Its looking much clearer now, looks like 2l of **** (trub?) at the bottom of my FV now, itching to have a go at it now, find out how far it has gone (if at all) and to have a smell...
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I reckon test the SG and see what it's done, but it will probably go lower than a normal beer - may even get down to 1.004ish as a lot of the sugars from those other grains are quite fermentable.
Once it's settled, give it a good week somewhere cold to drop out and I reckon you'll have a good clear beer.
How it tastes is another matter
Once it's settled, give it a good week somewhere cold to drop out and I reckon you'll have a good clear beer.
How it tastes is another matter
Its not even been a week yet but my stout was finished in about that long so it may be worth a try, not really got anywhere cool to keep it other than where is now. May just leave it another week before messing with it...
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Probably the safest... I tend to put mine out in the garage for a week once it's finished, but it's an integral garage, so stays above 10C or so, so no chance of freezing.
Not got a garage (yet we are starting to house hunt though :) ) I think I will leave it for now...
I am finding this beer much harder to stay away from than previous beers....
I am finding this beer much harder to stay away from than previous beers....
Well I have been checking on this regularly (not opened it yet though) and it seems to be solidly fermenting at 18 which is good :) Not sure if it drops over night though?
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You'll probably find that because of the amount of liquid, it probably won't drop more than a degree or so overnight, unless your house gets really cold at night...
Well I took a reading last Thursday and it was at 1.017, not done another sample as I am full of man flu now & I dont want to risk it, there has been zero activity on the bubbler since I took the sample though so I may well be putting this in the pins when I am more alive again :)
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Yup, you don't want flubeer...that sounds nasty!
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BrotherMalice said:
On a side note - It was a pants film but it had a fellow home brewer staring in it. Wil Wheaton. Some of his blog posts about brewing are well written. It was because of randomly reading one of his blogs about homebrewing that I got interested in the hobby. http://wilwheaton.net/2011/12/further-a ... mebrewing/ )
... and back to cereal beer. Hope it turns out well :thumb:
Well its still in the FV, this man flu is taking a while to shift...
Hope its OK, going to try & get it in the pins tonight, will take another reading tonight but there has been zero activity from it since I took the last reading
Hope its OK, going to try & get it in the pins tonight, will take another reading tonight but there has been zero activity from it since I took the last reading
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Should be fine! Hope the man flu clears up soon... :
And I am feeling better (mostly...)
Pins filled today, 1 full 18 pints (going to The Spring Thing) and the rest in another pin that isnt so full, compressed the bag to get all the air out.
Pins are Soooooooo much easier than bottles!
Pics to follow, it finished at 1.015 making it about 5.4%
Not got anywhere cool to keep it so it will live on the shelf in the dining room till The Spring Thing (not sure if mine will last that long...)
Trub Left at the bottom
Quite a lot of it
Ready for The Spring Thing
Mine was not as full (right) a full 18 pints in the other one though
Pins filled today, 1 full 18 pints (going to The Spring Thing) and the rest in another pin that isnt so full, compressed the bag to get all the air out.
Pins are Soooooooo much easier than bottles!
Pics to follow, it finished at 1.015 making it about 5.4%
Not got anywhere cool to keep it so it will live on the shelf in the dining room till The Spring Thing (not sure if mine will last that long...)
Trub Left at the bottom
Quite a lot of it
Ready for The Spring Thing
Mine was not as full (right) a full 18 pints in the other one though
I drank the sample (without taking pics) sorry, the rest is sealed for now (I am willing to bet it will be under 2 weeks till I "test" it)
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This looks sweet, been thinking of getting some pins mostly so I can bring some stuff to spring thing. Have you used them much? How do you rate them and do you use a beer engine or the tap?
They are a variation of PolyPins, never used them before but far easier to use than bottles :)
Not got a beer engine yet & dont think that you could fit one to these pins (bad research on my part, I dont think I can re-use them either...)
Not got a beer engine yet & dont think that you could fit one to these pins (bad research on my part, I dont think I can re-use them either...)
After a bit of googling I have discovered that there is an adaptor for the "pins" that I have that mean you can connect them to a beer engine which is good news :)
As I have never used them before I am a bit concerned about them being flat when I come to pour the beer...
As I have never used them before I am a bit concerned about them being flat when I come to pour the beer...
