Cerveza newbie

[philguk]

Hi folks

New to this brewing lark and trying to step it up a notch from cider kits

i did ask some advice and amalgamated the useful suggestions and probably way over complicated things - but.....

Started 4x 5litre batches of Mexican-style beer

Each has 1/4 of a Wilko Cerveza kit. Two have 300g of sugar, two have 250g of spray malt. All are now inoculated with Kolsch-style yeast (I dont have that warm a location for fermentation)

Later I intend to dry-hop one of the sugar and one of the malt batches

Then I’ll have four different variations to bottle...........

Anything in this plan I should be wary of??

Cheers

Phil G

 

[Obadiah Boondoggle]

HI Phil

I have never brewed a Kolsch

Sounds like a great plan

I dont have that warm a location for fermentation

The most important thing in fermentation is the correct temperature

The only issue you might be wary of is not fermenting at the right temperature - what does a not warm temperature mean?

 

[philguk]

Seems it’s warm enough. This morning found all four had frothed through their air locks. Some cleaning up to do now .

is there a smart trick to prevent that?

Oh and fermenting around 17c

 

[philguk]

Seems it’s warm enough. This morning found all four had frothed through their air locks. Some cleaning up to do now .

is there a smart trick to prevent that?

 

[philguk]

And wondering if there is a better type of airlock. The typical “bubbler” seems a nightmare to clean once its grungy

 

[jMac]

And wondering if there is a better type of airlock. The typical “bubbler” seems a nightmare to clean once its grungy ☹☹

Yes! What you need is a blow off tube (plenty of other threads in here about them). Basically it’s a length of tube (say, siphoning tube) with one end in the fermenter (you could cut the end off a plastic bubbler or improvise something else to connect it to the fermenter) and the other end in a bucket/container of steriliser. That way any blow off ends up in the bucket rather than on the floor.

 

[philguk]

Yes! What you need is a blow off tube (plenty of other threads in here about them). Basically it’s a length of tube (say, siphoning tube) with one end in the fermenter (you could cut the end off a plastic bubbler or improvise something else to connect it to the fermenter) and the other end in a bucket/container of steriliser. That way any blow off ends up in the bucket rather than on the floor.

Ah - neat!!

I said I was a newbie :)

More "brewing stuff" duly ordered