Recent content by toddyboy

It would have started at 2-3C, whatever the ferm fridge is set to when I opened the door and hooked everything up. Not sure what temp it would have kicked up to by the time I finished bottling. I think having the bottles at fridge temp will help next time. I usually store at room temp then...

Yeah, it's the Blichmans knock off bottle filler from Kegland. I purged first then filled and sealed in my swing top bottles right away. I cold crashed the FZ for about 4 days in my fermentation fridge then hooked up the cylinder at about 12psi for about 2 days. It was also sitting at around...

Your process is what I will do for my next brew. It's what I was piecing together myself so thank you for confirming my thoughts. I managed to get the bottling gun sorted. Pretty nifty tool. I was skeptical about the quality of the brew that I had in the FZ but I tried it during my bottling...

For this latest brew, you're right. Everything started to go downhill after I sprinkled the yeast and closed the lid. First mistake was leaving the valve on the collection jar closed while I was pouring the wort into the FV. Second mistake was adding CO2 to the brew once I closed the lid. The...

Apologies for my delayed response. Had a birthday and father's day to get some more equipment :cool: Appreciate your reply. My latest effort since my post didn't go too well. I misread your post and put the CO2 in straight away which seemed to screw up the yeast. It got blown around the FV and...

I'm making the move up from bucket brewing to brewing with a FZ I bought last year. I have a few questions which, form reading other sources, have contradicting info. Basically, I have a FZ and want to transfer it to bottles when done. From my reading, fermenting under pressure looks like a...

awesome! thanks for your help. i've been reading other threads on bulk priming and racking... whoa! think i'll stick with this simple stuff to start with then maybe try some of this other stuff when i'm a bit more experienced :party:

hi guys, long time drinker, first time brewer. as you can tell, this is my first post on the forum. i've had a coopers home brew kit in the garage for about 3 years now. my mrs told me to either use it or throw it out. i went for option number 1 B) i opened the box, went through the book...