Eyup all,
been reading the kit brew list and peoples reviews with great interest and have a few questions if i may.
I plan to make a batch of Brown Ale grom a kit however I hear this can turn out a bit "**** watery" and to avoid this people are adding dark spray malt. Fair eneugh, so my question is this...
- if the kit says add 1kilo of breeing sugar, and i want to add the 500g of spray malt do I use 1k of sugar+malt or do i use 500g sugar + 500g of malt? So it i add malt to I need to remove equal sugar to come up with the same weight.
Question 2 (bottling related)
I read a review by a chap and he fermented his brew for ten days and then transfered the clear liquid into another FV for a further week or so. Now then, whats the purpose of letting it sit in the 2nd FV?? And does it continue to ferment or is it just to let sediment settle?
As i have seen videos where its syphoned into the 2nd FV and then primed and bottled immediatly.
Question 3 (last one...promise).
I plan to do my prep and what not in the kitchen and move the FV into my cubourd upstairs. After the fermentation period of x amount of weeks is it safe to move the FV back into the kitchen? Ready to transfer into 2nd FV? And then repeat the move again.
Thanks for reading this far!!
been reading the kit brew list and peoples reviews with great interest and have a few questions if i may.
I plan to make a batch of Brown Ale grom a kit however I hear this can turn out a bit "**** watery" and to avoid this people are adding dark spray malt. Fair eneugh, so my question is this...
- if the kit says add 1kilo of breeing sugar, and i want to add the 500g of spray malt do I use 1k of sugar+malt or do i use 500g sugar + 500g of malt? So it i add malt to I need to remove equal sugar to come up with the same weight.
Question 2 (bottling related)
I read a review by a chap and he fermented his brew for ten days and then transfered the clear liquid into another FV for a further week or so. Now then, whats the purpose of letting it sit in the 2nd FV?? And does it continue to ferment or is it just to let sediment settle?
As i have seen videos where its syphoned into the 2nd FV and then primed and bottled immediatly.
Question 3 (last one...promise).
I plan to do my prep and what not in the kitchen and move the FV into my cubourd upstairs. After the fermentation period of x amount of weeks is it safe to move the FV back into the kitchen? Ready to transfer into 2nd FV? And then repeat the move again.
Thanks for reading this far!!