bj42brumby
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Hi All,
Ok.. newbie here just bottled his first batch of beer. I transferred to a second fermenter two weeks ago and today I bulk primed as per instructions on this website, thankyou very much, and then spent less than an hour filling 68 stubby bottles and capping, again thankyou for the advice to get a benchtop bottle capper.
Easy peasy..
And I did have a wee sample of the dregs.. sweet (because of the priming) but not bad at all. The guy at Boronia HomeBrew said a good homebrew could be enjoyed warm and he was right.. despite the sweetness, it had a nice taste.
I'm actually surprised. I've done everything wrong, especially in this heat we've had. I had nowhere cool I could store it so I've just had to cross my fingers it wouldn't go funny. I tried to be as clean as I could but really, when you're washing bottles and trying to sanitise them in the kitchen sink.. well.. not sure how successful I was.
Now the two week wait.. and I'll find out whether it's good or not. Fingers crossed.
I did notice that it looked quite clear.. and there was nothing much sitting in the bottom of the secondary fermenter.. but then again, it could have ended up in the last few bottles. They looked a little cloudier than the rest of them.. and I hadn't used the finings sachet that came with the kit. So, guess I'll see. Now to sucker a couple of mates for the taste test
Cheers
Craig
Ok.. newbie here just bottled his first batch of beer. I transferred to a second fermenter two weeks ago and today I bulk primed as per instructions on this website, thankyou very much, and then spent less than an hour filling 68 stubby bottles and capping, again thankyou for the advice to get a benchtop bottle capper.
Easy peasy..
And I did have a wee sample of the dregs.. sweet (because of the priming) but not bad at all. The guy at Boronia HomeBrew said a good homebrew could be enjoyed warm and he was right.. despite the sweetness, it had a nice taste.
I'm actually surprised. I've done everything wrong, especially in this heat we've had. I had nowhere cool I could store it so I've just had to cross my fingers it wouldn't go funny. I tried to be as clean as I could but really, when you're washing bottles and trying to sanitise them in the kitchen sink.. well.. not sure how successful I was.
Now the two week wait.. and I'll find out whether it's good or not. Fingers crossed.
I did notice that it looked quite clear.. and there was nothing much sitting in the bottom of the secondary fermenter.. but then again, it could have ended up in the last few bottles. They looked a little cloudier than the rest of them.. and I hadn't used the finings sachet that came with the kit. So, guess I'll see. Now to sucker a couple of mates for the taste test
Cheers
Craig