Recent content by woomfy

Yes please.

Thanks Gents, some food for thought. Think now I'll stick to adding the Citra, this time round, see how that goes. But will continue to research fluit flavouring possibilities. There's another thread going just now with the addition of marmalade concentrate. Now I like that idea.

Further to request for advice, I have just taken delivery of some lovely Citra hops that I'll DryHop. Should add some fruity flavour. No one got any experience of adding fruit to a brew, here?

I'm new to brewing, had some great success with the Youngs IPA kits, and i have a notion to spice my next brew up a bit. I have a Richies Simply kit being delivered shortly, and fancy adding something fruity like grapefruit in an attempt to create an Elvis Juice, taistylike. If I was adding a...

I've had some great success with the Youngs IPA kits, and i have a notion to spice my next brew up a bit. I have a Richies Simply kit being delivered shortly, and fancy adding something fruity like grapefruit in an attempt to create an Elvis Juice, taistylike. If I was adding a bottle of...

An, I was actually thinking of an alcohol based ones.

Anyone use antiseptic wipes, on thermometer or hydrometer, before dipping in brew?

All great advice guys, and very welcome. When I was buying my bottling bucket and some pet bottles to make up my total, lady in the shop advised to store them upside down. Idea being the yeast will settle in the cap. So, I presume a careful rotate prior to unscrewing, and fingers crossed the...

Experience, or lack of, I guess. I wanted to reduce the risk of disturbing the yeast sediment at the bottom of the FV. With regard to the floating Hops, the instruction said to sprinkle on top, that they would sink to the bottom. One lives and learns....................and thanks to you chaps...

Ok so , bottling went relatively well. A distraction was the Hops I'd added to the FV 3 days previously, which I'd understood would sink from the surface and settle on the bottom. They hadn't and instead had formed a sort of crust on the surface. Since I was using the tap, with hose to keep...

Thanks Guys, as I suspected. :cheers1:

On my second brew, now ready to bottle. I've bought a second container (brewing bucket), which I'd planned to decant the brew into. My idea being, I'd be able to leave the sludgy leftovers in the first brewing bucket and be able to mix my bottling sugar to the whole batch in the second bucket...

Well, all was well after all. Was worth the wait too. Next batch on, sitting at a steady 22 deg.

Cheers, Rich.

Update... hang on to your seats. Primary fermentation complete SG down to the Black Bottling line on the hydrometer. (beginner terminology ) 6 pigging weeks BTW Managed a whole 6 and a half bottles for my efforts. Don't laugh, it better be bloody good. Actually tasted very nice, and quite...