Hi,
I tend to do things and ask questions later....being of the old school construction mentality of "instructions are for loosers"...
However, i had wanted to brew my own beer for a long time and one night picked up a very BASIC kit.
So i sterilised everything, even followed instructions, and have my first batch of lager in the fermentor. its a "young's" kit with lager malt extract.
Questions are:
oh and I put the 1kg of brewing sugar in with the malt and water, do i need to put sugar in the bottles and how much??
I tend to do things and ask questions later....being of the old school construction mentality of "instructions are for loosers"...
However, i had wanted to brew my own beer for a long time and one night picked up a very BASIC kit.
So i sterilised everything, even followed instructions, and have my first batch of lager in the fermentor. its a "young's" kit with lager malt extract.
Questions are:
- Bucket lid has no hole for airlock, however i do push the lid every evening and a bit of gas comes out.....do i need to drill a hole for and airlock and are they essential going forward?
- It says leave for 6 - 7 days, this seems short, should i leave it for more?
- Moving on to bottling, all vids i see of bottling, transfer from fermentation bucket to bottling bucket...is this necessary...wife will kill me if i land home with another bucket....could i do it in stages into pans.
- lastly, where do i get a siphon cane and bottling tube...i have the siphon hose and a small clip...is this enough.
oh and I put the 1kg of brewing sugar in with the malt and water, do i need to put sugar in the bottles and how much??