Brew No2 - Coopers

[geratcha]

Currently on day 5 of this brew - Canadian Blonde. OG - 1039. Removed the Krausen yesterday. Had a look today, should there be any obvious signs to look out for to check that fermentation is continuing?

I've got the kit in a water tub with a fish tank heater and realised that the temperature strip has both the 22 & 24 colours highlighted. Could it be too high? The barrel is about 2/3s submerged so assumed this would drop temp a few degrees.

I wasn't too happy with my first batch of coopers lager as it lacked a bit of depth so was going to leave longer in the primary - maybe a full 14 days and dry hop with 50g of Cascade pellets on day 9. Would this match ok?

Any advice would be appreciated

 

[clibit]

That's a good plan IMO. Fermentation is likely to have slowed to a trickle. Leave it alone and check with a hydrometer after 14 days. Stick the hops in about day 9.

 

[geratcha]

Cheers. Will update thread in a few days. If it turns out well I may put some items for the next stage in brewing on my Christmas list - move on to extract

 

[Sandimas]

I've got the kit in a water tub with a fish tank heater and realised that the temperature strip has both the 22 & 24 colours highlighted.

Stick a thermometer in the water - I've got some of those strips and they read a bit high e.g. mine was indictaing 24C but when I read it with a thermometer it was 21C.

Fish tank heater in a trug was the best �£13 I've ever spent on homebrew kit, you get a real consistent ferment compared to leaving it to the mercy of household temps

 

[geratcha]

50g of cascade in. Used a Muslin bag as I don't want hops all over the place in my brew. Will be bottling Sat so hopefully turns out well!

 

[geratcha]

FG is 1013. Have taken out the bath and will be bottling Tuesday I think. Will be using glass bottles for first time... hoping to pop a few in home made hampers for xmas presents.

Had a wee taste... you can certainly taste the hops... maybe too much. Will it mellow as it conditions in bottles?

Anyway... so far so good! Cheers for the advice