Bottling bucket.

[terrym]

Ok thanks and will allow more time to clear in first FV and hop later but part of the reason for this method is that I brew upstairs and cannot move brew to a cooler place. I am trying this method before ditching kit yeasts though if putting ingredients together myself certainly would go for a high grade yeast.

In that case I suggest you leave your beer in the FV until it has fully fermented out, then add the hops, and the dry hopping period can double up as the clearing period. Provided an FV is kept sealed up you can apparently keep beer in it for a few weeks without any problem, although I have personally never found the need to leave it longer than three weeks and that was with Youngs AIPA kits which were, in my case, slow to ferment out and seem to have a low flocculating yeast as far as I was concerned.

 

[micklupulo]

In that case I suggest you leave your beer in the FV until it has fully fermented out, then add the hops, and the dry hopping period can double up as the clearing period. Provided an FV is kept sealed up you can apparently keep beer in it for a few weeks without any problem, although I have personally never found the need to leave it longer than three weeks and that was with Youngs AIPA kits which were, in my case, slow to ferment out and seem to have a low flocculating yeast as far as I was concerned.

Thanks and just one other point please. I have batch primed in the past and put the sugar solution in the second FV first as you suggest above but was not able to judge the efficacy of the method as that brew somehow became infected and was ditched. What puzzles me though is how efficiently the sugar solution is mixed in with the whole batch particularly as for obvious reasons I would not stir or even swirl it.

 

[Rover69]

Nice one banbeer ,cheers.

 

[terrym]

Thanks and just one other point please. I have batch primed in the past and put the sugar solution in the second FV first as you suggest above but was not able to judge the efficacy of the method as that brew somehow became infected and was ditched. What puzzles me though is how efficiently the sugar solution is mixed in with the whole batch particularly as for obvious reasons I would not stir or even swirl it.

When I batch prime, which admittedly isn't very often, I siphon directly onto the sugar solution and ensure the discharge end of the siphon tube swirls around (without splashing) so as to get the sugary liquid mixed into the incoming beer. When there is about 5 litres total in the FV I stop, but when the bucket is full, give things a gentle stir with a sanitised paddle to finish the job. Personally I am a firm believer in 'needs must' in brewing and trying to cut out some steps for fear of them causing you problems, may in fact create more problems in the long run, and a gentle stir in this case falls into that category.

 

[micklupulo]

When I batch prime, which admittedly isn't very often, I siphon directly onto the sugar solution and ensure the discharge end of the siphon tube swirls around (without splashing) so as to get the sugary liquid mixed into the incoming beer. When there is about 5 litres total in the FV I stop, but when the bucket is full, give things a gentle stir with a sanitised paddle to finish the job. Personally I am a firm believer in 'needs must' in brewing and trying to cut out some steps for fear of them causing you problems, may in fact create more problems in the long run, and a gentle stir in this case falls into that category.

Ok thanks and before I received this I was wondering about putting about a third of the solution in initially then a third in half way through the fill and the final third at the end thereby possibly obviating the need for stirring.

 

[Seaside brew]

I put half the priming solution before filling the bottling bucket the other half when full but do still give it a gentle stir too. I don't like flat beer!!