New Member and looking for advice

[Garry247]

Hi All,

I have just decided to enter the world of home brewing and have purchased a kit from:

home-brew-supplies-uk

It comes with Woodfords Wherry.

Im looking forward to first using kits and then making my own.

My question is that i have guests coming for christmas so will be making it this weekend. I was told i need to bottle it with something in the bottom of each bottle and then leave it for some time.

Once its made can i just drink it from the barrrel or do i need to move it from that barrell to something else.

Thanks,

Garry

 

[Rwilts]

Have a read of this - Will answer all your questions :thumb:

viewtopic.php?f=30&t=24822

 

[Papa G]

Hi, welcome to the forum :

 

[RobWalker]

If you have a pressure barrel you just drink it from there after putting 100g sugar in with the beer and sealing it. it'll carbonate up in about a week, bung it in the cold for at least a week after that and it'll taste much better and absorb the carbonation properly.

If you don't, you'll need to bottle it from your bucket with about 1/2tsp sugar per pint in the bottle.

welcome and good luck! :

 

[dennisking]

Hi and welcme.

 

[joe1002]

Welcome to the forum :

 

[Garry247]

Hi,

Thanks for the replies. I'm sorry I never mentioned what I'm actually brewing I'm brewing ale. Does all your advice still apply.

Cheers,

G.

 

[joe1002]

Hi,

Thanks for the replies. I'm sorry I never mentioned what I'm actually brewing I'm brewing ale. Does all your advice still apply.

Cheers,

G.

Your OP says your kit came with a Wherry, the above advice is based on you brewing that Wherry :thumb:

 

[Garry247]

Thanks again,


I will be unboxing tonight so will respond with detils by Monday.

I have been finding lots of other friends are also intrested and one of them told me his Father uses Heat pads as it helps produce better results. I have not heard much about these, are there any views on using one of these?


cheers,

Garry

 

[LeithR]

Heat pads work well, they are electric pads that you sit your FV on, they generally produce about 35W of power/heat. To use them successfully you really need to be able to control the temperature within the FV, you don't want it to get too hot. The simplest way to do this is by using an STC1000 temperature controller to switch the pad off when the temp of the beer gets up to around 18*C, you don't want it much hotter than that, this approach works well in a cool/cold garage.

If you are brewing indoors then you want to check the temp profile of the room in which you plan to brew in, you want the temp of the brew to be within the 16 - 22*C range.

There is a lot on the forum about using STC1000 and Brew Fridges to manage the temperature of brews during fermentation which is worth checking out for future brews.