Evening all, been having a look on the forum this evening and the site looks great, tried to pick the best category to pitch my questions and I hope its this one!
I am completely new to brewing, it is something I have considered for a while and Saturday decided why not, I bought a basic American IPA kit as a tester from my local home brew shop, which I tried before hand and I really enjoyed. I did everything to the letter including full sterilisation, I made sure everywhere was sanitised, and mixed its as per the instructions.
Question 1: The instructions state to add the hops after four days into the bucket, however I have been told it may have been better to add them at the start, which practice would be better?
Question 2: A friend who does a little home brewing says don't add them until the foam has subsided as they'll only sit on the top now, so if I wait for the foam to subsided and add them, how long then before I should transfer my barrel?
Thank you for taking time to read and hope someone can advise.
I am completely new to brewing, it is something I have considered for a while and Saturday decided why not, I bought a basic American IPA kit as a tester from my local home brew shop, which I tried before hand and I really enjoyed. I did everything to the letter including full sterilisation, I made sure everywhere was sanitised, and mixed its as per the instructions.
Question 1: The instructions state to add the hops after four days into the bucket, however I have been told it may have been better to add them at the start, which practice would be better?
Question 2: A friend who does a little home brewing says don't add them until the foam has subsided as they'll only sit on the top now, so if I wait for the foam to subsided and add them, how long then before I should transfer my barrel?
Thank you for taking time to read and hope someone can advise.
