Hi All,
Being quite new to home-brewing, I'm reading "The Complete Joy of Homebrewing" (which i'm finding a great read and well worth the buy) and in it, the guy brews in a glass carboy from start until bottling. I quite like this idea, not only for the aesthetically pleasing site of a carboy/demijohn rather than a bucket but also the fact that it's clear and I can see what's going on - which also helps with the syphoning into bottles!
I was almost at the point of buying a Better Bottle (yes, I know it's not the same glass type as used in the book however it looks exactly what I need and a bit easier to clean) and getting started however a short phone call to a supplier of said bottle today said that he'd not recommend doing that, instead he'd recommend 1st stage fermenting in a bucket and then decanting into the Better Bottle after 3 days for the duration of fermentation. This has made the Better Bottle idea slightly less appealing as I just want a single fermenting solution at this stage.
It's explained in the book that it's recommended that a larger blow-off pipe into a water filled bottle be used for the first few days then this can be swapped for a bubble fermenter.
What's all your opinions? Has anyone tried this method, is it a go-er?
Thanks
Being quite new to home-brewing, I'm reading "The Complete Joy of Homebrewing" (which i'm finding a great read and well worth the buy) and in it, the guy brews in a glass carboy from start until bottling. I quite like this idea, not only for the aesthetically pleasing site of a carboy/demijohn rather than a bucket but also the fact that it's clear and I can see what's going on - which also helps with the syphoning into bottles!
I was almost at the point of buying a Better Bottle (yes, I know it's not the same glass type as used in the book however it looks exactly what I need and a bit easier to clean) and getting started however a short phone call to a supplier of said bottle today said that he'd not recommend doing that, instead he'd recommend 1st stage fermenting in a bucket and then decanting into the Better Bottle after 3 days for the duration of fermentation. This has made the Better Bottle idea slightly less appealing as I just want a single fermenting solution at this stage.
It's explained in the book that it's recommended that a larger blow-off pipe into a water filled bottle be used for the first few days then this can be swapped for a bubble fermenter.
What's all your opinions? Has anyone tried this method, is it a go-er?
Thanks
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and this idea of fermenting in Carboys comes from there . . . it is not really required. Use a Fermenting bucket with the lid sat on loosly.
