Coopers, English Bitter
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warnie
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Brewerd this 6 days ago simply with BE and brewed short to 21.5ltrs and it came out at 1042og. I've just taken off the kausen coller and taken a sample. It's now at 1010 so I would say it's pretty much done and he tastes pretty good already so I maybe bottling at the weekend.
I tried cooling the FV for a couple of days before bottling my Betterbrew IPA and that was a lot clearer when bottling, so I will definatley do the same with this one.
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I tried cooling the FV for a couple of days before bottling my Betterbrew IPA and that was a lot clearer when bottling, so I will definatley do the same with this one.
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warnie
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warnie said:Brewerd this 6 days ago simply with BE and brewed short to 21.5ltrs and it came out at 1042og. I've just taken off the kausen coller and taken a sample. It's now at 1010 so I would say it's pretty much done and he tastes pretty good already so I maybe bottling at the weekend.
I tried cooling the FV for a couple of days before bottling my Betterbrew IPA and that was a lot clearer when bottling, so I will definatley do the same with this one.
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Really pleased with this so far I've just put it somewhere cool as it's finished at 1007FG from a 1042OG which makes it 4.6% before bottling on sunday. Not much sediment at bottom of FV either which I put down to the better mixing I now do.
I put this on a couple of weeks ago, had a week in the warm to do its job then placed in cool for a week. Took a gravity reading and its only at 1.020 so moved back into the warm and gave a stir, hopefully it'll kick off again to get it lower.
I brewed with a kilo of spray malt and used safale s-04 yeast. Tried the sample from the trial jar and my good god it's beautiful, can't wait to keg it.
I brewed with a kilo of spray malt and used safale s-04 yeast. Tried the sample from the trial jar and my good god it's beautiful, can't wait to keg it.
I brewed mine with i kg brew enhancer and 500gms of light dme, and its been stuck at 1020 , gave it a stir 4 days ago and no change. Gave it another stir today, so wait and see. Its in fv for 2 weeks , and temp was kept steady. Might have to add yeast that i dont have at present, so another week i think 
Hi bottler, do you use yeast nutrient?bottler said:I brewed mine with i kg brew enhancer and 500gms of light dme, and its been stuck at 1020 , gave it a stir 4 days ago and no change. Gave it another stir today, so wait and see. Its in fv for 2 weeks , and temp was kept steady. Might have to add yeast that i dont have at present, so another week i think
I've never had a stick or a high SG since I started using it.
KC. :thumb:
No mate, but ive been looking into it. I was going to buy a 500gm bag on ebay, but it said it was for wine, so ive contacted the seller to see if its suitable for beer also, waiting on reply. Ive had quite a few brews sticking lately. Thanks KC :thumb:Kinleycat said:Hi bottler, do you use yeast nutrient?bottler said:I brewed mine with i kg brew enhancer and 500gms of light dme, and its been stuck at 1020 , gave it a stir 4 days ago and no change. Gave it another stir today, so wait and see. Its in fv for 2 weeks , and temp was kept steady. Might have to add yeast that i dont have at present, so another week i think
I've never had a stick or a high SG since I started using it.
KC. :thumb:
It is mate, I use youngs yeast nutrient for wine.bottler said:No mate, but ive been looking into it. I was going to buy a 500gm bag on ebay, but it said it was for wine, so ive contacted the seller to see if its suitable for beer also, waiting on reply. Ive had quite a few brews sticking lately. Thanks KC :thumb:Kinleycat said:Hi bottler, do you use yeast nutrient?bottler said:I brewed mine with i kg brew enhancer and 500gms of light dme, and its been stuck at 1020 , gave it a stir 4 days ago and no change. Gave it another stir today, so wait and see. Its in fv for 2 weeks , and temp was kept steady. Might have to add yeast that i dont have at present, so another week i think
I've never had a stick or a high SG since I started using it.
KC. :thumb:
£1.95 for 100g from my LHBS so I'm sure it's cheaper elsewhere; especially on t'interweb. :thumb:
Kinleycat said:
My brews spend the first week in my kitchen which is usually around 21c, however SWMBO doesn't like the site of it for longer than that so I stick it in the boiler room (old coal shed) for another week, it's around 15/16c in there so helps the yeast drop out of suspension.
However on this occasion it stopped the ferment, not sure if it got colder than usual in there or something else happened.
All is good now though and ready for kegging with the trial Nitrogen gas.
warnie
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warnie said:warnie said:Brewerd this 6 days ago simply with BE and brewed short to 21.5ltrs and it came out at 1042og. I've just taken off the kausen coller and taken a sample. It's now at 1010 so I would say it's pretty much done and he tastes pretty good already so I maybe bottling at the weekend.
I tried cooling the FV for a couple of days before bottling my Betterbrew IPA and that was a lot clearer when bottling, so I will definatley do the same with this one.
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Really pleased with this so far I've just put it somewhere cool as it's finished at 1007FG from a 1042OG which makes it 4.6% before bottling on sunday. Not much sediment at bottom of FV either which I put down to the better mixing I now do.
I took 2 of these to a curry house last night after 2 weeks in the warm and and 10 days in the cold. Really happy with this one, far more impressed than what I was with my wherry, love the colour as well, so will be doing this one again without a doubt.
Must say I'm loving drinking my own beer and been pretty much guaranteed a decent pint that easily compares to pub brews. That is apart from the Sadlers pub in Lye called the Windsor Castle, who brew their own beer, now thier beers are a class apart. Thier red IPA at 5.7% is to die for :drink: If any of you are unlucky enough to be in the stourbridge area of the west midlands then look this place up and it will certainly brighten up your day :
aamcle
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Being out of brew and needing something that should not take months to mature I gave this a go not expecting to much of it.
I made it up following the recipe on http://www.aussiehomebrewing.com/Custom ... opers.html
500 brewing sugar 500 ldme and 25 g Goldings. I deviated a bit adding an extra 7g hops (32 total) at the start of the boil.
It's not finished fermenting yet but I had a taste to see if I would need to dry hop it, happy dayz I think it's going to be good the hop flavour and bitterness are real good I'm inpatient now :-)
Aamcle
I made it up following the recipe on http://www.aussiehomebrewing.com/Custom ... opers.html
500 brewing sugar 500 ldme and 25 g Goldings. I deviated a bit adding an extra 7g hops (32 total) at the start of the boil.
It's not finished fermenting yet but I had a taste to see if I would need to dry hop it, happy dayz I think it's going to be good the hop flavour and bitterness are real good I'm inpatient now :-)
Aamcle
aamcle
Landlord.
Sadly I lost half of this in The Great Beer Disaster but after 12 days in the bottle I gave in and tried it some of the surviving bottles, I had to resist a third bottle. It's still a bit young I can tell and there is some haze, but no yeast taste or homebrew twang, if it survives to maturity its going to be very good indeed.
Atb. Aamcle
Atb. Aamcle
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