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Been in 5 days, because I barrel it I normally leave it 7 days in FV then siphon it to the barrel as it should clear nicely as it ages and I prefer slightly cloudy ale. at 3.4%approx im not too fussed but would like the FG a little lower. Cheers Luke

Hi all, Still got 2 days to go in primary fermenter for my Woodfordes Wherry. Its at 1020 and has lowered from 1032 2 days ago, do you think it will go down to the usual 1010ish ready to keg or should I add something to help it along? what would you guys recommend I do? Cheers, Luke

well its smelling alot better now, more like guinness and an alcohol smell

How did the end product taste? i hope its better than it smells

Oh forgot to say yeah i did the 40 pint version, and i will do the bin bag idea if it gets that way. thanks for the heads up

i hope mine doesnt get that bad haha ive only got 2-2 1/2" head room

thanks will do

Yes before when i poured the extract and water in, before adding the yeast. Thanks My hopes are higher now. By the way should there be foam, its only been fermenting 40 mins but before i added yeast there was foam but now its gone. Im new to this stuff :oops:

Hi all, i just mixed an EMDE Stout and the smell is intense, the only problem is it smells like burnt black treacle, is this normal? its not like the smell of any other stout ive drank

When you were mixing the wort did it smell of a burnt smell with a bit a a black treacle hint? Because mine does that i mixed today

well im going to our wilkinsons today so if they have a bottler i will buy that and a spigot for my bucket and then bottle it

well i plan on doing both, what i was going to do is do 2 batches, one in bottles one in a keg and see which tastes better

dont worry, 6 months is max, less if i go camping haha, i know some age their beers for 6 months so hopefully it will be fine

Thanks all, well i rarely drink due to operating rail vehicles as weekends so i only have a couple of pints a week, but i homebrew to save money. So i will invest in some co2 cartridges and keep it topped up with those when its starts to get a little flat.

Hi, Im new to this, and i am going to ferment the youngs bitter in a fermenting bucket for 1 week then siphon it to a plastic pressure barrel. Does anybody know how long the beer will last in it? Regards Luke