After reading this thread, I was just wanting to ask a few questions... Thought best to create own thread rather than hijack that one...
Anyway, reading that, it appears that it'd be best for me to crash my beer rather than doing a secondary fermentation... As stated elsewhere, big n00bie here :p So, I'm not 100% sure on best things to do etc. So, anyway, best to ask.
My brew method: Just kit beers at the mo... Have a water bath on a table in the garage, where I have my FV sat in at around 20'c atm (a lager brewing using an ale yeast). My original idea was to leave it for about a week in the FV, rack off in to second FV, leave that for about a week, rack off in to a brewing barrel, batch prime that, and then put in bottles. Leave to condition for about a week in warmth (would only be around 15-20'c varying, as would do in the house, so would be varying.
Now, after reading that thread, I was thinking about possibly crashing the lager (it's around 7-8'c in the garage, would that be cold enough!?). Now, would I be best to remove the FV from the water bath and place on the floor (although I think that would disturb the yeast cake too much, so would say no!), or, since I suspect other way is bad, rack it to the second barrel, and leave it to crash in that? If doing that, would I be best to leave to crash on the floor (would be colder, so probably best method, but at the end, to syphon off in to bottling bucket, I'd need to transfer to a table), or put straight on to the table?
Answers on a postcard :thumb:
Now, other question...
Currently, don't have a keg, or enough bottles (or crown capper yet, as waiting for it to be delivered :p), so was gonna go for some plastic bottles... Now, these wouldn't be off coloured, as was looking to get these or these. I'd then put them away upstairs in spare room. Curtains would be closed (although still emit a little light in day, but curtains are green), and would be kept on the floor under a desk. So, I assume these bottles would be ok?! But, not sure whether they are PET?! Hopefully should be OK, but surely someone else has used them before :p Next question though ... would the water that came in the bottles be any good for a next brew? Next brew was gonna be a coopers stout that I was looking to start after bottling this lager, so would this water be any good or am I better to use just normal tap water?
Cheers for all help guys :) :
Anyway, reading that, it appears that it'd be best for me to crash my beer rather than doing a secondary fermentation... As stated elsewhere, big n00bie here :p So, I'm not 100% sure on best things to do etc. So, anyway, best to ask.
My brew method: Just kit beers at the mo... Have a water bath on a table in the garage, where I have my FV sat in at around 20'c atm (a lager brewing using an ale yeast). My original idea was to leave it for about a week in the FV, rack off in to second FV, leave that for about a week, rack off in to a brewing barrel, batch prime that, and then put in bottles. Leave to condition for about a week in warmth (would only be around 15-20'c varying, as would do in the house, so would be varying.
Now, after reading that thread, I was thinking about possibly crashing the lager (it's around 7-8'c in the garage, would that be cold enough!?). Now, would I be best to remove the FV from the water bath and place on the floor (although I think that would disturb the yeast cake too much, so would say no!), or, since I suspect other way is bad, rack it to the second barrel, and leave it to crash in that? If doing that, would I be best to leave to crash on the floor (would be colder, so probably best method, but at the end, to syphon off in to bottling bucket, I'd need to transfer to a table), or put straight on to the table?
Answers on a postcard :thumb:
Now, other question...
Currently, don't have a keg, or enough bottles (or crown capper yet, as waiting for it to be delivered :p), so was gonna go for some plastic bottles... Now, these wouldn't be off coloured, as was looking to get these or these. I'd then put them away upstairs in spare room. Curtains would be closed (although still emit a little light in day, but curtains are green), and would be kept on the floor under a desk. So, I assume these bottles would be ok?! But, not sure whether they are PET?! Hopefully should be OK, but surely someone else has used them before :p Next question though ... would the water that came in the bottles be any good for a next brew? Next brew was gonna be a coopers stout that I was looking to start after bottling this lager, so would this water be any good or am I better to use just normal tap water?
Cheers for all help guys :) :
