bottle conditioning

Greetings, I am going to transfer the kit wort, into a secondary fermentation vessel before bottling. Before bottling should the secondary fermentation vessel have an air trap or should it be pressurised with CO2?? Is it worth doing secondary fermentation for more than a month before...

Hi, I recently brewed an IPA that was bottle conditioned. The first few early bottles were perfectly carbonated, but as i drank the batch over a few weeks, I noticed minimal carbonation after the first handful. Also to note, i drank these in the order i bottled them. I used the same bottles...

The reboot is never as good as the original. And I know this has been asked so many times. I'm here for a discussion about the following. I kind of wish this subject had previously received a definitive answer to the question. (I think it's important to say I'm in the UK and have access to...

Hi guys, just a quick Question, how long do you normally leave your bottles before cracking them open? I normally leave them in the shed for 3 weeks before drinking as a rule of thumb. Cheers

Maybe this has been asked before but I haven’t found a thread on it yet. About 12 days ago I bottled my Continental Saison (my second ever home-brew) and stored them in my cupboard at about room temp or just below. Today I moved them into the conservatory to keep cooler for about 3 weeks as per...

I recently bought 4 pints of draught beer from a local bar, which was served in a 4 pint plastic growler. I bottle my home brew and I'm thinking about trying to condition 4 pints of my next batch in this growler. I'm thinking that there are a couple of benefits to this. It will mean I have 4...

Hi All, I have been brewing beer for a few years now and getting some pretty good results. I am a massive hop head and have been trying to re-create that amazing hop aroma and taste that you get with commercially brewed IPA's such as Vocation's Life & Death and Salt Beer Factory's JamDani. The...

Hi guys quick question, has anyone on here tried adding gelatine or isinglass to the bottling bucket and then bottling straight away, so that you fine the beer in the bottle? Or is it best to just do it in secondary and leave it for a few days till it clears? Just want to know if it will make...

Just a real simple question I've been wondering about... When bottle conditioning, does it make any difference if the bottles are upright or laid on their side?