MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT BREWING HELP

[BREWERS DROOP]

Right here goes,made the wort all seems to be going ok,it will be one week on Sunday since adding the yeast,its risen with a nice creamy foam at 18 degrees, and is now starting to go a little brown.

How long do i leave it?

Do i stir it before bottling?

I am going to syphon off into bottles which are screw top brown plastic, with half a teaspoon of sugar in the bottle.

Can you tell me what the next process is as i dont want the bottles to explode as some people tell me!!!!
And do i put the syphon onto the bottom of the fermenting bucket,or just off, so the sediment does not go into the bottles.

Any tips would be appreciated

Thanks

Gareth

 

[parkinson4566]

Hi, you need to leave it until after the initial fermentation is complete. You do this by checking the Specific Gravity of the beer.
I presume you have a Hydrometer? If so, after a week or so, check the SG daily. When the SG is consistent over 2 days, the beer has fermented out.

You do not need to stir before bottling. A gentle one won't hurt, but you don't want to disturb the sediment (AKA Trub).

You don't want to be sucking the trub into your bottles, so keep the siphon off the bottom if you can avoid it.
I would also recommend a siphon with a wand. The one I have has the end blocked up (Which goes into the beer) and has a couple of holes drilled further up the wand. So the wand can sit at the bottom and it won't suck up any **** off the bottom.

 

[BREWERS DROOP]

Thanks for that information,i do have a hydrometer and it states i need to be looking at a reading of 1009.

The syphon i have is a rigid tube with a flexible tube attached with a tap and clip to attach to the fermenter,it also has an upturned looking bottle top attached to the end which goes into the bottom of fermenter.

After bottling,what temperature do you store the bottles and for how long?

 

[alanywiseman.]

Look HERE

 

[BREWERS DROOP]

Very good reading

Thank you

 

[BREWERS DROOP]

Ok, Just done a hydrometer reading and it reads 20?

Can anyone of you explain what this means please its only been a week

Thanks

Gareth

 

[pittsy]

Hi mate, the reading sounds like it is 1020 which may be stuck , you can get it going by gently stirring the brew (avoid splashing) and raising the temp by 2c if it was at 18c . It may need to get somewhere like 1010 to be complete so don't bottle until the reading is lower and stable for a few days .

 

[BREWERS DROOP]

ok thank you