Newby Errors........advice from Not-Newbys

[Brido]

Afternoon all, I’m a total newby and I’ve just started my first kit, a Woodfordes Wherry. In my haste to move it from first to second I didn’t add sugar/water to my mix as instructed on the Woodfordes instructions.

I could blame home schooling, nagging wife, planetary alignment etc etc but....... entirely a simple lack of attention to detail on my behalf!!

Have I screwed up my first 40pints?!

 

[Drunkula]

What is first to second?

 

[Brido]

Apologies, I should’ve said primary to secondary I think. The instructions suggest 10days primary then adding sugar water mix and into pressure barrel/bottles for another couple of days warm then 14 days somewhere cool to clear.

 

[Drunkula]

Just make up the sugar priming solution now and pour it into the barrel, or if it's bottles you could dose them with sugar individually with 1/2 teaspoon of sugar.

 

[Brido]

Will that still work now that I’ve moved it to the cooler place? It was barrelled 7days ago.

 

[Oneflewover]

Move it back to a warmer place to prime (how cool is cool though?)

 

[An Ankoù]

It'll be fine. You've done nothing wrong. The priming sugar shouldn't be added until you're ready to bottle the beer, anyway. The advice, above, is what you need to follow now.

 

[Brido]

Thanks all for your advice. Next time I’ll pay attention. Appreciated.