pyroboris
Active Member
Hi All,
Complete newbie here! :
Have ventured into the crazy world of brewing and got my first extract brew currently fermenting upstairs.
Have taken heed of the mountains of advice on-line, as contradictory as much of it seems to be!
Well here is what I've got going at the moment:
Burton Bridge Bitter Kit
650gr Brewers Sugar
500gr Muntons Medium spray malt
As I didn't have the facilities, or the patience to boil the water, I've used many bottles of Sainsbury's bottled water (17p a bottle)
I sanitised absolutely everything that might come into contact with the wort (including the tin opener used on the can of malt extract!)
The whole lot was chucked in the FV two days ago and it is bubbling away nicely at a stable temperature of 21 degrees.
Have also been out scavenging solid 500ml bottles for bottling.
Fingers crossed!
Oh yeah, and as a newbie I forgot to take a hydrometer reading before pitching the yeast. Oh well I'll remember next time.
I'm not sure as to when to bottle however, as on-line advice seems to vary greatly. The kit instructions say as soon as fermentation finishes (4-7 days), whilst other advice says leave it 2 weeks.
Any/all advice welcome!
Cheers :
PB
Complete newbie here! :
![Small Cheers cheers: cheers:](https://www.world-of-smilies.com/wos_essen/nahrung002.gif)
Have ventured into the crazy world of brewing and got my first extract brew currently fermenting upstairs.
Have taken heed of the mountains of advice on-line, as contradictory as much of it seems to be!
Well here is what I've got going at the moment:
Burton Bridge Bitter Kit
650gr Brewers Sugar
500gr Muntons Medium spray malt
As I didn't have the facilities, or the patience to boil the water, I've used many bottles of Sainsbury's bottled water (17p a bottle)
I sanitised absolutely everything that might come into contact with the wort (including the tin opener used on the can of malt extract!)
The whole lot was chucked in the FV two days ago and it is bubbling away nicely at a stable temperature of 21 degrees.
Have also been out scavenging solid 500ml bottles for bottling.
Fingers crossed!
Oh yeah, and as a newbie I forgot to take a hydrometer reading before pitching the yeast. Oh well I'll remember next time.
I'm not sure as to when to bottle however, as on-line advice seems to vary greatly. The kit instructions say as soon as fermentation finishes (4-7 days), whilst other advice says leave it 2 weeks.
Any/all advice welcome!
Cheers :
![Small Cheers cheers: cheers:](https://www.world-of-smilies.com/wos_essen/nahrung002.gif)
PB