I have what would have been a bottling day approaching but as I am now brewing at 10 �" 15 gallons I am trying to work out what would be involved in casking rather than just bottling my beer.
Generally I leave beer in the fermenter for around 14 days then on bottling day mix in priming sugar and drop it straight into a bottle and cap it. Over the next week or so it clears and tastes great. Very simple.
When Iââ¬â¢ve looked into on youtube about casking everyone seems to say use isinglass, mix up some more wort and yeast and pop that into the cask as well. But I canââ¬â¢t work out why that is or why it is different to bottling? The only finings I use are Irish moss in the boil and don't add extra yeast for bottling.
I am planning on putting my beer into one of these:
http://www.breweryplastics.biz/index.php/products/pin/
So , I have my beer which has finished primary fermentation and will have spent about 9 days on the trub. Some of it will go into the pin and some of it will be bottled. What do I need to do to it whilst transferring it into these vessels?
The other question I have is that when I bottle I can hold my beer up to the light and see if itââ¬â¢s ready to drink because itââ¬â¢s cleared �" how do you know when it is ready when it is sealed cask?
Generally I leave beer in the fermenter for around 14 days then on bottling day mix in priming sugar and drop it straight into a bottle and cap it. Over the next week or so it clears and tastes great. Very simple.
When Iââ¬â¢ve looked into on youtube about casking everyone seems to say use isinglass, mix up some more wort and yeast and pop that into the cask as well. But I canââ¬â¢t work out why that is or why it is different to bottling? The only finings I use are Irish moss in the boil and don't add extra yeast for bottling.
I am planning on putting my beer into one of these:
http://www.breweryplastics.biz/index.php/products/pin/
So , I have my beer which has finished primary fermentation and will have spent about 9 days on the trub. Some of it will go into the pin and some of it will be bottled. What do I need to do to it whilst transferring it into these vessels?
The other question I have is that when I bottle I can hold my beer up to the light and see if itââ¬â¢s ready to drink because itââ¬â¢s cleared �" how do you know when it is ready when it is sealed cask?