Hallo everyone

[Ciaran12s]

Hi all,

Just getting round to introducing myself, a toddler and a newborn getting in the way of my brewing!

Just started brewing at Christmas, first was the youngs american pale ale as per the instructions, it turned it really nice until it got to around 8 weeks old, I think my use of bleach as a sanitiser may have been to blame.

The second was the same kit but because I'm a smart*ss I thought I'd boil some of the extraxt with some centennials for extra hoppiness. Turned out not bad but quite tanniny. Also quite flat.

I then done a On the rocks, raspberry and lime cider and it's conditioning away quite happily and very tasty. However it seems quite flat as well.

After that I done a coopers mexican cerveza and it's only been conditioning for 2 weeks. I did have quite a few of them at the weekend though and found them a tad flat as well. I can also vaguely taste the cider from it as well even though everything was well washed and starsanned.

So I got myself a fermenting bucket, stuck another cerveza in and am going to transfer it to the coopers for priming and bottling to see if it tastes any less cidery.

Sorry, went on a bit there! So I'm fairly new to brewing and will probably have more questions and answers for a while but hopefully not too long.

 

[Gerryjo]

Hi and welcome to the forum.Sounds like your having issues with your carbonation.Check out the link though I normally bottle with a teaspoon of sugar level or slightly over but eveyone has there own preference.Check out the link.
https://www.brewersfriend.com/beer-priming-calculator/

 

[Personal91]

Hi all,

Just getting round to introducing myself, a toddler and a newborn getting in the way of my brewing!

Just started brewing at Christmas, first was the youngs american pale ale as per the instructions, it turned it really nice until it got to around 8 weeks old, I think my use of bleach as a sanitiser may have been to blame.

The second was the same kit but because I'm a smart*ss I thought I'd boil some of the extraxt with some centennials for extra hoppiness. Turned out not bad but quite tanniny. Also quite flat.

I then done a On the rocks, raspberry and lime cider and it's conditioning away quite happily and very tasty. However it seems quite flat as well.

After that I done a coopers mexican cerveza and it's only been conditioning for 2 weeks. I did have quite a few of them at the weekend though and found them a tad flat as well. I can also vaguely taste the cider from it as well even though everything was well washed and starsanned.

So I got myself a fermenting bucket, stuck another cerveza in and am going to transfer it to the coopers for priming and bottling to see if it tastes any less cidery.

Sorry, went on a bit there! So I'm fairly new to brewing and will probably have more questions and answers for a while but hopefully not too long.

Ask as many questions as you can think of :) it's what we are all here for.

Are you batching priming or putting sugar in each bottle + are you using glass or plastic bottles + capping or screw topping ?

Well done for getting creative or 'pimping kits' as some would say

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Welcome to the forum :

 

[Covrich]

Hi all,

Just getting round to introducing myself, a toddler and a newborn getting in the way of my brewing!

Just started brewing at Christmas, first was the youngs american pale ale as per the instructions, it turned it really nice until it got to around 8 weeks old, I think my use of bleach as a sanitiser may have been to blame.

The second was the same kit but because I'm a smart*ss I thought I'd boil some of the extraxt with some centennials for extra hoppiness. Turned out not bad but quite tanniny. Also quite flat.

I then done a On the rocks, raspberry and lime cider and it's conditioning away quite happily and very tasty. However it seems quite flat as well.

After that I done a coopers mexican cerveza and it's only been conditioning for 2 weeks. I did have quite a few of them at the weekend though and found them a tad flat as well. I can also vaguely taste the cider from it as well even though everything was well washed and starsanned.

So I got myself a fermenting bucket, stuck another cerveza in and am going to transfer it to the coopers for priming and bottling to see if it tastes any less cidery.

Sorry, went on a bit there! So I'm fairly new to brewing and will probably have more questions and answers for a while but hopefully not too long.

Welcome! Sounds like you're deep in your brewing adventure

The Youngs APA you mentioned I would have thought if you tainted it you may have noticed before 8 weeks?? Thing with kits like that they have a huge dry hope which packs a punch in falvour but these dry hops diminish over time..

Boiling the kit also probably isn't the best idea because the extract is pre hopped already so you would have boiled away some of the hops. Although going down the route of boiling plain extract with hops of your choice and getting your own yeast may be something you could consider at some point.

 

[Ciaran12s]

Thanks Gerryjo! Should come in handy that cheers.

@Personal91 I have batch primed all bar the cerveza which I used the carbonation drops for. All plastic bottles as well.
The guy in the shop said I'm maybe not getting a thorough mix so I got another fv so I can batch prime in the original fv and bottle from there. I wasn't wanting to stir the sugar in too much to save disturbing the sediment too much you know.

Thanks @chippy_tea!

@Covrich thanks for that, I wasn't even aware you could get plain malt like that! I'll hopefully give something like a bash soon!
I think I just got ahead of myself a bit! A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing as they say!