Grumpydev
Well-Known Member
Hi all - after banging on about it for years and being told "no", my good wife has bought me a homebrew starter kit for Christmas and let me open it early so I can get it ready for New Year :party:
I transferred from the fermentation bucket to the pressure barrel over the weekend and left it somewhere warm for a few days. Last night, after seeing on here that some people drink their hydrometer samples (I wasn't sure you could), I decided to have a sneaky try of the beer when I moved it somewhere cooler. Good news is, it tasted lovely already :drink:, which I confirmed with a second sneaky try, but it came out of the barrel like a flipping rocket. I don't intend to drink it properly for at least a couple of weeks, is this something that will "die down" after a while as the brew settles, or do I potentially need to need to let some of the pressure off, or will that ruin the brew?
As I can't cool the whole barrel (although it is in a relatively cool room), I have some bottles I intended to chill then transfer the beer to a few bottles at a time (via the barrel tap), but unless it comes out a bit more sedately I will probably put most of the beer up the wall
I transferred from the fermentation bucket to the pressure barrel over the weekend and left it somewhere warm for a few days. Last night, after seeing on here that some people drink their hydrometer samples (I wasn't sure you could), I decided to have a sneaky try of the beer when I moved it somewhere cooler. Good news is, it tasted lovely already :drink:, which I confirmed with a second sneaky try, but it came out of the barrel like a flipping rocket. I don't intend to drink it properly for at least a couple of weeks, is this something that will "die down" after a while as the brew settles, or do I potentially need to need to let some of the pressure off, or will that ruin the brew?
As I can't cool the whole barrel (although it is in a relatively cool room), I have some bottles I intended to chill then transfer the beer to a few bottles at a time (via the barrel tap), but unless it comes out a bit more sedately I will probably put most of the beer up the wall
