Hi all. I made a start on my first home brew yesterday and I'm super excited :) It went relatively straight forward but I did make a little mistake and have some concerns.
1. My fermentation bucket
It's a young's branded plastic bucket - no airlock, tap etc. I was given advice from the home brew shop that since I would only be fermenting for up to 7 days, that I could just leave a small section of the lid of the seal. Well, it's been fermenting like this for almost 24 hours. Should I just seal the lid completely or will it be fine to continue to let it ferment like this?
2. Color
I'm using a Canadian blonde kit - I know it's still early days but anything I have seen online with regards to people brewing this kit all produce a light colored beer. So far, mine is much darker - I assume this works itself out in time?
3. Recipe
The recipe suggests adding the malt and sugars then filling to the 20ltr mark before topping up to the 23ltr mark and adding the yest. I didn't bother filling it to the 23 ltr mark - an actual oversight on my part but I didn't want to top it up having just sprinkled the yest. I guess I could have done ok? I'm I going to face some issues now?
Thanks for any help. It is much appreciated as always
1. My fermentation bucket
It's a young's branded plastic bucket - no airlock, tap etc. I was given advice from the home brew shop that since I would only be fermenting for up to 7 days, that I could just leave a small section of the lid of the seal. Well, it's been fermenting like this for almost 24 hours. Should I just seal the lid completely or will it be fine to continue to let it ferment like this?
2. Color
I'm using a Canadian blonde kit - I know it's still early days but anything I have seen online with regards to people brewing this kit all produce a light colored beer. So far, mine is much darker - I assume this works itself out in time?
3. Recipe
The recipe suggests adding the malt and sugars then filling to the 20ltr mark before topping up to the 23ltr mark and adding the yest. I didn't bother filling it to the 23 ltr mark - an actual oversight on my part but I didn't want to top it up having just sprinkled the yest. I guess I could have done ok? I'm I going to face some issues now?
Thanks for any help. It is much appreciated as always