Fireman Sam
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Hello my learned colleagues.
Ok, so clearly I need to work on my scheduling a little better. Currently got in Primary No. 2 an 18L batch of Black Rock Cider (yeah I know there are better kits around, but SWMBO bought it , so I gotta use it) with 1kg Dex, 4L Apple Juice, 2L Apple & Pear Juice with a G&G suggested Wine yeast (sorry can't remember exact name). That's been gurgling away for a little while, had a sip the other day, quite nice. The chap's at G&G with their good advice (as always boys - unsolicited shout out there ) said to 'stop' the fermentation when it reaches my required taste, I guess this is to stop it turning it into such a dry tasting waste of time. I'm tipping this won't be more than a few days to go as it was put down 09/06/10.
Anyways... so 14/06/10 I used the long weekend to get stuck into Neill's Centenarillo Ale in Primary No. 1 as my first extract brew. As I expected it's a nice easy recipe, and she is very happily gurgling away in the office at 20' - life couldn't be happier... well maybe if Green hadn't muffed up that save for England - but anyway I digress :icon_offtopic:
Seriously though I do have a bottle supply issue... yeah I know I could keep buying more and at some point I most likely will, but I'm a fussy ba$'tard who likes to use Grolsch's and we all know how hard they are to find in good supply / condition, so I want to take a bit of a learning here if I can....
What I was wondering was when I 'crash' the yeast in the cider as suggested by warming the fermenter up to 30' for a period of time, can I transfer this into a secondary to get it off the yeast and leave it in there, perhaps in the cold outdoors of the kids cubby house ? Will this keep ? Will it have an adverse effect on the cider ? Then bulk prime and bottle at a later date ? I'm tipping no more than a few weeks at the rate I'm drinking ! I won't be brewing for a litle while methinks...
See I have or will have in about a few days time around the 45 empty bottle mark (23L batch of Neill's Ale = 45 or so 450ml Grolsch bottles or so) and I really want to bottle Neill's as it's my first extract recipe, but as some of you know I'm a Somerset boy from Engerland so I loves me scrumpy ! and I'd hate to lose the cider....
Oh the dilemma.....
Cheers guys
Ok, so clearly I need to work on my scheduling a little better. Currently got in Primary No. 2 an 18L batch of Black Rock Cider (yeah I know there are better kits around, but SWMBO bought it , so I gotta use it) with 1kg Dex, 4L Apple Juice, 2L Apple & Pear Juice with a G&G suggested Wine yeast (sorry can't remember exact name). That's been gurgling away for a little while, had a sip the other day, quite nice. The chap's at G&G with their good advice (as always boys - unsolicited shout out there ) said to 'stop' the fermentation when it reaches my required taste, I guess this is to stop it turning it into such a dry tasting waste of time. I'm tipping this won't be more than a few days to go as it was put down 09/06/10.
Anyways... so 14/06/10 I used the long weekend to get stuck into Neill's Centenarillo Ale in Primary No. 1 as my first extract brew. As I expected it's a nice easy recipe, and she is very happily gurgling away in the office at 20' - life couldn't be happier... well maybe if Green hadn't muffed up that save for England - but anyway I digress :icon_offtopic:
Seriously though I do have a bottle supply issue... yeah I know I could keep buying more and at some point I most likely will, but I'm a fussy ba$'tard who likes to use Grolsch's and we all know how hard they are to find in good supply / condition, so I want to take a bit of a learning here if I can....
What I was wondering was when I 'crash' the yeast in the cider as suggested by warming the fermenter up to 30' for a period of time, can I transfer this into a secondary to get it off the yeast and leave it in there, perhaps in the cold outdoors of the kids cubby house ? Will this keep ? Will it have an adverse effect on the cider ? Then bulk prime and bottle at a later date ? I'm tipping no more than a few weeks at the rate I'm drinking ! I won't be brewing for a litle while methinks...
See I have or will have in about a few days time around the 45 empty bottle mark (23L batch of Neill's Ale = 45 or so 450ml Grolsch bottles or so) and I really want to bottle Neill's as it's my first extract recipe, but as some of you know I'm a Somerset boy from Engerland so I loves me scrumpy ! and I'd hate to lose the cider....
Oh the dilemma.....
Cheers guys