syke
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Hi All
After much lurking in this forum for the last few years I have taken the plunge and gotten back into brewing.
I bought off ebay a second hand keg setup with two fermenters and all the kit needed to do allgrain at a steal of a price, so I think im setup now for where ever this takes me! I have so many plans!
Tonight I did two brews to start me off and hopefully have them ready to drink before christmas. Because I am kegging these I'm hoping they will taste good after only a few weeks of conditioning in the keg.
Brew 1 tonight was -
OS Coopers Lager with BE2 and US-05 yeast. It was filled to roughly 22l and yeast was pitched at 25degrees. OG was 1032
Brew 2 tonight was -
OS Coopers Draught with BE1 and US-05 yeast. It was filled roughly to 22l and yeast pitched at 26degrees. OG was 1036
Now everything went pretty well considering it was my first effort for quite a while. I tasted each when I tested the gravity, but wasnt sure if they are correct, do you let the hydrometer to bounce to the side of the tube or hold it up straight? Im not to sure but either way I was expecting them to be a bit higher. I guess worse case is that they will be less alcohol content.
Now I had a minor tragedy when I was placing in the airlock on the draught beer. The grommit from the lid pushed in and is now in my beer. I had a spare grommit and have sealed the lid but didnt want to fish out the swimming grommit as i had pitched the yeast allready. Anyone done this before and do you think it will leave a taste/disolve in the beer? Since this kit was new to me I did sanatize the lid but still has me wondering.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated
Denis
After much lurking in this forum for the last few years I have taken the plunge and gotten back into brewing.
I bought off ebay a second hand keg setup with two fermenters and all the kit needed to do allgrain at a steal of a price, so I think im setup now for where ever this takes me! I have so many plans!
Tonight I did two brews to start me off and hopefully have them ready to drink before christmas. Because I am kegging these I'm hoping they will taste good after only a few weeks of conditioning in the keg.
Brew 1 tonight was -
OS Coopers Lager with BE2 and US-05 yeast. It was filled to roughly 22l and yeast was pitched at 25degrees. OG was 1032
Brew 2 tonight was -
OS Coopers Draught with BE1 and US-05 yeast. It was filled roughly to 22l and yeast pitched at 26degrees. OG was 1036
Now everything went pretty well considering it was my first effort for quite a while. I tasted each when I tested the gravity, but wasnt sure if they are correct, do you let the hydrometer to bounce to the side of the tube or hold it up straight? Im not to sure but either way I was expecting them to be a bit higher. I guess worse case is that they will be less alcohol content.
Now I had a minor tragedy when I was placing in the airlock on the draught beer. The grommit from the lid pushed in and is now in my beer. I had a spare grommit and have sealed the lid but didnt want to fish out the swimming grommit as i had pitched the yeast allready. Anyone done this before and do you think it will leave a taste/disolve in the beer? Since this kit was new to me I did sanatize the lid but still has me wondering.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated
Denis