Newbi Question

[bum]

By the way - those sediment reducers are a waste of time and a pain in the arse. There are some really good techniques you can utilise to reduce sediment but those little bits of plastic are not part of any of them.

Absolute life savers with my ginger beers.

 

[manticle]

Mine just got continually blocked up with bits of hops.

How did they help your ginger beer?

 

[bum]

The ginger pulp is generally too thick to enter the device but quite capable of gunking up the tap immediately without it. Much better to put up with a somewhat reduced flow than have to risk infection by unblocking the tap from inside.

I've never had a problem with hop material blocking the slit in it either (although I have only ever used pellets so that probably explains that).

 

[manticle]

I've never had a problem with hop material blocking the slit in it either (although I have only ever used pellets so that probably explains that).

Happened with both pellets and fresh flowers.

I'm looking at trying a version of chappo's ginger beer soon but I'd possibly look at putting the ginger in a hop sock. I don't use it for hops but I'm planning an aged sour fruit beer and planning on putting the fruit pulp and whisky soaked oak chips inside the bag.

 

[adz2332]

Well been 8 days now....

Measuerd it last night at 1010....
So will measure it tonight again and if its the same, ill bottle it tonight.... Yay

Had a sip... was nice. Bitterish but very nice!

 

[adz2332]

or should i leave it a bit longer... 10 -12 days to be safe??

 

[manticle]

Leaving it a bit longer just enables the yeast to clean up any nasty tasting by-products it's left behind.

 

[adz2332]

KK COOL THANKS