my beer kit won't stop fermenting

[clibit]

No it doesn't matter. But it's well on the way and won't take much longer. It won't, or shouldn't, get down to 1.000. It should finish somewhere near 1.010.

 

[tonypolony]

Caliber thanks a lot mate
Tony

 

[colliefish]

Just don't keep playing with it. The co2 produced by the yeast is the barrier you want to protect it from nasties. This is well and truly a hobby for patient saints. Mine took just over 3 weeks to finish. Shame it gets drunk in nearly the same time. Must be the wife I think!!!

 

[tonypolony]

Yeah i think my wife is taking the lid off and slipping a little every now and then!
I got the crowncapper and tops as well as the brewing kit for fathers day and also need some tips on how hard to hit it with a hammer, can you help?
Tony

 

[Covrich]

A Hammer? :shock:

Do you have a method of transferring it when bottling in a week or so time? (like a siphon)

 

[ManseMasher]

[ame]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9hd_3O1fQ9U[/ame]

Watch this. A tad annoying to start but it gives you a good idea.

Don't worry about how long your beer is in the fv as others have said - it's better you wait for fermentation to finish before bottling, especially as you'll be using glass bottles. And also don't worry, you are on the right forum. Sometimes people answer straight away, sometimes you won't get answers for a while, but someone will be along at some point to help out!

 

[MyQul]

A Hammer? :shock:

Isn't there such a thing as a hammer capper? Quite an old bit of kit I believe. May be that's what the OP is using?

 

[Cwrw666]

Yeah i think my wife is taking the lid off and slipping a little every now and then!
I got the crowncapper and tops as well as the brewing kit for fathers day and also need some tips on how hard to hit it with a hammer, can you help?
Tony

I've got one of these somewhere which I used until I got a two lever one. It's a bit alarming to use at first but works well and you soon get used to it. Bottles tend to be much thinner these days though so get some spares and experiment to find out how light a tap still works. Never broke a bottle but did find the lever one an improvement (though I've occasionally snapped the neck off bottles using it!).

 

[Wilfy]

I broke a couple of bottles with a Kilner hammer capper. Needless to say, it's not used any more.

 

[Queenie]

I use a hammer capper and I've never broken a bottle. I keep meaning to buy a lever-type capper but my brewing budget always seems to get eaten up by other things.

 

[tonypolony]

Thanks once again. The link gave me a good idea how hard I need to it it.
I might just use a rubber hammer though.
I have a tap fitted to the fv. I soaked it in sterilising solution be for I lay the been down.

 

[Tony1951]

I've got one of these somewhere which I used until I got a two lever one. It's a bit alarming to use at first but works well and you soon get used to it. Bottles tend to be much thinner these days though so get some spares and experiment to find out how light a tap still works. Never broke a bottle but did find the lever one an improvement (though I've occasionally snapped the neck off bottles using it!).

I've got a hammer capper from my earlier days of brewing 30 years ago before I gave it up. It is an un-nerving thing to use because it does need a firm series of taps to close the cap around the bottle top. I always expect it to smash the bottle, but it hasn't happened yet. Having said that - I haven't used it much. Did use it for half a dozen bottles a couple of months back - winced at every bash.