Admirals Reserve in desperate need of bottling!

[Andyhull]

Hi all,

Well i have an Admirals Reserve that has been in the FV for around 5 to 6 weeks now i aim to bottle it tonight as i did the last few weeks :whistle:

Hope it's going to be ok as i opened it on saturday to bottle it then plans changed again, it smelled lovely though.

Will there be enough suspended yeast in there to secondary ferment in the bottles?

 

[calumscott]

You should be fine.

Are you racking it to a bottling bucket first or straight from the FV?

 

[Andyhull]

straight from the FV into the bottles primed with 1/2 tsp of sugar.

 

[JordanB]

Wow I didn't even know you could keep it in the FV that long :-O , bottling my Admirals tommorow also mate must be a Hull thing haha.

 

[calumscott]

You should be fine. If you syphon, draw off from as near the bottom as you dare. If you have a tap and little bottler just crack on.

Gerrit bottled - sooner it's bottled the sooner it's drinkable!!! :drink:

 

[Andyhull]

I use a syphon at the moment.
I'll try and do it tonight, hope it's ok :pray:

 

[calumscott]

Wow I didn't even know you could keep it in the FV that long :-O , bottling my Admirals tommorow also mate must be a Hull thing haha.

You shouldn't really for a standard strength beer. You risk infections and autolysis which can ruin your beer. 5-6 weeks really is pushing it...