Muntons Courage Directors Bitter

[baccinio]

Hi I'm starting a brew in a week or two reading the instructions after transferring to bottling bucket
add sugar then let stand for three days then bottle, not done this before I've always bottled straight after adding the priming sugar any comments ?
I've

 

[Clint]

Sounds a bit odd...

 

[chillipickle]

Sounds like some instructions really do like to complicate things eh.
Thought the normal practice was batch prime or sugar in each bottle and fill.

 

[baccinio]

Just emailed muntons to ask the question

 

[Galena]

It does sound odd, the carbonation process would be half over by then, can you show us the full recipe?

 

[baccinio]

160104-Courage-Directors-instruction-leaflet-updated.pdf (muntons.com)

 

[Galena]

The instructions are HERE I am interested to hear the reasoning.
Update: Hah just beat me, sorry can't delete this.

 

[Galena]

There is a thread on this very subject HERE I have not had time to read it yet, but I see @Clint you were the first to respond there as well

 

[Dazzelknight]

I looked into this as well as it was my 2nd to last brew. Guy on YouTube questioned the very same instructions and the feed back he got from Muntons was “so the beer would be not over carbonated ” . He ignored the instructions and did the standard 2x2x2, batch priming then straight into bottles, to which iv also followed. I had a cheeky try 10 days after bottling and carbonation and taste are good.

 

[jMac]

“so the beer would be not over carbonated ”

This is a very odd response. Surely you could just use less priming sugar. indeed.

 

[Dazzelknight]

This is a very odd response. Surely you could just use less priming sugar. indeed.

Yeah sounds weird.. here is the video...

 

[baccinio]

this is the reply from Muntons
Thank you for your email. When you transfer to your secondary fermenter add sugar as advised in the instructions, leave for 3 days; you can then bottle as normal using either one carbonation drop or ½ tsp of sugar to the bottle.

 

[Galena]

Not a great answer then, however have a read of THIS in particular point number 4

 

[baccinio]

Not a great answer then, however have a read of THIS in particular point number 4

good tip, nice to know.

 

[Jon1964]

Just heard that Muntons have discontinued both Courage Kits

 

[chris-s]

Maybe they had all the instructions printed and didn't want to admit it's a mistake.

If the CD instructions are the best method, then that implies the rest of the Muntons instructions are inferior.

Anyway, as John1664 says, it won't matter anymore. One of my go to kits but there are plenty more.