Had a big brew day last week and did three in an afternoon/evening :shock: :-
Turbo cider
Clibit's simple AG
Festival Razorback IPA
Took 6 hours in total. Discovered that the time required for a the AG to chill down to yeast pitching temperature is the same as going to the pub for a couple of pints :drink:
I made the TC with Tesco 100% apple juice (£3.40 for a four pack), a cup of strong Assam tea, 80 grms sugar, re-hydrated cider yeast, and malic acid. It started to ferment in less than an hour
. I need to do the maths for the OG. I only put three litres of AJ in initially in case it went wild. So I know the SG of that mix (with the sugar and tea) and I know the SG of the AJ so I need to do a quick calculation for when I added the other 1 1/2 litres of AJ.
I used Clibit's recipe for the AG, I used Golding Hops (I tend to like beers with it in). The smells you get from the wort are lovely. Took a while for the fermentation to start but once it was away it was bubbling faster than anything I've done before (admittedly not many). The wort tasted nice, nice enough to drink straight away really.
Finally the Razorback. I use filtered water in my brews as our water is very chloriney. I use the britta filter mechanism balanced over the neck of a pressure barrel. For convenience I had the barrel on the draining board and put the FV on the floor below it. Pouring the water from that height made a really good job of aerating the mixture.
They're all bubbling away nicely now.
Cheers,
Turbo cider
Clibit's simple AG
Festival Razorback IPA
Took 6 hours in total. Discovered that the time required for a the AG to chill down to yeast pitching temperature is the same as going to the pub for a couple of pints :drink:
I made the TC with Tesco 100% apple juice (£3.40 for a four pack), a cup of strong Assam tea, 80 grms sugar, re-hydrated cider yeast, and malic acid. It started to ferment in less than an hour
. I need to do the maths for the OG. I only put three litres of AJ in initially in case it went wild. So I know the SG of that mix (with the sugar and tea) and I know the SG of the AJ so I need to do a quick calculation for when I added the other 1 1/2 litres of AJ.I used Clibit's recipe for the AG, I used Golding Hops (I tend to like beers with it in). The smells you get from the wort are lovely. Took a while for the fermentation to start but once it was away it was bubbling faster than anything I've done before (admittedly not many). The wort tasted nice, nice enough to drink straight away really.
Finally the Razorback. I use filtered water in my brews as our water is very chloriney. I use the britta filter mechanism balanced over the neck of a pressure barrel. For convenience I had the barrel on the draining board and put the FV on the floor below it. Pouring the water from that height made a really good job of aerating the mixture.
They're all bubbling away nicely now.
Cheers,
