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Jings! I've jsut reread it - your right! He says don't prime in cask unless it's a cheap extract brew! Well that explains a lot... I aim for 1/4 of initial gravity i.e. if 1080, I'll rack ideally at 1020 - but at least two weeks normally. Again, very interesting... So perhaps I'm doing it...

Basically yes... I'll scan the pages tomorrow and upload a link. J

This is interesting... I'm a big believer that too many points of view can confuse things, hence I follow Graham Wheelers book to a tee, but nothing else. Graham Wheeler says "The barbaric home-brew practice of bottling straight from the fermentation vessel should be avoided if at all...

Thanks for the responses. I always rack to a pressure barrel first for a few months, before bottling, so I'm priming twice, perhaps I'll just prime in the keg and not the bottle for my next batch and see how that works out.

Hi, Thanks for your thoughts. I'd considered this as well, but I normally leave in the primary for two weeks as standard and the gravity has remained the same for c. 1 week normally... Perhaps temperature flux causes the last stages to stall and hence the bottling kicks it back to life?

Hi, I've been back brewing for about 2 years now, always all grain. I'm a very diligent brewer and I always get a good mash extraction and good clean fermentations. I rack to a pressure barrel and the beer comes out great, but as soon as I start to bottle... things go wrong. I've...