re in a box in my workshop, so at least won’t have an early morning wake up call.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Cid
Proper break this time
Caged. So we’ve either got banging fizz or banging bottles.
