Been doing some more brewing in the last few weeks and have a few questions.
Apologies if they have already been answered....
1. Last two brews were a bit slow to ferment with the cold British weather. Just wondering when you pitch the yeast should you have the lid on the bucket quite tight ? Just wondering whether the build-up of CO2 would kill off the yeast if the FV ?
2. When in the FV the beer needs to be kept at a constant temp. Does this matter so much when the beers are in the bottle ?
I mean during the first week or so of conditioning, the bottles are in the warm. Would there be any benefit to, say put them in a temp controlled water bath ?
3. For the last brew I syphoned the beer into a bottling bucket, added finnings then after two days bottled the beer. Is this the correct way to do this ?
What if you batch batch prime ?
4. Does anyone manage to get a FULL 40 pints from a beer kit ? I seem to get less than 40 half litres each time (although a little bottler does help)
5. If I wanted a shorter brewing time. Are there certain yeasts I should use ? are they expensive ? I'm guessing the taste might be different ?
Thanks
Jazz
Apologies if they have already been answered....
1. Last two brews were a bit slow to ferment with the cold British weather. Just wondering when you pitch the yeast should you have the lid on the bucket quite tight ? Just wondering whether the build-up of CO2 would kill off the yeast if the FV ?
2. When in the FV the beer needs to be kept at a constant temp. Does this matter so much when the beers are in the bottle ?
I mean during the first week or so of conditioning, the bottles are in the warm. Would there be any benefit to, say put them in a temp controlled water bath ?
3. For the last brew I syphoned the beer into a bottling bucket, added finnings then after two days bottled the beer. Is this the correct way to do this ?
What if you batch batch prime ?
4. Does anyone manage to get a FULL 40 pints from a beer kit ? I seem to get less than 40 half litres each time (although a little bottler does help)
5. If I wanted a shorter brewing time. Are there certain yeasts I should use ? are they expensive ? I'm guessing the taste might be different ?
Thanks
Jazz