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[Willick]

: hello, I'm new to brewing,just fancied making my own beer,mainly interested in making lager, brown ale and pale ales to start with. I bought a youngs starter kit, and followed the "basic" instructions provided,,,, near enough to the letter :? I mixed all the ingredients and left it to ferment for 8 days, then siphoned it in to a pressure barrel and added about 60 carbonation drops and a sachet of finings and left it for two weeks, just drew a sample and it is a bit cloudy??? Have I killed my beer or can it be rescued?

THANX Paul...

 

[LeedsBrewer]

Hey Paul, welcome to the forum.

was there any carbonation in the beer at all or was it flat?

 

[dennisking]

Hi and welcome.

 

[Willick]

Hi THANX for the reply, it is slightly carbonated,,,, just had a little taste, but its not too good....

 

[joe1002]

I would have left it a little longer in the fv, the instructions are a little optimistic at best. Did you take a hydrometer reading before transferring to our barrel, if so what was the reading?

How much sugar is a carbonation drop equivalent to? :wha:

 

[Willick]

Hi I did take a hydrometer reading,,, it was 1.000 if I was reading it correctly, and the carbonation drops were 1 drop per 300 - 400 ml so I put 60drops in, but when I siphoned from the fv to the keg I left quite a bit in the bottom so as not to disturb any sediment.

 

[Wendy1971]

Hi and welcome to a great and helpful forum :thumb: