gone to the dark side. cling film for lid.

[dibby33]

Made my second irish red this week. Forgot to clean a lid and thought about time I tried out the cling film method. Just so happens that I had a bag of huge elastic bands so I used one of those.

The barrel on the left is a Brown ale. The other two are the irish reds. I miss the sound of the airlock already but I can see that the yeast had started to do its job. Jury is out.

 

[Northside Novice]

Dibby talk a walk on the wild side !!!!

 

[Yob]

Jury has.been relieved of doody

 

[Northside Novice]

07 member ?
The cells are deeper than I can operate ,

 

[dibby33]

07 member ?
The cells are deeper than I can operate ,

I was on a break... lol

 

[Black Devil Dog]

Good one, next step, temperature control.

 

[Northside Novice]

Yup , find a cheap (free) fridge to plug into temp control . 18-20*
You wil mainly be brewing ales but with control you drop the base , I mean temp for flavourless lagers
Don't stress . ***** have been brewing beer , good beer for fuking ages ! Just enjoy the fun that brewing it brings !!

Your a brewer Now !!!!!!!!!!!!'


No Northside hands of no yes no no on yessss

 

[jameson]

I have a mate that I took to the brew shop and bought a keg system along with a fermenter, plug and play temp controller and two fresh wort kits. On the way back yesterday there was a lot of questions. So we went straight to his house to set it up and to get the beers going. While washing the fermenter I said here I will do the lid the response was no I'm using glad wrap. I'm following your techniques to a t I love your beers. His next purchase is a brew rig but he's very welcome to use mine until he makes his choice.

 

[Bribie G]

What is this lid you speak of?

ah now I remember, it's that thing I got the o ring out of to hold the clingwrap.

 

[dibby33]

Funny, I was looking at that yesterday. Problem is my cellar door is thin and my bar fridge in my cellar will not fit a barrel. So I need to find a skinny fridge. Also reading about laugering - lot more involved than ales esp with temperature. I don't drink much lager but I would like to have a crack. Just don't want to spend much as I want to move to all grain.

 

[mkj]

How do you suspend a wort thermowell for temp control using cling film? Genuinely looking for ideas.

 

[ekul]

I'm a bit suss on the oring method. I've had fruit flies manage to get inside the clingwrap but died on the long trek around the thread to the motherload. I use a rubber band now and make it sit on the bottom rung, nothing is getting passed that.

Ps. i have an extraordinary amount of fruit flies at my place.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

You talking them little black things that are the sizs of fleas..but are not fleas...

Fruit flies are different..and bigger

If you have the liitle fuckers...then best make a trap

2ltr milk bottle, poke a few few holes up the top with a knife. Fill to 1/2 with some beer,red wine,honey,vinegar water.

Put it away from your ferm on the other side of the room

 

[Spiesy]

How do you suspend a wort thermowell for temp control using cling film? Genuinely looking for ideas.

This is the one and only reason why I use a lid.

 

[Yob]

How do you suspend a wort thermowell for temp control using cling film? Genuinely looking for ideas.

Erm.. Mount it in the side of the FV?

 

[Spiesy]

Erm.. Mount it in the side of the FV?

So your wort leaks out?

 

[indica86]

Leaky worts?????/ Get that seen to.

 

[Cube]

Good one, next step, temperature control.

Hes in Hobart. Naturally Lager temps there

 

[dibby33]

Yeup. Cold is a good thing. My cellar is cool also. I have some reading to do. Cold crashing and stuff...

 

[spog]

I'm a bit suss on the oring method. I've had fruit flies manage to get inside the clingwrap but died on the long trek around the thread to the motherload. I use a rubber band now and make it sit on the bottom rung, nothing is getting passed that.

Ps. i have an extraordinary amount of fruit flies at my place.[/quote


I was told these are vinegar flies ? I get a lot of them around my compost bin especially if vegetable and fruit scraps have been put in it.